Digital Tools: A Workshop for Writers & Editors

Digital Tools: A Workshop for Writers & Editors

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Saturday, 19 January 2013 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM, Edmonton Get Publishing Communications Society (GPCS) is collaborating with the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (AMPA) and The Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) to offer the following online tool workshop. Registration is now open! These days, digital “illiteracy” can be a deal-breaker for publishers—regardless of your manuscript’s quality. Whether you’re writing for magazines or looking ahead to your next (or first!) book project, publishers expect you to know the ins and outs of digital promotion. In this seminar, Omar Mouallem teaches magazine writers and book authors alike how to use social media to promote their stories and attract readers. As well, he explains how to store your work in “the cloud,” organize your queries and research using spreadsheets, track down the best…
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Words in 3 Dimensions

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May 24-26, 2013 Join the conference that’s bigger on the inside—Words in 3 Dimensions. Choose from a plethora of presenters: Officers of the Order of Canada, publicists, agents, editors, publishers, and writers. It’s bigger than ever before! Three days! Three keynote speakers! Three hosts! The Get Publishing Communication Society, Editors’ Association of Canada-Prairie Provinces Branch, and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta have teamed up to assemble for you a sparkling array of innovative opportunities: Preconference sessions, a lunchtime open mike, the Blue Pencil Café, The Alberta Book Publishers Award Gala…all under one roof! Plus, all the things you’d expect from a gathering of this dimension: diverse conference sessions, lively marketplace tables, stimulating panels, and the ever-popular Pitch Camp and Writers’ Circus. Learn more about these and other inspirational offerings, and transport yourself—and your words—to a new…
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