Upcoming Dates

16 May 2008
Art Show & Book sale
Exploration Works, 5 - 9 p.m. in the Great Northen Center
Helena, Montana

16 September 2008
History presentation
Montana Academy of Living History, 7 p.m.
Deerlodge, Montana

Check back for more dates and locations.

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The following presentations can be forty-five (45) minutes to two (2) hours, including questions and answers. Informative handouts for each topic.

• DOG DAYS TO HORSE CULTURE: Early American Indian life in the Northern Rockies.
  This program has been selected for the Montana Committee of the Humanities Speakers Bureau through 2008
• BOOK PUBLISHING OVERVIEW:getting published.
• GETTING STARTED: The process of writing a book-length manuscript.
• INTERNET MARKETING: How to promote yourself and your writing on line.
• MAKING IT REAL: Injecting Sense of Place into your history memoirs and fiction.
• MYSTICISM IN THE 19TH CENTURY: A look at the interesting dynamics of cults and new philosophies in the 1800s.
• ONLINE RESEARCH: Where and how to search and how to compile your findings.
• READINGS: From Karyn's fiction or poetry, this presentation will include discussion of the how and why each piece was written.
• REWRITES AND CRITIQUES: What to look for to refine completed works.

The following writing programs are available for one-day to two-day workshops. More information on request.

1. CRAFTING A NOVEL: Hands-on writing to learn effects of different voices and points of view in character development.
2. IDEA TO BOOK: Two-days--includes "Getting Started" and "Book Publishing Overview". Optional manuscript evaluation.
3. POETRY CREATIONS: Exploring word choice and syntax, and poetry as a short story.
4. USING THE WORLD WIDE WEB: Two-days--includes "Online Research" and "Internet Marketing"

Pricing information available on request