This Sunday, January 24th, I am hosting the Northwest Author Series. Our guest this month is children’s author Amber Keyser, who will speak on How To Use a Critique Group.

There’s even going to be a demo! Amber is bringing some members of her critique group, Viva Scriva, and they are going to show us how they critique each other’s work. So if you are a member of a writing group or you wish to start a writing group or if you are just curious about how writing groups work, this is the workshop for you!

I’ll even be giving away extra door prizes from my generous publisher. In addition to our usual one-year-subscriptions to WritersMarket.com and Writer’s Digest magazine, I have two copies of Becky Levine’s new book, The Writing & Critique Group Survival Guide from Writer’s Digest Books. [Amazon link]

You can read all about the Northwest Author Series at our blog. Don’t forget to sign up for our e-mail reminders, if you live nearby!

And, on Sunday, January 31st, I’m hosting a three-hour Power-Up Your Platform For the Internet Age workshop. If you’ve always wanted to work with others on your platform-building or refocusing, this experiential workshop is your chance to get on-the-spot feedback on your ideas. I hope you will join us!

You can learn all about it right here. Holler if you need questions answered.

Next week is going to be tons of fun. I can’t wait!