A RALLY of WRITERS
The 30th Anniversary!
Lansing, Michigan
April 8, 2017
9am-4:30pm
Register now!
See Rally webpage www.arallyofwriters.com for registration information
and bios, photos, and interviews with several of our terrific speakers.
Lori Spielman, Keynote, best-selling fiction writer: Personality of a Novel
Julie Timmer, fiction writer: sharing session on Personality with Lori Spielman
Andrea Collier, national nonfiction author: Slanting Articles
Gabriel Gates, actor, fiction writer: Ghostwriting; ScreenwritingBeverly Jenkins, top African-American history and fiction writer: Historic Romance
Landis Lain, debut YA: Young Adult Voice
Barb Modrack, journalist, short stories: Short Short Stories
Steven Harper Pizaks, popular sci-fi fiction writer: Theme in Fiction; Nuts & Bolts of ms
Alice Speilburg, agent looking for authors: Session with Agent
Gijsbert & Robbyn Van Frankenhuyzen, top children’s writers: Children’s Books
Jess Wells, fine short stories, novels: Settings: Family History
Terry Wooten, the bard of Michigan: Narrative Poetry
Registration: $85 in advance ($100 at the door)
$35 - Special student price for 30th Anniversary
Lunch: $15 - deli buffet
Rally Warm-Up: “Storypalooza, ”Schuler Books Eastwood • April 7 at 7 pm • Free
Listen to several storytellers on “Truths Will Set You Free”!
Quiz: Which author’s new book is titled Mrs. Saint and the Defectives?
More information: Linda Peckham 517.372.3385
This program is funded in part by Gibson’s Bookstore, Lansing Community College, WKAR Radio & TV,
and the Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.