Lit Bit: Goose Soars at Maryland Writers' Conference

 

The goose soared at 21st Annual Maryland Writers' Conference.  There was a full list of sessions and speakers at the conference, drawing attendees from across (and beyond) Maryland.  One of the featured sessions is called From Quill To Flightless Goose:  Making a Childrens' Book Soar, presented by yours truly.

 

Here's how the Maryland Writers' Conference program and website described it:

 

"In this session, Children's author and public relations expert Eric D. Goodman will share his experiences from first lines to final publication. Drawing on his experience, he will talk about the long and winding road to publication, and the bumpy path beyond it to successful sales. Learn about writer-publisher relations, writer-illustrator relations and about working on a children's book as a husband-wife team. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask your own burning questions about the challenges and rewards of being a published children's author."

 

Visit www.marylandwriters.org/conferences-2009list.html for more about this session, and a full list of all the sessions, speakers, agents, and editors at this year's Maryland Writers' Conference.

 

 

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Eric D. Goodman, Weekly Lit Bit

 

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Learn about Eric's new childrens' book, Flightless Goose, at the online pond.

www.RunGoose.com

 

Listen to Eric read an excerpt from his fiction on National Public Radio on the WYPR website.

 

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-587318.mp3

 

If you liked what you heard, here is another excerpt of Eric reading his fiction on NPR.

 

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-754738.mp3

 

And here's Eric's most recent NPR reading, which aired on the Valentine's Day edition of The Signal.

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wypr/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&id=1469301

 

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