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From basics to bylines, we'd like to see you succeed!
You don’t have to travel far to meet up with other writers. Join
our network of writers at either one or both of the Basics2Bylines Writers’
Groups. Whether you’ve been published before or
not, you’ll be inspired to write and submit your work for publication. The B2B
Writers’ Groups
are held at two locations for your convenience. For
details click here.
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Thanks
to Guest
Speaker Cliff Fazzolari
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Cliff spoke at our April 7th writers' group at
Barnes & Noble.
Cliff shared his latest accomplishments of releasing two books, House of
Miracles and Nobody's Home, within a one month period. How's that
for a writer's dream come true?
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Edie
(Koch) Suarez
(Writers’
Group Coordinator - Barnes
& Noble - Clarence) has worked in a financial institution for over
twenty five years. She writes poems and essays, many of which have been
published in publications like The Buffalo News, Writer’s Journal,
CIA – Citizen in America,
and Poems in the Waiting Room (in London). Edie’s had poems highlighted in local
newsletters and has also posted her writings at OurEcho.com and Buffalo.com/YourHub.
Lynne
Wallace-Lee (Writers’ Group Coordinator - Barnes & Noble
- Amherst) is a freelance writer with college training in
technical writing, including research and project organization and management.
Her educational background is in international trade, French, and travel. Lynne
specializes in personal essays and viewpoints, as well as travel, cooking, and
health writing.
After
attending and then assisting with a series of writing workshops, Lynne and Edie
found that they enjoyed getting together with other writers and hearing their
works, as well as sharing their own. It seemed that a writer’s group needed to
be formed in the area, so together they started two partner writers’ groups
called, “Basics 2 Bylines – A WNY Writers’ Network,” offering them at
two locations in the Buffalo area. They hope to provide a network for writers,
as well as offer tips and advice on getting published.
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Writing
a Memoir – You can write a memoir at any point in your life. It can be
about whatever you want to cover, overlooking a lifetime or a specific point in
time.
Some
key points to keep in mind:
- Start
with a pinnacle moment in your life – some event that caused a rupture,
turmoil or disillusionment:
- The
divorce
- The
birth
- The
death
- Stay
with a theme.
- Keep
it grounded in truth.
- Don’t
put people in that don’t need to be there.
- Make
it about things that are important to you.
- Tackle
your life in easy, manageable chunks.
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