Do you belong to a writers\u2019 club or group? Do you bring in experts to speak at meetings? Are you affiliated with an organization that presents conferences for writers and authors? Please consider me as a speaker\/workshop leader.<\/p>\n
For those of you new to this blog, I am a full-time freelance writer, the author of 29 books and the executive director of SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network). I am one of those rare authors who earn a living through my writing and I have for the last 25 years or so. <\/p>\n
I\u2019m an Advanced Toastmaster Silver and I\u2019ve been traveling around presenting workshops and speaking at various venues for the past decade. <\/p>\n
On behalf of SPAWN and my own publishing pursuits, I attend approximately half dozen book festivals each year and I\u2019m guest speaker\/workshop leader at anywhere from 5 to 10 writing\/publishing-related conferences and other events annually. Past venues include the Much Ado About Books event in Jacksonville, FL; a National Association of Women Writers (NAWW) conference in Arlington, TX; the St. Louis Writer’s Guild Conference and Book Festival in St. Louis, MO (two consecutive years); the Pen Women Conference in Honolulu; the PNWA Conference in Seattle; the Wisconsin Regional Writers\u2019 Association Conference in Janesville, WI; Spring Book Show and Writers\u2019 Conference in Atlanta (two consecutive years); the San Diego State University Writers\u2019 Conference (several consecutive years) and several others throughout the U.S. I was the lead speaker at the SPAN Publishing Conference in 2006. And in May of that year, I was the first woman ever to be invited to give the keynote speech at a Toastmasters Convention in the Middle East. I spoke before 800 Toastmasters in Dubai. <\/p>\n
I also visit writers groups. I\u2019ve enjoyed speaking before authors in Nashville, TN; Prescott, AZ; Phoenix; San Luis Obispo, CA; Simi Valley, CA; Ventura, CA; Los Angeles and others. I\u2019m headed out to White Plains, New York next week to speak at the annual Cat Writers Association Conference.<\/p>\n
I can speak on many aspects of publishing, book promotion, writing a book proposal and establishing an article-writing business. Just look at my array of books and articles at my website to get an idea of the scope of my expertise and presentations. http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com<\/a> <\/p>\n And if you want to book me to speak before your group or at your conference for next year, contact me here: PLFry620@yahoo.com. Hurry. My calendar is filling fast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you belong to a writers\u2019 club or group? Do you bring in experts to speak at meetings? Are you affiliated with an organization that presents conferences for writers and authors? Please consider me as a speaker\/workshop leader. For those of you new to this blog, I am a full-time freelance writer, the author of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t