Hey, MWC authors! MWC's new book Review Exchange now open!

The MWC Review Exchange

An exclusive book review exchange service for MWC member/authors only

[If not a member or your membership has lapsed, join MWC now for as low as $30 per year and receive writer discounts on workshops, programs, events, conferences, and more]

The Review Exchange allows MWC member/authors to exchange 2 book reviews/endorsements with other MWC member/authors per membership year. Requested reviews or endorsements are allowed for book-length or chapbook-length published works or those in prepress, galley, or manuscript formats. 

It’s easy:

1.   Go to www.midwestwritingcenter.blogspot.com  

2.   Click on the Review Exchange in the upper navigation at the top of the home page.

3.   Submit your contact information, genre, and preferences. [Note. If not an MWC member or your membership has lapsed, visit the MWC web site to pay your annual membership fee!]

4.   You will be sent the contact information for the work that you have agreed to review/endorse in exchange for your submission. The author will be notified of your exchange and will send you their work to your preferred location.

That’s it!

The MWC Review Exchange to launch at Pen in Hand Mini Conference March 22

Many writing blogs will tell you that one of the best methods to promote your book, especially indie authors, is to have your book reviewed in many forms and via many venues.  Fortunately, for MWC member/authors, a tool to enhance your ability to seek reviews and endorsements of your book will launch at the March Pen in Hand mini conference on March 22. 

The MWC Review Exchange is a new exclusive service to MWC member/authors to allow you to submit a request to exchange book reviews or endorsements with other MWC member/authors. Participants registered for the Pen in Hand conference will be offered the first opportunity to use the service from now until the Pen in Hand conference as long as the current year MWC membership is paid. If you need to pay your annual membership fee, visit PayPal.

If you need to hone up on your book review skills or would like some guidance on how to write an engaging book endorsement, register for Robin Throne’s “The Art of the Blurb” from 3-4:45 pm on March 22 and be a first participant in the MWC Review Exchange!  

A description of the MWC Review Exchange is offered below:  

The MWC Review Exchange

[debuts at March 2014 Pen in Hand!]

An exclusive service for MWC member/authors only

[If not a member or your membership has lapsed, join MWC now for only $30 per year and receive writer discounts on workshops, programs, events, conferences, and more]

The Review Exchange allows MWC member/authors to exchange no more than 2 reviews/endorsements per membership year. Requested reviews or endorsements are allowed for book-length or chapbook-length published works or those in prepress or manuscript formats.

It’s easy:

1.    Go to www.midwestwritingcenter.blogspot.com  

2.    Click on the Review Exchange in the upper navigation at the top of the home page

3.    Submit your contact information, genre, and preferences. [Note. If not an MWC member or your membership has lapsed, visit the MWC web site to pay your annual membership fee!]

4.    You will be sent the contact information for the work that you have agreed to review/endorse in exchange for your submission. The author will be notified of your exchange and will send you their work.

That’s it!

2014 READ LOCAL kicks off with Carl Herzig 7 pm February 12 @BettendorfLib

The READ LOCAL February author is Carl Herzig, author of The Fearless Passage of Steven Kim: The True Story of an American Businessman Imprisoned in China for Rescuing North Korean Refugees.

When: Wednesday, February 12, 7 pm

Where: Junior League Room, Bettendorf Public Library

What:  A presentation featuring the book THE FEARLESS PASSAGE OF STEVEN KIM: The True Story of an American Businessman Imprisoned in China for Rescuing North Korean Refugees. Herzig, a native New Yorker and Quad-City resident since 1990,has authored and edited numerous works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. He leads service-learning trips to India; has taught writing workshops for the Martin Luther King and Midwest Writing Centers; gives presentations on Hinduism at local churches, libraries, and schools; and is professor of English at St. Ambrose University, where he teaches courses in modern American literature, contemporary fiction and science fiction, and creative and expository writing.

READ LOCAL is a partnership between the Bettendorf Public Library and the Midwest Writing Center in support of reading local authors. Listen to local authors read from their work. READ LOCAL events are free and open to everyone. Light refreshments provided.