Please watch the WINIIE Awards on Saturday evening at 5 PM EST in the Pop-Up Gallery!

I'm so excited to share that I've been invited to teach at the Chesapeake Writing Workshop in Arlington, VA on July 13th, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott.

I'll be teaching a class on Mastering Point of View as well as critiquing the first 10 pages of writer's novels. Spaces will fill up quickly, and you need to send your manuscript in early, so make sure to apply now!

Please share with someone who lives in the area, or would love to join.

More information can be found on their website.

Hope to see you there!

I’m excited to be partnering with Hidden Timber Books to bring you an online workshop about websites for authors. Register by clicking on the link below!

As soon as family, friends, and colleagues find out you’re an author, they want to know where they can find your work.

Your author website is your one-stop shop, playing a crucial role in how you connect with your audience.

In this workshop learn what makes for a great website that attracts readers, helps them discover your work, and keeps them coming back.

A limited number of seats is available, so register now before we sell out!

Head hopping. Do you know what it is? Are you guilty of this writing crime? Too many budding authors do not thoroughly understand point-of-view--the dos and the don'ts of it. Yet, agents, editors, and publishers are sticklers on the subject. Register now for this workshop on Saturday, April 13 with Anne Clermont, editor and writer, who will guide you through the narrow twists of the concept and practice.

I’ll be teaching at BARN (Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network) so register now for this workshop here.

MASTERING POINT-OF-VIEW IN FICTION

Point-of-view can be defined as the narrative perspective from which a work is written. The types include first person, second person and third person.

As a writer, you'll use different perspectives depending on what type of work you are writing, as well as on what you're trying to do with it. In this class, we'll define each type of point-of-view, look at examples, and explore how each is useful and how each has drawbacks. 

We’ll also be practicing using various points-of-view. So, bring a current work-in-progress with you to class, if you have one. If not, then that’s fine!

Come join me and two other wonderful editors at the BARN roundtable on Thursday, April 26th! It's free for BARN members and only $5 for non-members. Should be a fun evening and we can help clarify the editing process!

Description:

Editing is rarely an author’s favorite part of the path to a finished manuscript. It hurts. You have to kill your darlings and admit to having tried occasionally to get away with a less than perfectly phrased sentence. At our April 26 Roundtable, Genevieve Olivarez-Conklin, Anne Clermont, and Martha Cunningham, all professional editors, will talk about what to expect from the different types of editing, how to get help, and what to do with it when you get it.

For tickets and more information click here.

See you there!

Find your perfect match at Talbots stores! LEARNING TO FALL is a #blinddatewithabook Summer 2017 Selection @TalbotsOfficial in Dallas or Houston!

I'm excited to go 'home' to see my family and friends in San Francisco! I'll be giving a talk at Book Passage in the Ferry Building.

Hope to see you there!

I will be at Angelstone Tournaments, outside of Toronto, ON for a book signing event. Please come see me there! I'll have copies of LEARNING TO FALL for sale available.

For more information on the show and how to get there, please click here.

Saturday night I'll be watching the Grand Prix, but please ping me via my contact page, or via Facebook or Twitter and we can meet up! I'd love to see you if you can't make it earlier in the day.

It should be a fantastic event: FEI level 1.45m Groupby International! Hope to see you there!

Join me with bestselling author and striving Yogi Karan Bajaj with his new novel The Yoga of Max’s Discontent. By turns a gripping adventure story and a journey of tremendous inner transformation, The Yoga of Max's Discontent is a contemporary take on man's classic quest for transcendence.

This story really captured me, moving with quick pace and a sensitivity that stays with you long after you've read the book.

I would love to see you at Third Place books, just north of Seattle!

I'll be discussing LEARNING TO FALL on KPRP 650AM, tomorrow, August 18th at 10 am PST/1 PM EST.

I hope you'll tune in! (You can also stream it online!)

I'll be the guest host for LitChat, Monday, August 15th at 1 pm ET/4 pm PT. If you're on Twitter, follow #LitChat. Otherwise, follow the chat on LitChat's dedicated channel here: www.nurph.com/litchat. I look forward to seeing you there!

Get more information here:  http://litchat.com/Anne-clermont/

I'm excited that my local book store, Eagle Harbor Books, will be hosting my book launch! Please help me celebrate! I'll bring the wine and champagne and some h'ordeuvres, you bring yourself! 

I hope to see you there!

Rebecca Laclair and I will be hosting a Writers Salon at BARN - Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network this Thursday evening! It's a free event. We'll be discussing writing, both novels and freelance articles. Hope to see you there!

A 'Fourth Thursday' monthly event hosted by BARN Writers!

Each month, we will be inviting authors, industry professionals and other writers to share tips, give help and inspiration.

On April 28th, authors Anne Clermont and Rebecca Laclair will discuss the art of starting your writing, whether it's a novel, a short story, magazine article, or any free-lance writing project.

Anne Clermont ran a 75-horse equestrian center with her husband, and has been published in a number of peer-reviewed scientific journals – including Nature Biotechnology. Her novel Learning to Fall debuts this August and takes us behind the high-stakes world of Grand Prix show jumping.

Sunday, March 20th, is the Spring Equinox! How fitting! On Monday, we will be revealing the cover for Learning to Fall! I can't wait to share the gorgeous cover with you. I think it really captures the deeper hidden themes of the story... I can't wait for you to see it! Check back in here, on Facebook, Twitter or BookSparks' blog on Monday!

I'm excited to have been invited to give a talk at the BARN about what it's like to work with an editor after you've completed your novel. I'll be speaking what I do as an editor and what a writer should expect.

The Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN) is presenting a series of talks featuring Elizabeth Wales, a literary agent; Anne Clermont, an editor; Ingemar Anderson, a publisher; and Dave Richards, a local writer, on Saturdays beginning January 23 and ending February 13, 3 to 4 pm. BARN members will pay a $40 fee and non-members $45.
     
Your book is done. Now what? is a unique opportunity for writers who have completed a manuscript, are struggling to complete one, or are thinking about taking the plunge. Each session will last one hour, including a half hour for questions. 
 
For additional details or to register, those interested should go to bainbridgebarn.org

In session one, Clermont, also a writer whose Learning to Fall will be published this summer, will discuss what an author can expect from hiring an independent editor to read a manuscript.

In the second session, Richards, who wrote If I Could Give You a Day and The Drive-in Miracle, will discuss the book business from a writer's perspective.

Anderson, founder of Kitsap Publishing, will explain how to publish, market, and sell a book in the third session.

Wales, owner and principal agent of the Seattle-based Wales Literary Agency, will complete the sessions when she discusses what an agent can and cannot do for an author.