The Oregon Coast chapter of Willamette Writers offers Writers-on-Writing workshops the first Tuesday of each month, 7-8:30 p.m. in the McEntee Room of the Newport Public Library, 35 NW Nye St. Admission is free. The Writers-on-Writing series is sponsored by the Newport Public Library and the Sylvia Beach Hotel. For information, contact Sue Lick at suelick@casco.net or Dorothy Blackcrow Mack at dmack@netportnet.com.

The Sylvia Beach Hotel is a popular destination on the Oregon Coast. Rooms are decorated to celebrate particular authors like Mark Twain, Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf, and many others. Guests are encouraged to meet and share stories at dinner and breakfast.For reservation information, call 888-795-8422.

2009 Speakers Schedule

July 7 Self-Publishing Panel - John H Baker, Patsy Brookshire, Sue Lick, Carla Perry

Four local authors will share their experiences with self-publishing at the July 7 meeting of the Coast Branch of Willamette Writers.

John H. Baker, author of Camp Adair, will lead the panel, which also includes Patsy Brookshire, author of Threads; Carla Perry, author of Laughing Like Dogs and owner of Dancing Moon Press; and Sue Fagalde Lick, author of Stories Grandma Never Told and Freelancing for Newspapers. Baker, a longtime educator, management consultant and 2009 Newport Community Legend honoree, self-published Camp Adair. His book tells the story of the building in 1942 of a massive army training base in farmland north of Corvallis. By 1944, it had become the second largest city in Oregon.

Brookshire used parts of her own life story for Threads, a novel set in Cannon Beach in 1917. She was raised in the Willamette Valley and moved away as an adult, returning years later to Newport. She has been writing since grade school. Like her grandmother and aunts, she is a quilter and used quilts as a theme in her self-published book.

In addition to a lifetime writing both technical materials and essays, short stories, and poetry, Perry founded the Nye Beach Writers' Series and writers on the Edge, Inc. She received the Oregon Governor's Art Award and the Stewart Holbrook Special Book Award for her outstanding contributions to Oregon's literary life.

Lick, a longtime newspaper reporter and editor, has published three books on Portuguese Americans, as well as Freelancing for Newspapers. Her work is also included in several anthologies and has been published in many newspapers and magazines. She has worked with traditional publishers and a print-on-demand company as well as publishing her own book.

The panel will discuss the various methods of getting a book published, including selling a book to a traditional publishing company, working with an online print-on-demand publisher, or self-publishing, including the advantages and disadvantages of each. They welcome questions and will have their books available for purchase.

Admission is free, and all are welcome to the meeting at the Newport Public Library, 35 NW Nye St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. , and the program starts at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Sue Fagalde Lick, 867-4692 or suelick@casco.net.

The Oregon Coast chapter of Willamette Writers offers Writers-on-Writing workshops the first Tuesday of each month, 7-8:30 p.m. in the McEntee Room of the Newport Public Library, 35 NW Nye St. Admission is free. The Writers-on-Writing series is also sponsored by the Newport Public Library and the Sylvia Beach Hotel. Contacts: Sue Lick, 867-4692, suelick@casco.net; Dorothy Blackcrow Mack, 765- 2383, dmack@centurytel.net.

The Writers-on-Writing series is also sponsored by the Newport Public Library and the Sylvia Beach Hotel. Contacts: Sue Lick, 867-4692, suelick@casco.net; Dorothy Blackcrow Mack, 765-2383, dmack@centurytel.net; www.willamettewriters.com.

August 4 Open Mike - Dorothy Mack, host