Writers Education Zoom: Website FUN-damentals by Wendy Meyeroff

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Wendy was the presenter for an MWSA Writers Education Zoom session covering website FUNdamentals.

Learn more about Wendy (from her website’s About Me page)

I started working as a reporter and was the managing editor of health care magazines 20+ years ago. I segued into business-to-business advertising and then to public relations.

Early on, I found I could write not only clinical materials but also for the lay public. Indeed, I found I had a definite knack for "consumer-speak," a skill that is lacking among most medical writers.

​And thanks to my work in editorial, I’ve also honed my skill in strategy and market analysis. After all, how can you keep a magazine successful if you can’t analyze the changes your audience is facing—and adapt your content accordingly? I brought this “What’s the Story?” (always truthful) mindset into advertising and PR and it was that which led to my consistently creating successful marketing campaigns and rescuing failing ones.

​Find out more now. (For a fun marketing story when you call, ask about the Gestational Diabetes pitch restructure. It meant the difference between luring only two reporters at a luncheon and bringing in nearly 30.)

Have a look at Wendy’s slide presentation below, or visit her website:

https://www.wmmedcomm.com/

Fletcher & Co. Publishers

Service(s) offered: Editing

Description of service provided: Exclusively for MWSA members, our team of professional journalists, authors and editors at Fletcher & Co. Publishers can edit your manuscript or draft.

We offer flat rates for editing and charge sales tax.

— Light Copyediting (Punctuation, Grammar, etc.) $2 a page

— Heavy Copyediting (Style & Grammar) $3 a page

Parties will sign a contract agreement if we accept your work for editing. You can break the contract with a $15 cancellation fee.

Half of the total payment will be due on signing, and the other half upon completion of the work.

There are no additional fees.

We do not accept checks; all payments will be made by direct deposit.

Fletcher & Co. Publishers reserves the right to decline editing services for any written work. All written work we agree to edit will strictly follow the MWSA Ethics Policy (http://www.mwsadispatches.com/structure-documents#other) and MWSA guidelines for book listing & review submissions.

CONTACT

editing@fletcherpublishers.com

http://www.fletcherpublishers.com/

On Writing Well, The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet.

Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental principles as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sold, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.

Recommended by Brad Graft

Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting

Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity alumni. Writers, producers, development executives and agents all flock to his lecture series, praising it as a mesmerizing and intense learning experience. In Story, McKee expands on the concepts he teaches in his $450 seminars (considered a must by industry insiders), providing readers with the most comprehensive, integrated explanation of the craft of writing for the screen. No one better understands how all the elements of a screenplay fit together, and no one is better qualified to explain the "magic" of story construction and the relationship between structure and character than Robert McKee.

Writing Fiction (6th Edition)

The most widely used and respected book on writing fiction, Writing Fiction guides the writer from first inspiration to final revision. Supported by an abundance exercises, this guide/anthology explores and integrates the elements of fiction while offering practical techniques and concrete examples. A focus on the writing process in its entirety provides a comprehensive guide to writing fiction, approaching distinct elements in separate chapters while building on what has been covered earlier. Topics include free-writing to revision, plot, style, characterization, dialogue, atmosphere, imagery, and point of view. An anthology of diverse and contemporary short stories followed by suggestions for discussion and writing exercises, illustrates concepts while offering variety in pacing and exposure to this increasingly popular form.

The book also discusses key issues including writing workshops, using autobiography as a basis for fiction, using action in stories, using dialogue, and maintaining point of view. The sixth edition also features more short short stories than any previous edition and includes quotation boxes that offer advice and inspirational words from established writers on a wide range of topics--such as writing from experience, story structure, openings and endings, and revision. For those interested in developing their creative writing skills.

Recommended by Brad Graft

Timothy Heck

Company/Group Name: Timothy Heck

Service(s) offered: Editing, Writing help/guidance, Research help and/or guidance, General Veterans' help, guidance, advice

Description of service provided: An experienced freelance editor focusing on military history, foreign affairs, national security, and diplomacy. Services include research assistance, copy editing, ghost writing, and peer-review. Editor has worked with and for multiple think-tanks, university presses, and academic journals. Also works with students on papers and projects. Contact me via email: theckeducator@gmail.com. Mention MWSA in title, please.

Bob Worthington

Company/Group Name: self-employed non-fiction writer

Service(s) offered: Writing help/guidance, Marketing & Promotion, Research help and/or guidance, General Veterans' help, guidance, advice

Description of service provided: I am a non-fiction writer with over 2500 publications. I have a 25-year background with the USMC, US Army and US Navy with three combat tours in spec ops and infantry. I am also a former Army clinical psychologist and one of the pioneer researchers in PTSD. See my web site,www.BobWorthingtonWriter.com or email me at rworthin@q.com. My major writing areas are general aviation, military, and firearms (and small business management). I can help writers with their ideas, doing research, and getting published. I am also a retired university professor where I taught in departments of psychology, business, and writing.

Link/URL to website: http://BobWorthingtonWriter.com

Email Address: rworthin@q.com

Force Poseidon, Publisher

Service(s) offered: Editing, Writing help/guidance, Cover Design, Marketing & Promotion, Video Production, Editing, etc., Research help and/or guidance, General Veterans' help, guidance, advice, Website/Blog/Social Media

Description of service provided: Force Poseidon is a small press created to foster, develop, and publish the works of primarily military veterans unable to get the attention of agents or other publishers.

FP is a new publisher of urban, military/espionage, mystery, and crime novels that engage readers beyond big guns, watches, and helicopter rides. In genres that have often been considered less than literary, we strive to infuse our products with characters as compelling as the plots, and action for people who understand.

But in addition to thrillers, we've also published a retired Navy senior chief's searing autobiography, and this fall we're launching a compelling historical fiction, a thriller sequel, and a new take on superheroes that is a cross between "Mission Impossible" and "Justice League."

And sure, sometimes there are helos.

Are you ready with a finished, smooth manuscript? Is it rough and you don't know where to go with it? Or do you just want to bounce ideas off someone who gets it?

We're ready to talk. No agent required.

Link/URL to website: http://ForcePoseidon.com

Richard Sand,Esq., Multiple award winning author and Creative Writing Professor

Company/Group Name: Richard Sand,Esq., Multiple award winning author and Creative Writing Professor

Service(s) offered: Editing, Writing help/guidance

Description of service provided: 
1138 W Saw Mill Road
Quakertown,Pa 18974
215 233 5377 or 215 285 3941. 
richardmsandesq@gmail.com

I am the multi-award winning author of 12 books,fiction and non-fiction,including "Edison 64-A Tragedy in Vietnam and at Home." I am involved in Veterans causes and also in screenplay projects.

Link/URL to website: http://www.Edison64.org

JL Regen Enterprises

Company/Group Name: JL Regen Enterprises

Service(s) offered: Editing, Writing help/guidance, Research help and/or guidance

Description of service provided: I am ready to provide ghostwriting, editing, and writing services to members. I've done this for 25 years in private, government, and academic industries.

writerjr1044@gmail.com
7100 Kennedy Blvd East
Suite 5N
Guttenberg, NJ 07093

Link/URL to website: http://www.joansbookshelf.com

Valerie Ormond - Believing In Horses Blog

Valerie Ormond is a writer living in Maryland. Valerie’s novels, Believing In Horses, and Believing In Horses, Too, won Gold Medals in the Military Writers Society of America book awards and seven other first place awards in national competitions including the State of Maryland’s Touch of Class Award. Her third novel, Believing In Horses Out West, released in October 2021 as an Amazon #1 New Release on launch day. The National Federation of Press Women awarded the book 1st Place in Young Adult Fiction, and The BookFest Awards selected it as a Second Place winner. Believing In Horses Out West was also named a Finalist in the international Wishing Shelf Book Awards.

Her fiction and non-fiction stories have been published in books, and her articles and poetry have appeared internationally in books, magazines, newspapers, and blogs.

Besides her writing, Valerie is a Navy veteran, owner of Veteran Writing Services, LLC, and a horsewoman.

Kathleen M. Rodgers' Blog

Born in The Land of Enchantment, Kathleen M. Rodgers is a novelist whose work has appeared in Family Circle Magazine, Military Times, and in several anthologies. Her fifth novel, Llano County Mermaid Club, will be released from University of New Mexico Press and is represented by Tracy Crow, president of Tracy Crow Literary Agency. The Flying Cutterbucks, her fourth novel, was named a 2022 New Mexico Press Women Zia Book Award 1st Runner-up and a 2021 WILLA Literary Award Finalist in Contemporary Fiction from Women Writing the West. She’s been featured in USA Today, The Associated Press, and many other publications. A native of Clovis, New Mexico, Kathleen resides in North Texas and is working on her sixth novel. She presented at Eastern New Mexico University’s Media-Con '21 and '22 and has been invited back for Media-Con '23. A two-time finalist for the MWSA Writer of the Year Award, Kathleen recently gave a talk about "Not Giving Up" at the 2022 MWSA national conference in New Orleans. She is available to speak at events and book clubs.

Author/screenwriter for a project that we are calling "Coming Home"

This is a formal inquiry into the hiring procedure of a author/screenwriter for a project that we are calling "Coming Home". The family of Lt. Col. William L. Kieffer Jr. as well as Colonel Keith Balts, USAF has reached out and given permission to me to find the right person to tell this remarkable story to a larger audience. Back in 2011, there were several articles written on this fascinating story of two men whose paths were meant to cross and eventually and bring a solider home. Please let me know how to proceed with finding the right person for this job. Many thanks.

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