Learn to Edit Your Novel in a Month 5/1/14

It's time for the Learn to Edit your Novel in a Month class.

This May, let's get your manuscript ready to send out to someone who might make it into a book. 

Learn some basic novel structuring, some painless grammar, and a whole bunch of style no-no's to avoid.

It's time to finish your book and polish that gem!

★7:00-8:30 PM , Thursday nights
★May 1-June 5, 2014
★$75 (includes textbooks)
★Ash Creek Arts Council at the Independence, OR, Old Library

For more information, visit: http://marens.com/MarensWorld/Classes.html

Launch parties 3/2 in Tigard, 3/3 in Monmouth!

Sunday 3/2/14 

5:00-6:30

Max's Brew Pub

12562 SW Main St, Portland, Oregon 97223

Monday 3/3/14

4-5:30

Hammersly Library

WOU

Monmouth 97361

***FREE Parking in Lots "I" and "M" from 3:00-6:30! 

Buy it now

Available on 3/1/14 on:

Commas: An Irreverent Primer--Amazon

All other formats

Powell’s Books 

Comma Book Launch Events! 3/2 Tigard, 3/3 WOU

In celebration of National Grammar Day, Maren Anderson and Kate Ristau will be releasing their book, Commas: An Irreverent Primer.

Come celebrate with us for short workshops and book signings.

Don’t worry! It won’t be boring. There will be unicorns. And cookies.

March 2, 20145-6:30 PM
Max’s Brew Pub
12562 SW Main StDowntown Tigard

March 3, 2014
4-5:30 PM
Hamerlsy Library Room 107
Western Oregon University
Monmouth

Pre-Order Commas: An Irreverent Primer

My friend Kate Ristau and I have written a book about commas.

I know, sounds "thrilling."

But, you don't know Kate. And, you don't know what happens when Kate and I get together. Utter madness ensues. I mean, utter madness. 

If you ever wondered what a grammar dragon is or what happens to unicorns when you misuse FANBOYS, this irreverent guide for using our most common punctuation mark will explain.

This primer doesn’t cover every single use of commas–it’s only sixty pages, for heaven’s sake! But it does explain the comma errors English professors most often marked wrong on their students’ papers. All that red ink stung. Hence, this book.

Preorders are available now for $5.99 (regularly $7.99). Go to the Comma book page and download the pre-order form. 

Or click here for the PDF or here for the RTF versions of the form. You can email me the RTF form. 

Or please go to the book's FaceBook page and "like" it. 

Amazon review of "Liz."

http://www.amazon.com/review/R37BL5JNPCVRM0/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm

In case you've been on the fence about buying Liz A. Stratton Closes the Store, perhaps this review will convince you.

And, I didn't pay this person, and I don't think I know who it is, either. So there. :)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

 Fresh fun take on an old story..., December 27, 2012

By 

Imez

This review is from: Liz A. Stratton Closes the Store (Paperback)

"Liz Closes the Store" is a retelling of the old Greek story of Lysistrata, where women decide to end a war by cutting their men off, sexually. Anderson updates the story into a fun, fast, feminine-power read. It isn't quite on purpose that Liz Stratton finds herself running for president in a country mired in a deadly but pointless war. But her brash, no-nonsense wit is just what the people, at least those with double x chromosomes, have been waiting to hear. The women of the country are so taken by their reluctant heroine that she soon motivates them to stop the war killing their sons and husbands by denying the men of the country the one thing they want most: their bodies. Along the way Liz must contend with her own budding romance, a difficult thing to have when you're the face of feminist abstinence.

Anderson's book is pure fun, reality trimmed to fit delightfully into fantasy. Nothing is dull. It's a new kind of chick lit and romance, smart, fast, and a little crazy.

Nov. 9, Falls City Library Authors' Night

Poetry Workshop and Author Event in Falls City
Henry Hughes to give the poetry workshop

Authors including Maren Anderson to participate in the Authors' Night. 

Come to Falls City for Literary event to support the Falls City Wagner Community Library. 

First, from 4-6 PM, Henry Hughes will teach a poetry workshop for $15. I am taking Henry's poetry class at WOU this term, so I can vouch for what a wonderful teacher he is. 

Then at 7 PM, the Authors' Night begins. I will be there with other Willamette Valley writers signing books and giving readings. I plan on reading a short work that is not associated with Liz A. Stratton Closes the Store, so if you want to hear some of the other work I do, be sure to drop by. Cost for the author night is $5 or free if you attended the poetry workshop and includes dessert!

Details:

Where:  

Falls City Community Center, 320 N Main St., Falls City.

When: 
November 9, 2013
Poetry workshop: 4-6 PM
Authors' Night: 7-9 PM

Cost: 
Poetry workshop: $15 (a steal)
Authors' Night: $5 or free if you paid for the poetry workshop
Donations are tax-deductible. 

More information: http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20131105/UPDATE/131105002/Falls-City-library-plans-poetry-workshop-author-event?nclick_check=1

TWO Options for Nanowrimo classes

Do you have an idea for a novel? 
Do you want to participate in NaNoWriMo, but want to do it with the support of a (for-credit) class? 
Do you need one more credit this term? 

Then the Novel in a Month Class is the class for you!

Do all of the questions above apply to you, but you can't go to a weekly class? 

Then the One Day Novel Power Planner class is for you! 

Thee classes will be held In downtown Monmouth, Oregon. 


Option One: The Novel in a Month Class 

Write Your First Novel In Thirty Days is a 6-week class aimed at people who want to write a novel by participating in the deadline-driven, community-supportive atmosphere. The class will focus on:
     
    * preparation for writing a book-length first draft (including idea generation),
    * completion of the book-in-a-month challenge,
    * and end with a workshop on what to do with a freshly written novel.

Held at Rick's Place Cafe in Monmouth at the following times: 

• 7:00-8:30 PM ,   One Wednesday and 5 Thursday nights 
• October 24, November 7, 14, 21,  27 (W), and December 5, 2013 (concurrent with NaNoWriMo.org)
• Registration Fee: $75* (includes required text) 
• (1) Credit Fee: Additional $50 (see form below) 

*This is the last time I will offer this class for under $100. If you've been waiting for the perfect time, accept that there will be no perfect time and do it now to save yourself some money!

Option Two: One Day Power Planner:
Don’t have the time to commit to driving to Monmouth each week during Nanowrimo? 
How about one Saturday? Can you commit to that? 
This 6-hour class is aimed at people who want to write a novel by participating in a deadline-driven, community-supportive atmosphere. 
The class will focus on: 

• preparation for writing your book (including idea generation), 
• planning of the first draft of your book, 
• and end with a workshop on how to complete that first draft. 
• Students will have the option of dropping in  2 times to the six-week Novel in a Month class for free! This includes the last day lecture “I’ve written a novel, now what?” $5 per each additional class meeting. lecture.
  
• 9 AM to 4 PM ,  Saturday, October 19
• Ballroom above 125 Main St E, Monmouth, OR 97361 
• Registration fee: $100 (includes required text) 
• Sorry, we can't offer credit for the one-day class

http://marens.com/MarensWorld/Classes.html