Bundaberg Writers' Club

Already Writefest 2011 is looking fantastic with three speakers and Deonie Fiford returning to hold master classes. From the feedback I got last year Deonie will very much be in demand and I know that for the first time I will be submitting a ms for this great opportunity.
Once again Sandy has shown her dedication to this event by securing three speakers already.
Leanne Taylor teaches story writing for video and computer games, an industry that has become a juggernaut.

Heads up everyone! Mentoring the Muse is coming October 15-18 2010. What does this mean you ask? Two things:
1. Use the August 20th deadline for submissions as a motivational tool, get some work done. Polish that story of novel up and send it in. Regardless of the outcome you will have achieved something, writing.
2. A brilliant opportunity to get some serious mentoring in before Writefest 2011! Get that manuscript workshop ready or even better pull an editors interview. Nothing negative comes from trying to improve yourself.

Whoo hoo! And that’s all I can say until next week. See you there this weekend.
Dean
(Yeah I'm just a bit excited, will be easy to pick me out on Friday night.)

This time next week I will be on the road heading down for the annual Writefest in Bundaberg.
Friday night being the offical social night at the Bargara Golf Club and then a full day Saturday at the uni with the guest speakers. What's more, it is even more exciting this year because I know how much fun it will be. Let alone the educational positives it wll have! ( Was going to use the word edumacational but would cop to much flak.)
Saturday night might have some unoffical soicalising, I know I will be keen . Otherwise I will end up on the laptop working on my ms in a darkened motel room.

Back again, just a quick note. We have a valuable tool here with this website and the more people who use it the more we will get from it.
So give it a go, blog away or post a snippet of that great idea you have for a story in the forums!
Dino.

Writing routines are important if you are working on a manuscript. Everyone is different, lifestyles and the volume of work you can create in the time you have. So here is where time management comes to the fore, yes management.

The first thing I worked out about this addictive creative pastime is to control the hours that get invested into the red hot ideas and manuscripts under construction. Otherwise you suffer a lot, burnout, lack of sleep or that very depressing side effect, frustration. The last being from not writing!

Went down to the Nigel Brennan workshop on Saturday 20.03.10 and gained a valuable insight into how a commercial writer operates. Even more interesting was the good turnout of people who came along to listen to Nigel. Doing the writing exercises and reading them out meant I had to overcome my shy nature but it was good fun.

Dean

The excitement of Writefest has awoken from its annual slumber revealing a smorgasbord of classes that will feed the writer within. As usual one cannot attend them all, not yet anyway.

The organisers have once again assembled a range of people with many different backgrounds in the arts of writing or publishing. All of whom are available at Writefest to feed the mind with the nourishment of their experience.

Another year is almost at an end once again and the Anderson Clan wishes all members a safe and merry festive season!

Ironically it was Christmas night 2008 that I first put pen to paper and began the exciting journey of writing my first manuscript. A decision that opened up a whole new world that led me down a very interesting path of discovery, making me leave my own odd comfort zone to meet new people. To exercise that creative part of the brain we use to create the writing works we treasure so much.

Thank you to all those members who helped with the critique of the first piece of writing I submitted at the recent June meeting. The feedback was very useful and it was great to meet more members of the club.
Yes being a new member and author means I will ask a lot of questions and email everyone who gives me theirs. Frankly I learn more and more everyday about publishing, editing and genre fiction thanks to the people I have met since joining the club and Writefest.