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The National Writers Union
Boston
Chapter
Last updated 2/3/10
What We're Doing
Google Book Settlement 2 FAQ
NWU Opposes Settlement
of Class-Action Lawsuit Against Google (background)
What we accomplished in 2009
Highlights from our October 2009 Digital Media Conference
NWU Boston visits Paige M. Gutenborg
Build your union buzz: How to use NWU resources to promote your work
Our 2008-2010 Steering Committee
Publications paying at least a dollar a word (for members only)
Save These Dates
Thursday, February 11, 2010: Webinar on copyright and contracts
Saturday, March 6, 2010: Finding an agent: Writing the Great American Query Letter and Book Proposal
And click here for more news of area events of interest to writers.
NWU Boston Published Authors
Buy our members' books from  . Support a union bookstore and our NWU chapter. Here's how it works.
Kudos to members who published books in 2009.
What We Stand For
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
In support of single-payer health care
NWU opposes Amazon's new print-on-demand policy (Click here for more info on POD)
International Federation of Journalists charter of freelance rights
Protest against U.S. Court of Appeals decision on copyright settlement
A recent Boston initiative: "All fun and no pay? No way to run a newspaper"
Writers at Work
Read what some of our most successful members say about the art and business of writing.
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
Get active in support of single-payer health care
Volunteer to work with young writers
Speak at an NWU event
Support the South End Press community
Design a brochure for the chapter.
Legislative initiatives you can affect.
The Written Word Workshop for writers with disabilities.
Volunteer at WBUR
NWU Boston Speakers
Read about our members' recent speaking engagements, and learn how to find a union speaker.
Tips and Talk from Recent Workshops
Tips on pitching your work from the author's point of view, presented by Janet Spurr, July 9, 2009
Tips on selling your book from the bookstore's perspective, presented by Jeanne Haight (Barnes & Noble at BU), July 9, 2009
Writer's Life seminar #4: Editing and Being Edited , April 29, 2009
Writer's Life seminar #3: Writing Young Adult Fiction , April 22, 2009
Writer's Life seminar #2: Writing Personal History , April 15, 2009
Writer's Life seminar #1: From Idea to Bookshelf, April 8, 2009
Promoting Your Creative Work, presented by Ruth Nemzoff, April 9, 2009
From Women, Action and the Media (WAM!) Get opinionated, March 29, 2009
News of our famous Book Party, January 25, 2009
Pagan Kennedy's PR schedule for book promotion, presented at Book Party (for members only)
What Does a Book Doctor Do?, November 13, 2008
Marketing Your Writing Business, November 1, 2008
Optimizing Your Web Presence, June 17, 2008
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 the first minutes.
Marketplace
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.
Also for Members
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.
Email the webmaster with your news.
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