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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

2008 DOGWOOD WRITING CONFERENCE

The 2008 Dogwood Writing Conference takes place this weekend at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park, APRIL 25-26, 2008

Join KYOWA members and fellow writers at the Third Annual Dogwood Writing Conference
at beautiful Greenbo Lake State Resort Park in eastern Kentucky.

LOCATION: Greenbo Lake State Resort Park
965 Lodge Road (off KY Route 1)
Greenup, KY 41101-9517
606-474-7324, 800-325-0083

HOST CHAPTER: KYOWA (KY-OHIO-WV) 180
ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA
kyowaromance.tripod.com

ALL WRITERS AND WOULD-BE WRITERS WELCOME
We welcome fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children and young adult,
inspirational, family journals and genealogy, and others

FEE: $45.00 FOR NON-KYOWA MEMBERS:
Includes Friday night Ice Cream Social/Mixer, Saturday Continental Breakfast, and all Workshops. $10.00 for Friday night only. Discounted rate for students.

Accommodations at the Park at special rates.
Phone the park directly for reservations.

PRESENTERS:

PAMELA KING CABLE, Motivational Speaker, Author (and former WV Writers workshop presenter)
Born in West Virginia, Pam claims a tribe of wild Pentecostals and storytellers raised her. She attended The University of Akron and Kent State University. Her award-winning stories, articles, and essays have appeared in magazines, anthologies, and newspapers in several states. The most recent award—her book, SOUTHERN FRIED WOMEN, was a finalist in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year and USABookNews.com Fiction and Literature-Short Story, Best Books of 2006 Book Awards. www.pamelacable.com

RICK MCMAHAN, Author, Special Agent with the Bureau of ATF
Rick McMahan worked for the federal government as a civilian criminal investigator for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, for six years and as Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) investigating federal violations of gun and explosives laws for the last nine. As an ATF agent, Rick has investigated extremist militias, violent street gangs as well as outlaw motorcycle gangs. In addition, he’s a firearms instructor and has served as an on-the-job trainer for new agents. In his free time, Rick enjoys writing, and in the past year he’s had short stories appear in the anthologies such as---TECHNO NOIRE, LOW DOWN & DERBY and the Mystery Writer’s of America DEATH DO US PART edited by Harlan Coben.

RAELELNE GORLINSKY, Publisher
Ellora's Cave
Cerridwen Press

MADDIE JAMES, Author, Speaker
Maddie James is published by Resplendence Publishing, Thorndike Press and Kensington Books. She has dozens of published non-fiction titles to her credit. Her romance fiction stories fall predominately in the suspense, paranormal and contemporary realms, tagging herself as an “edgy suspense and thrilling romance” author. Current Releases: The Curse, Blue, Ladies of Legend: Finding Home (with Janet Eaves, Magdalena Scott, Jan Scarborough)
www.maddiejames.com

AMI RUSSELL, Editor
Wild Rose Press

CHRISTINE WITTHOHN, Agent Book Cents Literacy Agency, LLC (and current WV Writers workshop presenter)

For more information, contact Mary Shortridge at meshortridge@gmail.com or call (606)-326-2148.