JOHN DEDAKIS of CNN - SENIOR EDITOR for WOLF BLITZER

On MARCH 26th John DeDakis - Senior Editor for Wolf Blitzer and Author of FAST TRACK and BLUFF will be giving a workshop for writers and aspiring writers at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs NY - Phila Street.

Caffe Lena is the oldest Caffe in the United States, where Bob Dylan held his guitar before his career took off and played. Nothing has changed, his paintings and pictures still hang on the walls. Graffiti on the bathroom doors, great coffee and home made Cho. Chip Cookies. But best of all, the best of Art, Writing, and Entertainment in Saratoga Springs.

John DeDakis will be leading an all day workshop. A total of two in the morning, and two in the afternoon. More information will follow. You can contact me, to reserve a seat a words444@nycap.rr.com and I will give you my information and you can pay by check or money order. Or you can purchase your tickets through Caffe Lena, which will be up on their site tomorrow, February 1st. They have a ticketron which they deal with.

All day - including FOUR workshops is $85.00
One Workshop is $25.00

Please check Caffe Lena or contact me for reservations, the Caffe hold approimately eighty people. John has drawn huge crowds, and we are honored to have him with us, here in Saratoga Springs. Thanks, Nancy

PUBLISH YOUR BOOK for both Experienced and Aspiring Authors

DON ODOM Workshop Presenter and Publisher, DYSTENIUM LLC - Publishing for The Third Millennium, New York, N.Y.

Don Odom has been a publisher of quality books and periodicals for more than 25 years. Before founding DYSTENIUM LLC in 2010, he was Executive Editor at Oxford University Press USA

WORKSHOP

Planning your publishing project to ensure success -

* Ten key questions you should ask yourself
* The project checklist you must have
* Measures of success

Changing role of authors and publishers in the Digital age -

* Authors as publishers
* Publishers as content brokers
* Implications for your book or writing project

Marketing your book - low cost, high impact strategies -

* Innocative Internet driven marketing approaches
* Web 2.0 interactivity
* The role, structure and applicability of "Social Networking
* E-main best practices

Caveat scriptor - beware!

* Should I self publish?
* Three questions you should ask yourself
* How to spot a vanity or pay to publish press publishing scam a mile away

Innovative, new technologies in publishing -

* Offset or digital printing?
* print then distribute or distribute then print?
* the rise of the digital book reader
* implications for your book or writing project

Finding a publisher -

* Strategies
* Expectations
* What really happens when your query letter or book proposal is reviewed by an editiorial committee?

WORKSHOP TO BE HELD - WHERE? Saratoga Springs NY, Caffe Lena
WHEN? December 11th, 2010
TIME? 11 am - 2 pm

Caffe Lena can be found on the net at CaffeLena.com
Any questions about this workshop can be directed to Carol Graser of Caffe Lena or myself at words444@nycap.rr.com