SLWG Author Series – A New Twist on an Old
Lecture Series
By Brad
R. Cook
St.
Louis Writers Guild has a new feature for its long standing lecture series. The
SLWG Author Series is a monthly interview with an author. For almost a decade
St. Louis Writers Guild has hosted a lecture series featuring an author discussing
their writing process, their books, and the industry. Now, this series is
available in multiple formats and reaches a much wider audience.
The
SLWG Author Series is viewable in three ways.
1. Be part of the audience
2. SLWG Members can watch and interact live online
The SLWG Author Series is held on the third
Thursday of every month at All On The Same Page Bookstore, 11052 Olive Blvd in
Creve Coeur.
The
event starts at 7pm, the interview lasts about 30 minutes, but being part of
the audience means you get more interaction with the author. More questions are
asked and answered, and there is often a more in-depth conversation about the
topic. I invite everyone to come out to the lecture, and best of all it is
free! Plus you can buy a copy of the author’s books and get it signed!
Part of
paid membership in St. Louis Writers Guild is access to the live online
broadcast of the Author Series. A link is sent to every member allowing them to
login at 7pm on the third Thursday of the month to watch the unedited interview.
Usually some antics precede the interviews and some have suggested we take all
those clips and edit them into a comedy movie. Online attendees can ask
questions via text or twitter using @stlwritersguild. Those questions are answered
during the interview, leading to a very interactive experience for the attendee
and the author.
Finally,
if you can’t make it to the All On The Same Page Bookstore on the third Thursday
of the month or to the online broadcast, a recording of the interview is posted
on www.stlwritersguild.net and
Youtube within a week of the broadcast. The video is edited; it includes the
entire interview, but not the hilarious outtakes.
Topics
so far have covered, Memoir, Editing, and Y/A Lit, and future topics will touch
on a wide variety of area in the publishing industry. St. Louis Writers Guild
invites you to join us on the third Thursday of the month or online, and all we
ask is that if you enjoy the speaker consider purchasing their books.
You may
have seen the interviews from the 2012 and 2013 Missouri Writers Guild
Conferences. They were held in a similar manner using the techniques and
technology perfected by St. Louis Writers Guild. The Writers’ Lens has enjoyed
partnering with SLWG and MWG to provide these interviews and hope to bring more
events and interviews like this in future.
SLWG
Author Series
Third
Thursday of every month
All On
The Same Page Bookstore
11052
Olive Blvd. Creve Coeur, MO 63141
7pm
Linda Austin – March 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOSIWfLLoOo
Both
interviews have been posted on The Writers’ Lens tumblr page http://writerslens.tumblr.com/
The May
2013 SLWG Author Series Interview with LS Murphy will be posted this week on www.stlwritersguild.net
We hope
to see you in June!
Brad R. Cook is a historical fantasy
author and President of St. Louis Writers Guild. Please visit www.bradrcook.com or follow me on Twitter @bradrcook https://twitter.com/bradrcook Check
out my tumblr page, Thoughts from Midnight – http://bradrcook.tumblr.com/
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