AUTHOR NEWS

April 26, 2008

Sharron Stockhausen speaks to the Northern Lights Writers Group in Forest Lake, MN, on Spring into Action: Re-energizing, Re-motivating, and Reviewing. She will offer some writing exercises, ideas for dealing with the critic on your shoulder that keeps putting you down, and creating continuity in books by creating a book outline, reviewing what you write, and keeping notes so as you continue to write so the book flows without letting the reader down.

April 14, 2008
Sharron Stockhausen speaks to the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) North Suburban Chapters Administrative Professionals Event in the Twin Cities, MN on negotiation.

November 14, 2007

Sharron Stockhausen conducts an editing workshop at Anoka Ramsey Community College in Coon Rapids, Minnesota and covers grammar, punctuation, and word usage.

November 10, 2007

Sharron Stockhausen presents at the Wadena Writers Week 2007 in Wadena, Minnesota. Her topic is “How to Publish Your Book” and covers how to write a book query letter, the eight components of a non-fiction book proposal, ten tips for fiction submissions, what agents and editors like to see, and the differences among publishers from royalty to vanity.

November 7, 2007

Sharron Stockhausen conducts her workshop “How to Publish Your Book” at Anoka Ramsey Community College in Coon Rapids, Minnesota and covers how to write a book query letter, the eight components of a non-fiction book proposal, ten tips for fiction submissions, what agents and editors like to see, and the differences among publishers from royalty to vanity.

October 31, 2007

Sharron Stockhausen conducts her workshop “Freelance Writing for Money” at Anoka Ramsey Community College in Coon Rapids, Minnesota and covers how to sell to periodical publications.

October 24, 2007

Sharron Stockhausen conducts her workshop “When The Muse Lets You Down” at Anoka Ramsey Community College in Coon Rapids, Minnesota and uses creativity and writing exercises to get the writing process flowing.

October 17, 2007

Sharron Stockhausen conducts her workshop “Become a Writer While Keeping Your Day Job” at Anoka Ramsey Community College in Coon Rapids, Minnesota and covers ways to find time in busy schedules to write and what activities count as writing.

September 15, 2007

Sharron Stockhausen presents at the American Society of Indexers/Twin Cities Chapter. Her topic is “Demystifying Book Publishing in Today’s Changing Industry” and covers the continuum of publishing options from royalty to equity to self to subsidy to vanity and what authors need to consider in making their publishing decisions.

July 10, 2007

Sharron Stockhausen presents at the Experts Expo at the national convention of the National Speakers Association in San Diego, California. Her topic is “But It Hasn’t Been Said By You” and offers ideas on how experts can find angles to differentiate themselves through writing.