WORKSHOP & CONFERENCE ITINERARY '08

April 25–26. Federal Way Arts Commission: Writers Retreat at Dumas Bay Centre, WA.
Contact: Mary.Faber@cityoffederalway.com or 253-835-6900.
Keynote speech: "The Three Blind Mice: Doubt, Distraction, and Perfectionism." Roundtable, Friday, 2-5pm: "Novel Writing From Beginning to End."

May 3. Southern Oregon Chapter Willamette Writers, Medford, OR.
Contact Lori Patch: loripatch@oigp.net
Speech: "Add Personality to Your Prose." Afternoon workshop: "Movement, Movement, Movement."

May 24–25. Shuswap Lake International Writer's Festival, Salmon Arm, British Columbia, at Prestige Harbourfront Resort.
Contact Ineke Hughes: inekeh@telus.net. See www.shuswapwritersfest.ca
Keynote speech: "What Your Mother Never Told You About the Writer's Life." Workshops: Friday Preconference—"Creating Sound Structure for Your Novel or Memoir." Saturday: "Quick Fixes for Your Fiction and Memoir Writing."

July 17–20. Pacific Northwest Writers' Association Conference, Seattle, WA.
www.pnwa.org
Friday: "The New Expectations for Nonfiction Books and Proposals." Saturday: "Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques for Novels."

August 1–3. Willamette Writers Conference, Portland, OR.
www.willamettewriters.com
Friday: "Writing and Revising Your Novel's Query, Synopsis, and Two Pages." Saturday: "Fiction Manuscript Makeover-Revision, Revision, Revision (Part I and II)." Sunday: "Finding the Form for Facts, Essays, Self Help, & How To."

August 23. Coeur d'Alene Chapter of Idaho Writers League
Half-day workshop. "Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques for Fiction and Memoirs." Afternoon one-on-ones: 20 minutes @ $20/each with up to 5 pages sent in advance.

September 11–13. League of Utah Writers 2008 Roundup, Ogden, UT.
www.luwrite.com
Workshops: Pre-conference Friday: "Revision Techniques for Fiction and Memoir Writing" (six hours). Saturday: "Nonfiction Book Proposals-From Idea to Contract" and "Query Letters and E-Queries for Novels: Getting the 'Yes, Send More.'"

September 26–27. Central Coast Writers Conference, San Luis Obispo, CA.
www.communityprograms.net/wc/wcinfo.htm
Workshops TBA.

October 4–6. Edmonds Arts Commission, Write on the Sound, Edmonds, WA.
Contact: email: wots@ci.edmonds.wa.us.
2008 Manuscript Evaluator. Workshops TBA.

October 24-27. Surrey International Writers Conference, Surrey, British Columbia.
www.siwc.ca
Workshops TBA.

December 6. Cover to Cover Bookstore, Vancouver, WA.
Contact: bubba99@comcast.net
"Writer's Mixer." Speech TBA.

BIO
Elizabeth Lyon crisscrosses the United States each year, and goes to Canadian festivals and conferences, to offer workshops and seminars on all aspects of writing, editing, and publishing. She is the author of six books published by Perigee (Penguin USA): Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore, A Writer's Guide to Fiction and A Writer's Guide to Nonfiction. Perigee reprinted Lyon's first two books, Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write and The Sell Your Novel Tool Kit, instructional books that are highly regarded and often referred to as the preferred texts on marketing writing. In 2005, M. Evans & Co., NY, published Lyon's National Directory of Editors & Writers, featuring profiles of 530 freelancers living in 48 states. M. Evans was acquired by Rowan & Littleton, who now own the directory. Lyon's articles have appeared in The Writer and Writer's Digest magazines. Two of her articles have been reprinted in such publications as The Writer's Handbook and A Complete Guide to Novel Writing. Her essay, "Honoring the Lost Writer's of 9-11" was selected for publication in the 2004 edition of the St. Martins/Bedford Language Awareness for College Writers. "I'll Come to You" features Lyon's traveling workshops that are customized to the writers' group or organization who invites her to offer weekend workshops or retreats.

Elizabeth Lyon is the writer's midwife and the editor's editor. In this latter role, she trains professional writers who wish to develop professional editing businesses. She has a deep interest in transpersonal psychology, health, and medicine, and holds a master's degree in counseling. Her love of animals runs deep, and she lives with her furry family, border collie Riley and brat cat Hunter.

Her seminar schedule and tips and techniques for improving writing are posted at her author web site, www.elizabethlyon.com, and information about editing services is posted at her company web site, www.4-edit.com.