Meetings are held on the 3rd Saturday of the month
(10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

 Sycamore Hills Park Community Center
(635 West Avon Rd)
Avon, Connecticut

Connecticut Authors

and

Publishers Association

Guests Welcome

Members are treated to wonderful speakers on a myriad of subject to do with all aspects of writing and publishing.
Below is a list of upcoming guest speakers.

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Former Guest Speakers

 



Brian Jud

Whitney Potsus

 

Beth Bruno & Trudy Seagraves

 

Scott Watrous

 

 

 

 

Sherry Cohen

 

Chris Amorosino

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nikoo & Jim McGoldrick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Guest Speaker
Schedule

February 20, 2010

Wayne English

author of WEB CONTENT Rx

will speak on

Writing Web Content

  • How to write content that is easy to read and understand.
  • How to choose the best design for your information.
  • How to write and photograph eBay ads.
  • How to create and use a signature block when you blog.
  • How to make the email address on your Web site unreadable by spammers when they scan your site.
  • How to write for the needs of your reader.
  • How to make a podcast.
  • How to select podcasting equipment.
  • How to Blog.

and especially for writers...

  • Wayne shows you numerous ways to structure your material for easy reading and understanding.
  • Sentence length, paragraph length, word choice, how to structure your topic sentences are all covered.
  • When you need to Search Engine Optimize your site Wayne shows you how to do the research.
  • Wayne shows you how to write industrial safety related material. You will see the influence of the years he spent in Nuclear Power and Electric Distribution. When lives depend on what you write, you will be glad you read this section.

    Wayne's bio...

         Wayne A. English is published in local, national, and international magazines, newspapers, and newsletters. Wayne also has designed and developed Web sites. He now writes content for the Web and publishes articles. His published material covers a wide range from sexual harassment and how to deal with the grief associated with the death of a pet to technical material and how to get an education on the cheap.
         Wayne's book titled Web Content Rx: A Quick and Handy Guide for Writers, Webmasters, Ebayers, and Business People was published on June 20, 2009. It may be selected for use as a supplementary text book to teach writing on the college level. See more information on Web Content Rx at     WebContentRx.com.
             His clients include Laubacher Multimedia where he write Web content and the Empire Group LTD where Wayne writes media releases. The publication that he is most proud of is Are Electric Utilities Obsolete? in The Futurist magazine.
         Wayne has an extensive and diverse background in IT, expert knowledge of electric distribution, has worked in two Nuclear Engineering groups, and is an accomplished photographer and instructor. Wayne has taught: Software Quality Assurance, Radiation Protection, the Mathematics, Physics, and Metric System sections of a Health Physics program, Standard First Aid, Advanced First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, and Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Photography, including Digital Photography.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Guest
Speakers

Jerry Labriola

 

Peggy Gaffney

 

Tom Campbell

 

Ron Pramschufer

 

Stephanie Reife

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dick Margolis

 

 Gina Panettieri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Millie Grenough