Debra Kemp @ Mudsocks!!

IWG Member Debra Kemp will be at Mudsocks Books Saturday, Nov. 8th to sign copies of her books, House of Pendragon Book 1: The Firebrand and House of Pendragon Book 2: The Recruit. 

Come and meet this wonderful award-winning author! Her stories will amaze you! 

Debra Kemp

Booksigning

Saturday, November 8

12pm 

Mudstock Books & Coursity Shoppe

11631 Fisher's Station Drive

Fishers, IN  

IWG-ers at Indy Book Talk

IWG Members were representin' at this year's Indy Book Talk. IWG's own Debra A. Kemp was on a panel about publication in the afternoon. Debra did an amazing job talking about the struggles she endured to see her book into publication.  Fellow IWG-ers, Ellen Tevault, Sarah Gott and Kate Chaplin where there to cheer her on and spread the word of IWG. 

The Book Talk took

 place at Lawrence High School and had local celebrities, Andy Murphy, Dick Wolfsie,

 Mayor Paul Ricketts and Mayor Greg Ballard in attendance.

Presentations were given 

about all aspects of publication from publicity on the Internet to the "real deal" of a book publication timeline. Th

ere were great interviews and Q&A sessions with well-known and award winning writers, and "mall" featuring a freebie table, booksellers, jewelry sellers, info on Indy Reads and more. 

With a lunch sponsored by Olive Garden, it was a  full, fun

 time had by all. Wonderful to have an IWG-er in the brochure!! Way to go Debs!! 

  

Debra Kemp at Write Stuff Writers' Book Talk!

IWG member and team leader, Debra Kemp, is invited to participate in a panel at the upcoming WriteStuff Writers' Book Talk event October 11. She will have a table to display her books and meet and greet readers. 

For more information about Write Stuff Writers check out www.writestuffwriters.com

For more information about Debra Kemp and her House of Pendragon Series check out: www.myspace.com/debrakemp

IWG-ers Answer: Writing Is...

Each week we ask IWG-ers to finish a sentence. Sometimes it's writing related, sometime it's not. This week the sentance to finish is: Writing is... 

Here is what a few of our members said: 

Writing is . . .  expression, lifeblood and love, a pouring out, a soaking in, a way of meaning in the days, hours, minutes, heartbeats of our lives.

Jamie Carie

Writing is food for the soul.

Eleanor Mason

Writing is practice for my real job, re-writing. 

Kate Chaplin

Writing is:  my real job, what I do at the bookstore is just a hobby.

Debra A. Kemp

Writing is...dreadful to consider but once you get started, it feels so  good.

Jerri

Writing is...the most difficult and rewarding thing you can do.

Sandi Sookoo

Photos from IWG's Discussion on Publication Event

This summer IWG hosted a Round Table Discussion. This meeting's topic was the current climate of publishing.

These wonderful pictures were taken by Polina Osherov.

Pictured: (left to right) Robby Slaughter, Jamie Carie, Kimberly Shearer, Kit Ehrman, Kate Chaplin, Debra A. Kemp, Ellen Tevault, Shawnda, Laurielle Danbrielle, Ben, Cheryl Shore

IWG Summer Publishing Discussion

June 22nd, the Lawrence Library played host to the IWG Round Table Discussion on Publication. The first in a series of seasonal events put on the Indy Writers’ Group, members sought answers to the current shift in the publishing world. Members notated at the greater ease of self-publishing outlets vs. the greater difficulty for mainstream publishing.

Attending Author Kit Ehrman (Triple Cross, At Risk) lead off the discussion with the top 5 things a writer needs to get published:
1) write a great book
2) write a great book
3) write a great book
4) write a great book
5) write a great book

A lively and energetic conversation flowed freely from topics such as; query letters, pennames, writers rights, contracts, e-publishing, deadlines, POD, book reviews, and getting books into stores.

Various authors from the publishing world took part in the discussion. On the self publishing side there was Laurelei Dabrielle author of In Her Service: Reflections from a Priestess of Aphrodite whose book is doing so well that she is working on an expanded book and seeking mainstream publication for the material.

On the screenwriting side there was self pronounced “rebel” Kate Chaplin. She is the writer/director of the short film First They Came for and also the author of a self-published non-fiction book entitled The Belief Test. “Being an independent filmmaker,” Chaplin said, “just made sense to put my first book out independently as well.”

Jamie Carie, (Snow Angel, Duchess and the Dragon) the 6 book deal author of the group, talked about the royalty confusion with a larger publisher and also the new stress of writing under a fast approaching deadline.

Ellen Tevault, a successful freelance and authors, gave us the editor’s point of view. As an editor for Gaylifestylemonthly.com and Loose-id, she was able to answer many of the questions when it came to submitting material and how it gets from the query stage to the printed (or electronic) page.

Debra Kemp, provided great information about print on demand (POD) publishers such as the one that publisher her The House of Pendragon series. Debra has made a real mark for herself and her book on the e-publishing side of things. Her first book The House of Pendragon: Book 1 The Firebrand won an Eppie for fiction available in an electronic form.

This was the first in a series of Round Table discussion for the Indy Writers’ Group. The group is planning to have discussions seasonally with topics voted on by the membership.

To become a member of IWG or for more information check out: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indywritersgroup/