Page 2 Pictures from the Fall Conference in Janesville (more on page 35) Ben Logan Dorothy Lund Mary Jacobsen Cary Fellman Judy Kolosso LaMoine MacLaughlin John Manesis LaMoine MacLaughlin Sandra Tully Berit Pietsch Margaret Been John Campbell LaMoine and Judy Julie Eger Cary Cary Neele Suklhatme-Sheth [Your editor apologizes for not knowing everyone’s name. I was able to get many by enlarging name tags. But not everyone’s showed.] “I can’t help it if your check bounced.” “The fish was that big. Really! Honest!” “You say I misspelled Claudia’s name” Jane Osypowski Bette Williams Don Schambow Nate Scholze Boyd Sutton Claudia Anderson
Contents Articles Tax Tips for <strong>Writers</strong> ………….……. 4 Book List ……………………………. 24 Columns Board Decisions & Actions …………… 19 From Time to Time—Members’ Letters . 23 Just the FAQs ……………………….. 19 Midnight Musings ………………… . 17 <strong>Writers</strong>’ Markets & Jobs ……………… 28 Calendar ……………………………… ... 14 Club News ……………………………. 5-12 Fall Conference ………………….... 29-35 Information & Announcements … 14-15 Members’ Writing ……………….. 20-27 Marta Hartung Crane ……… …………..20 Don Schambow ……………………. 20, 22 Claudia Anderson ………………….. 21 Patty Miler …………………………. 21 Art Schmitz ………………………… 22 Peg Sherry …………………………. 22 Marsha Jordan ……………………… 22 Cary Fellman ……………………….. 23 Pat Fitzgerald ……………………….. 23 Boyd Sutton …………………………26, 27 Kathy Conger ………………………. 27 Mary Downs ……………………….. 27 President’s Message ……………………..36 <strong>WRWA</strong> Officers ……………………...….18 The <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Regional Writer is <strong>pub</strong>lished quarterly by the <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Regional <strong>Writers</strong>’ <strong>Association</strong>, Inc. solely for the benefit of its members. Submission deadlines are February 15 (spring), May 15 (summer), July 15 (fall), and November 15 (winter). Send all e-mail submissions to the Editor at bdsutton at centurytel dot net or newsletter at wrwa dot net. Send regular mail to Boyd Sutton, 23059 Old 35, Siren, 54872. Advertising Rates 1/8 page $20 1/4 page $35 1/2 page $50 1 page $90 Same ad run in multiple editions: 2 editions discount 10 percent 3 editions discount 20 percent 4 editions discount 30 percent Members may list books for sale at $5 for one edition or $10 for four editions (see page 19 for details). E-mail listings or requests for ads to the editor at the above address. Acceptance of an advertisement in this <strong>pub</strong>lication does not imply endorsement or approval of the product or service by the <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Regional <strong>Writers</strong>’ <strong>Association</strong>, Inc. or its associates. # Editor’s Corner Page 3 This edition marks the end of my second year as Editor of The <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Regional Writer. It also marks the real beginning of your <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Regional Writer as both newsletter and literary journal of the <strong>Association</strong>. In effect, TWRW has become the <strong>Association</strong>’s magazine. Although we have <strong>pub</strong>lished some members’ creative writing for several issues now, it has always been on a “space available” basis. Starting with this issue, four to six pages per issue will be set aside for that purpose. If advertising supports the additional pages, I hope to increase that. We are, in effect, bringing back some aspects of an earlier <strong>WRWA</strong> <strong>pub</strong>lication—Creative <strong>Wisconsin</strong>, which used to be <strong>pub</strong>lished as a companion to the <strong>Association</strong>’s regular newsletter. I was disappointed by receiving so few creative submissions for this edition. Thanks to members of the Online Discussion Group, submissions picked up near the deadline. I hope that <strong>WRWA</strong> members will begin to realize that their work can get <strong>pub</strong>lished here and will submit it for consideration. Your writing not only gets disseminated to members via the hard copy <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Regional Writer, it appears in the online version and is accessible to millions of readers. I Googled some of the authors <strong>pub</strong>lished in the summer and fall editions (which are now online) and got links to their stories and poems. All submissions go into a folder. Those not selected for one edition remain eligible for future editions. Just as you got used to seeing e-mail addresses in a strange new format, our webmaster, Ralph Davis, discovered a way to present them online in the standard format without risking that they will be harvested by Web bots and sold to spam mongers. Accordingly, e-mail addresses will again be listed in the standard format. I’m also going back to listing addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses for Board members and Club Reporters. These data are all presented on the <strong>WRWA</strong> Web site’s page for Local Groups. It seems silly for me to keep them out of the newsletter when the same information is elsewhere on our Web site. Readers will see more coverage of how the Internet affects writing. More than 75 percent of American households now have computers with Internet connections. Many <strong>pub</strong>lishers accept queries and submissions by e-mail, quite a few only by e-mail. Some even allow you to go to their Web sites and submit articles and photographs directly to the Web site. Many writers don’t use correct Internet terminology, or spell the terms incorrectly. So I’ve included an item in this edition to help writers get it right (page 27). Finally, the Internet is an incredibly rich resource for writers. Thus, I’m inaugurating a new regular feature, “Useful URLs,” to identify especially useful Web sites for writers (page 26). I welcome reader contributions. Finally, because this is such a long edition, I have used 10 point type throughout. That allows me to get in two extra pages with no increase in cost. If readers find that too small, please e-mail or call me to let me know and I’ll return to the font size I had been using. I hope that all of you have a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, or whatever you celebrate at this time of year. Boyd Sutton Copyright Notice <strong>WRWA</strong> members whose writing is <strong>pub</strong>lished in The <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Regional Writer retain the copyright to their work. Submission of your work grants one-time rights for <strong>pub</strong>lication by TWRW. Items printed here should be regarded as “<strong>pub</strong>lished” and authors should make this known when declaring “prior <strong>pub</strong>lication” when submitting the work elsewhere. Because of our limited distribution, most editors probably will not regard that as an issue. Finally, the editor will do his best to uphold high standards of quality in the selection of what is printed here so authors may be proud of having their writing presented to the full <strong>WRWA</strong> membership. #
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