Carmela's E-Newsletter, #10
April 22, 2010
Welcome to the latest edition of my e-mail newsletter! In this issue: • Our First TeachingAuthors Group Presentation • Blogiversary and Critique Giveaway at www.TeachingAuthors.com • Summer Class at College of DuPage • Website updates • Please help “spread the word” Our First TeachingAuthors Group Presentation Last month, five of the six TeachingAuthors presented at the annual Illinois Reading Conference in Springfield, IL. The presentation went very well and we had a great time. If you'd like to read about it and see photos of us in action, visit my blog post at: http://www.teachingauthors.com/2010/03/recap-of-our-live-in-person-teaching.html . Blogiversary and Critique Giveaway at www.TeachingAuthors.com We're celebrating our first blogiversary at TeachingAuthors.com! As a thank-you gift to our readers, we’re offering a special “choose your own critique” giveaway. You can enter to win a critique of one of the following: a picture book manuscript, nonfiction piece, synopsis, novel opening, short story, or poetry. Here’s a direct link to the post: http://tinyurl.com/26tz3rb Summer Class at College of DuPage I'll be teaching a one-day introduction to the children’s writing field at College of DuPage on Saturday, June 26, 2010. For details, see the "Writing Classes" page of my website. Website updates I’ve finally completed the updates to my website. I've loved to know what you think. You can email me your comments, or post them on the website's new blog page. Please help “spread the word” I hope you will forward this email to anyone you know who may be interested. Also, please encourage them to subscribe at http://www.carmelamartino.com/newsletter.htm . I promise not to clutter your inbox—I don’t foresee sending this out more than once a month. Of course, if you don’t find this newsletter helpful, or are feeling overwhelmed with email, you can always unsubscribe on the same webpage. If you have any questions, for the quickest response, don’t reply to this email. Instead, email me directly. Happy Earth Day to all. And happy reading! Carmela