June 24th Meeting
Join us for our June Meeting with Heather Lea
Dinner starts at 5:30, talk starts 6:30 or so at Jalapeno's Barkley.
Heather Lea shares the unconventional strategies she used to bring her travel memoir Riding Full Circle to life. Drawing from firsthand experience, Heather discusses how she successfully launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the early stages of the project and developed creative approaches that connected with readers.
Topics include:
o Crowdfunding to finance a self-publishing project
o Online book launches / virtual events
o Finding a beta reader
o Creating video book blurbs / reader testimonial videos
o Enhancing live readings with synchronized photography and multimedia storytelling
o Creative ways to use QR codes
And more!
This presentation offers practical ideas, real-world examples, and fresh inspiration for writers, aspiring authors, and anyone interested in innovative approaches to publishing and book promotion.
Heather Lea is an author, public speaker, and world traveler. She has been to over 60 countries — 40 of which were on amotorcycle during a two-year round-the-world journey. Heather has published hundreds of articles in magazines like Overland Journal, Expedition Portal, Canadian Geographic, and GearJunkie.com. She currently lives in Bellingham, WA. “Riding Full Circle: What the World Taught Me About Motorcycles, Risk and Someone I Barely Knew” is her first book. Instagram: @writer_heather_lea
We have a new location for meetings this year. Jalapeno's at Barkleys has graciously waived the room fee for their banquet room for us. We will need you to RSVP to ensure they have the correct number of staff.
New to WWP
Welcome, Pacific Northwest Writers!
We meet every fourth Wednesday from September to June in scenic Bellingham, WA. Supper starts at 5:30, and the speaker starts at 6:30-7.
Dues are 25 dollars a year or 40 for two years. We use the dues to pay for our speakers to come from around the region, and for an occasional table at local writer events. Our dues year runs from September to June, like our meetings, but will roll over if you pay late in the cycle. If you want to try us out first, feel free. Speakers in the past have included WA Poet Laureate Rena Priest, author Robert Dugoni, and agent Donald Maass, covering topics such as social media, self-publishing, memoirs, mixed media, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. It is our goal to offer something for everyone, no matter your place in the writing journey-- just starting or long-published. Old school or new. If you have an idea for a speaker or topic, let us know, but if it has been covered recently it might not be picked up.
Pay your dues
25 for 1 year
40 for 2 years
40 for couples
To pay online, please provide name and email address on the form so we can keep track of you.
We have a paypal account if you would prefer to pay on line. You can also pay by check; just drop it off with the treasurer at a meeting.
