Writers of Kern Annual Spring Workshop

March 15, 2008

Wyndham Gardens Hotel

3001 Buck Owens Blvd

Bakersfield, CA

$15.00/person

Call 661-399-0423 for more information

8:00 – 8:30       Meet and Greet with light refreshments

8:30 – 9:00       Mike Russo of Russo’s Books: Welcome

9:00 – 9:45       LisaAnn LoBasso: Show-and-Tell Poetry Auction

9:45 – 10:00     Break

10:00 – 10:45   Marilyn Merideth: What Makes A Mystery? Plot or Character?

10:45 – 11:00   Break

11:00 – 11:45   Steve Mettee: The Nine Habits of Frequently Published Writers

11:45 – 12:30   Q & A/Discussion/Book Signings/Closing

LisaAnn LoBasso occupied her mind by creating songs while traveling throughout the U.S. as a child in the 70s. She didn’t know then that the poet in her burned to stay on the road performing. Recalling the once revered role of poetry and verse, she makes poetry into fine art with high performance expectations. LisaAnn asks attendees to bring to the meeting an intriguing object that has an interesting history, or story to tell. All participants are requested to be prepared to tell us very briefly about the object’s significance or “story”. Despite the title of the presentation, all items will go home with their owners.

Stephen Blake Mettee, publisher with Quill Driver Books, is the author of The Fast-Track Course on How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal. Quill Driver Books publishes nonfiction books including books on writing, two of which are Book-of-the-Month Club selections. QDB’s authors include, Irving Stone, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, and America’s most popular medical columnist Peter H. Gott, M.D, as well as first-time authors. QDB is recognized by industry periodical Book Marketing Update as one of the "Top 101 Independent Book Publishers" in the United States and by Writer’s Digest as one the 100 most new-writer friendly book publishers in the U.S. Mr. Mettee is always in the market for exceptional nonfiction books.

Marilyn Meredith is the author of award winning Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series as well as other novels. The latest, Judgment Fire, from Mundania Press, is an Eppie finalist. Under the name of F. M. Meredith, she writes the Rocky Bluff P.D. series. The latest title in the series is, Fringe Benefits, with Smell of Death due out sometime in January, from Tigress Press. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, EPIC and on the board of the Public Safety Writers of America. She was an instructor for Writer’s Digest School for ten years, served as an instructor at the Maui Writer’s Retreat and many other writer’s conferences. She makes her home in Springville, CA, a town much like Bear Creek where Deputy Tempe Crabtree lives.