Reading Room Cafe Project publishing

Publishing Flash 500 Workshop

           

Micro publisher Emma K Lea will be running a workshop on how to write and publish flash fiction, in association with Reading Room Café Project Publishing.

Workshops will be held in Bury, Lancashire from 1 PM to 4 PM.

 

The workshop will be three hours long with a  half hour break and will result in a book of poetry containing five flashes from each poet in attendance, which you will receive 15 copies of.

 

We will cover writing short work to a theme, Working in collaboration and the various

tools available for collaborative work, Entering your work into competitions and how spot scam competitions,

Writing intros and bios for books,

Approaching larger publishers,

Performing your work,

We will also try to cover any questions people in the group might have about writing flash fiction for publication.

 

£30 for 3 hours and 15 copies of your book

Email readingroomprojects@yahoo.com for details

What you need to bring:

At least 7 short peices that you've written(up to 500 words)

Pen

Paper

Tea/ beer money for the tea break

 

What happens in the workshop:

You can expect to write notes as well as some new short works (up to 500 words)

You'll receive instruction and constructive criticism (only if requested, Emma's not a monster!)

All of the topics overleaf will be covered 

 

What happens after the workshop:

Poems that you've brought with you and written will be collected in

You will have a week to submit any other poems that you feel might be suitable/ you have written since the workshop

Emma will choose 5 peices from each writer to be included in the book. 

Within a month of the workshop your 15 copies of the book will be available for collection.

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Workshop date : Saturday September 9th