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The National Writers Union
Boston
Chapter
Last updated 5/17/12
Save These Dates
Monday, May 21, 2012: Writers' Night Out at Christopher's
Monday, June 11, 2012: Open Steering Committee meeting
Saturday, June 16, 2012: Learning to Shine: A professional workshop on reading your work in public by co-chair Charles Coe
Click here for more news of area events of interest to writers.
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Get to know us
Our Steering Committee  
Our Delegates
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What We Do for Love and Money
Google Book-scanning lawsuit re-focuses on snippets and fair use (May 2012)
E-book contract amendments: a primer
Background on NWU opposition to Google Book Settlement
Google Book Settlement 2 FAQ
The 2011 Delegate Assembly in Detroit
NWU member self-publishes book censored by Syracuse University Press
Books on work and labor unions by current and former members
Digital Bill of Rights
How is a writers' union different from a writers' association?
An Aesop's Fable, the management version vs. the workers' version
Statement on Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law
In support of single-payer health care
International Federation of Journalists charter of freelance rights
Tips and Talk from Recent Workshops
Not Your Average Book — Writing and Publishing in Unconventional Formats (Writer's Life series), April 25, 2012
What Makes Good Dialogue? (Writer's Life series), April 18, 2012
The ABCs of Social Networking, April 12, 2012
From Idea to Bookshelf (Writer's Life series), April 11, 2012
Self-Publishing: Speaking from Experience, November 19, 2011
Maximize Your Self-Publishing Royalties − talk by Larry Blumsack, October 17, 2011
Self-Publishing, July 7, 2011
Meet the Agent, with Janet Silver, June 11, 2011
NWU Published Authors
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Kudos to members who published books in 2011.
Meet Our Members
Here are some links to some of our members' websites and blogs. If you'd like a link to your site or blog to appear here, please email the webmaster. Remember, Google can't find you if you don't have links to your site. Think about linking to our site, too.
And let
us give you some publicity. If you've just achieved immortality for
being the subject of (rather than the author of) some deathless prose,
send us the link.
Help Us Make a Difference
Help save our Post Offices
Get active in support of single-payer health care
Volunteer to work with young writers
Speak at an NWU event
Build your union buzz: How to use NWU resources to promote your work
Support the South End Press community
Design a brochure for the chapter.
Legislative initiatives you can affect.
Volunteer at WBUR
For Members Only
Our Boston Chapter Member Directory and National Directory, compiled by Lucy Sutherland, are available in the members-only section of this site. (Members should have received the password to the site by email; contact the webmaster
if you don't have it.) We hope the directory will allow members to
connect and network with each other, and will allow members to promote
their work and expertise. The directory contains only the names of
people who have agreed to participate. Contact the webmaster if you'd
like to be listed. If you already have an entry, and want to change it,
let the webmaster know. We hope many of you will add a line on ways in
which you're willing to help fellow members − marketing, query writing,
etc.
We also publish our Steering Committee minutes on the members-only section. Go to our members-only section to see them.
Some notices we've received that we hope will be useful for working writers. If you want to post a notice, please email the webmaster
Grub Street, a non-profit writing center dedicated to nurturing writers and connecting them with readers
Gigs : How to find freelance work
Markets: Everything from narrative journalism through agent reviews to POD
Writing groups
Services
Podcasts, webinars, etc., including informational programs on the Google Books settlement.
Visit the NWU national Web site.
Get your NWU press pass.
Join the Grievance and Contract Division.
Buy books at Powell's
Union Plus: Great discounts for union members.
Media Bistro: Special offer for NWU members.
This is Your Site
Let us know if:
- you've published a book, received an award, or done something else exciting lately;
- you're hosting an event or doing a reading you'd like us to publicize;
- you hear of calls for submissions;
- you have a writers' group that needs members or are looking for one to join;
- you need someone with a magical skill, such as editing or indexing − or you have that skill and want to market it;
- you have any
information of interest to writers that you'd like to see on the site;
- you have ideas for us.
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