February 2010 AIW Member News
Sue Eisenfeld’s essay, “A Walking Magnet for Odd, Minor Ills,” appeared in the New York Times (Science/Health) on February 9: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/health/09case.html?ref=health. Her essay, “One Windy Day,” is published in the Spring 2010 issue of Gettysburg Review.
Herta Feely has completed production of a video trailer for her client, Tobias Lanz, whose book The Life and Fate of the Indian Tiger was published last summer. Here’s the link to the video: http://chrysaliseditorial.com/blog/2010/01/the-life-and-fate-of-the-indian-tiger-book-trailer/. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this effort was the involvement of her 14-year old nephew, Wake Coulter, responsible for the artistry of the video. (She would love to get your feedback.) Her blog is aimed at writers, and provides a variety of information, inspiration and the occasional comic relief, http://chrysaliseditorial.com/blog/.
Steve Freeman is co-author of the cover article in the January issue of Communication World, a magazine published by the International Association of Business Communicators. The article’s title is “Above the Fold: As Print Declines, Rethink Your Media Relations Strategy.” Steve has also taken on new responsibilities as an online adjunct professor with Ashford University, based in Clinton, Iowa. Steve teaches in the Communications and PR track.
Easy Living, a UK Conde Nast magazine, will reprint one of Amy Fries’ PsychologyToday.com posts in its April edition. Also, several of Fries blog posts were selected by PsychologyToday.com editors as “essential reads,” and a post made the “most read” list. Daydreams at Work was also a finalist for “best new nonfiction,” in the National Book Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. Translation rights have been sold to two Chinese publishers and a Korean publisher, and it was reprinted in English for Macmillan India.
Kathryn Johnson, new AIW member and author of over 40 published books, will speak at the Bay to Ocean Writers Conference, February 20 in Easton, Maryland. Her topic: “Your First Novel: Breaking into Print.” She’ll also address the Annapolis region of the Maryland Writers Association, on March 9, discussing pros/cons of working with a professional mentor and effectively approaching a literary agent. HarperCollins has bought her next book, The Gentleman Poet, for September publication.
Carla Joinson had a short story accepted for the Pill Hill Press anthology The Four Horsemen: An Anthology of Conquest, War, Famine & Death.
Robert M. Knight, an AIW Board member, will appear at the Independent Writers of Chicago on March 9, when he will conduct a program, “Professional Skills that Make Writers Block Go Away.” Knight, author of Journalistic Writing: Building the Skills, Honing the Craft, will also make a presentation April 10 at Gettysburg College for “Speak Up, Write Out,” an annual event for journalism programs from about half a dozen colleges in Pennsylvania and Maryland. His book, published by Marion Street Press, is due out on May 1. Knight has written an article on newsworthiness in the Age of Blog and Tweet. It is scheduled for the ethics issue of Quill, which is due out on April 1. He writes a series of blogs on writing, journalism and the English language, “Verbal Knightcap,” at the AIW blog at www.amerindywriters.org.
Larry Lesser’s story “In the National Interest” has just been published in the online magazine American Diplomacy, www.americandiplomacy.org, in the Foreign Service Life section. Although it’s about the inner workings of the diplomatic career life it’s intended to be of interest also to general non-specialist readers.
The Washington D.C. Playwright Forum will give a reading of Tom Mason’s play The Misfortune of Kings on Monday, February 22, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.,
St. Mary’s Armenian Church, 4125 Fessenden St. N.W., Washington D.C. 20016, off Wisconsin Ave, entrance at back of the Church. $3.00 Donation requested.
For more information contact : lovetide@comcast.net. Play synopsis: A young baseball star threatens to walk out over the benching of the team’s faltering future Hall-of-Famer.
Ann L. McLaughlin’s sixth novel, Leaving Bayberry House, will be out May 3, 2010. She will give a reading at the Writer’s Center on May 16 and at Politics and Prose on May 23.
Ruth M. Schimel, Ph.D., Career & Life Management Consultant and Writer, is pleased to share her article, “Effective Networking for Diplomats – Introverts or Not,” published in the December 2009 Foreign Service Journal, www.fsjournal.org. Many of the ideas can benefit writers too. To read Schimel’s article go to http://www.foreignservicejournal-digital.com/foreignservicejournal/200912/#pg17 .
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