Thanks go out to our wonderful 2013 sponsors!
FCBF official booksellers:
The 2013 Fox Cities Reads is underway! Pick up a copy of Last Child in the Woods and the Nature Priniciple by Richard Louv at your local library and join in community-wide discussions about the book. The author will visit the Fox Cities April 22-24 during the Fox Cities Book Festival.
Author Biography
Judy Bridges is the author of Shut Up & Write! and the founder of Redbird Studio writing center in Milwaukee, WI, where she offered 3-5 workshops a week and mentored hundreds of published writers. Prior to founding the studio, she earned her living writing speeches and sales training programs, personal essays, magazine articles, short stories and plays. Her passion for helping others find their writing voices came to life at the studio, where over 6,000 students of all ages and backgrounds attended workshops and followed their dreams. Renowned for her humorous, no nonsense approach to writing, Judy is also a fan of self-publishing "under the right conditions." She self-published Shut Up & Write! and is currently working on a collection of family stories titled, You Drive, You're too Drunk to Sing.
Representatives of five Wisconsin presses will speak about their missions, philosophies and processes of publishing from selection to final draft. You’ll learn how authors are chosen (or turned down). You’ll discover the press’ obligation to author and the author’s obligation to the press from money to marketing to mailing out books.
This session will be facilitated by Karla Huston. Participants include:
- Judy Bridges, Redbird Studios
- Wendy Vardaman, Cowfeather Press and Verse Wisconsin
- Sarah Busse, Cowfeather Press and Verse Wisconsin
- Lester Smith, Popcorn Press
- Laura Damon-Moore, Parallel Press
- Kate Thompson, Wisconsin Historical Society Press
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