Northwest Indepedant Writer's Association Symposium

If you are planning on coming to NIWA's Symposium on Independent Publishing, registration rates go up on Monday, Jan 25th, so get those registrations in ASAP! You can find all the information about Symposium here: http://www.niwawriters.com/2014-symposium.html   We have experts coming in from all over the Pacific Northwest. If you are looking to give your career a boost, or even just looking to get started, this will be the perfect place to start. I've pasted the program below, so you can take a peek.  Program for the 2014 NIWA Symposium Saturday, February 1st8:00 – 9:30 a.m.ary 1st writing          The Mark of the Indie: Head Hopping - Cleaning up Your POV publishing    Redefining Success: Introduction to Indie Publishing marketing     Indie Marketing 101: Establishing Your Branding, Message, and Audience 9:45 – 11:15 a.m. writing          Being Your Own Fact Checker: Tips and Methodologies for Research publishing    Writer, Editor, Proofreader, Designer: The Indie Writer's Guide to Wearing All Hats marketing     A Strong Foundation for Your Career: Building a Powerful Marketing Platform   11:30 – 12:30 p.m. writing          Writing Coach: Techniques for Stronger Prose publishing    Channel Surfing: Indie Distribution Platforms Analyzed marketing     Author as Entrepreneur: Writing a Powerful Marketing Plan 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Keynote Luncheon RUMORS OF OUR DEATH HAVE BEEN GREATLY  EXAGGERATED (The State of Our Industry) Mark Leslie Lefebvre  Writer, Bookseller, and Director of Self-Publishing & Author Relations for Kobo.com 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. writing          80,000 Words: Wrapping Your Head Around the Modern Novel publishing    Price Wars: The Great Debate marketing     Advanced Techniques: Viral Marketing   3:00 – 4:00 p.m. writing          Writing to Teach: Making Your Nonfiction Approachable publishing    Book as Product: Designing with Your Customer in  Mind marketing     Welcome to the Circus: Hand Sales and Book  Signings 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Awards Banquet  followed by Committees After-Party The stars of independent publishing shine tonight! The following awards will be presented: The Mike Chinakos Award for contributions to the industry, The Adam Copeland Award for contributions to the association, The NSQ Award of Excellence, and the NIWA Bookseller of the Year Award.  Your new Association Board of Directors will also be introduced. Following the Banquet, the new committee chairs will be hosting tables to gather your input and enthusiasm for this year’s projects. Be there to be heard! Sunday, February 2nd 8:00 – 9:30 a.m.                                  writing            Judge and Jury: How to Listen to Critiques without Writing by Democracy publishing     Basics of Book Design: Principles of Interior and Cover Design marketing     The Power of the Many: Your NIWA Membership as a Marketing Tool   9:45 – 11:15 a.m. writing          The Keeperless Gate: How Do You Know When Your Manuscript is Ready? publishing    Ebook Formatting: The Crash-Course marketing     Guerilla Marketing: Low Budget Strategies 11:30 – 12:30 p.m. writing            Point of Professional Pride: Preparing for the NSQ Review publishing    Writer as Publisher: Keeping Records, Licensing Issues, Copyrighting, and Other Ways to Keep Out of Trouble with the Law  marketing     Your Home on the Internet: Best Design Practices for Your Author Website 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Networking Luncheon By now your brain is bubbling over with brilliant ideas to bump your career to the next level. Take the time to run through your thought experiment with a fellow attendee. Get some feedback and walk away with a plan of action! 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. NIWA Author Showcase Reader, meet author. Author, meet reader! Attendees with NSQ-approved books are invited to set up shop (for additional $20 table fee) for a book-signing extravaganza and charitable funding-raising event benefiting local literacy. This year's beneficiaries are The Right Brain Foundation and The Library Foundation of Hillsboro. 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. NIWA Author Showcase Raffle Drawings Baskets donated by each author in the NIWA Author Showcase will be raffled off to a load of lucky winners, so be sure to stuff those ticket cups! Proceeds go to benefit The Right Brain Initiative and The Library Foundation of Hillsboro. Read more here! Speakers You Might Meet Our speakers include successful authors and publishing professionals from all over the Pacific Northwest. To learn more about them and the classes they'll be teaching, please check our speakers page.

NIWA has been awarded a Community Cultural Participation Grant by the CCWC funded by the Oregon Cultural Trust intended to support our efforts of promoting local arts and literacy at the 2014 Northwest Independent Writers Association Symposium on Indie Publishing.   NIWA serves writers looking to achieve professional standards in independent writing, publishing, and marketing. Whether you are strictly indie, traditionally published, or developing a hybrid of the two, discover how membership in NIWA can boost your career! Copyright © 2013 NIWA