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Africa: Storymoja workshops: Busine and children's books

2008-10-18, Issue 402

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/books/51343

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Do you yearn to become a published writer? Perhaps you have a great story idea that you need help to put on paper or a manuscript that needs refinement? Storymoja is currently completing two fully subscribed writing workshops that include seminars in our meeting rooms, online workshops and editing retreats.

Do you yearn to become a published writer? Perhaps you have a great story idea that you need help to put on paper or a manuscript that needs refinement? Storymoja is currently completing two fully subscribed writing workshops that include seminars in our meeting rooms, online workshops and editing retreats.

1. Crime Fiction Workshop in Nairobi, seminars and online workshop,
with a two-week retreat in Watamu - 11 participants led by Billy
Kahora, with editing assistance offered by Doreen Baingana
2. Inspirational Writing Workshops in Nairobi - 13 participants led
by Betty Wamalwa Muragori, with editing assistance offered by Doreen
Baingana

The top manuscripts in each course will be published by Storymoja, and authors will be entitled to royalties.
We have two up-coming workshops:
The Storymoja Fanya Kazi Business Book Writing Workshop:
Workshop Dates and Times:
October 17, 24, 31, and November 7 (Fridays); 10AM to 1PM

Facilitator:
Agatha Verdadero, CEO of Masterpublishing Co., Editor, CAN DO! A business magazine

Training Fee:
Kshs. 1,000 all-inclusive (snacks, materials, administrative costs).
Output:
One 10,000-word manuscript (or two, if you choose to do a second one)
What You Get in Return:
Your own published book (!), 20% (from net profits) royalty per book
You will be asked to write more titles for Storymoja even after the
Workshop if we are impressed by your work.
What You Should Do Now:
We still have some slots open, so please submit no more than two
sample pages of your best writing to julietmaruru@gmail.com AND
masterpublishing@yahoo.com
Deadline to express interest: October 15.

Our next workshop is on Writing for Children and will be led by Muthoni Garland, whose novella Tracking the Scent of My Mother was shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African writing, and whose children's story, Kamau's Finish (currently used as supplementary reader in US and UK) will be in local supermarkets and bookshops this November. In this series of workshops, we will discuss how to write books that excite young readers, and the various forms and age-ranges of children's writing, and learn such craft elements as character, plot, point of view, description, dialogue, setting, voice, and theme. Storymoja will publish the most promising manuscripts.
The workshops begin Monday 3rd November and the schedule is as follows:

# 3rd Nov- 1st Dec - Workshops on Mondays and Thursdays 6pm-8:30pm at
Storymoja on Lower Kabete Road
# 2nd Dec -10 Jan - Online tutorials
# 12 Jan - 29th Jan - Editing workshops (and working with illustrators) on Mondays and Thursdays 6-8:30pm at Storymoja on Lower Kabete Road

The cost for each participant is Ksh 12,000/. If Storymoja publishes your manuscript, half of this will be refunded to you. We will also offer authors royalties.

To register, please write to
info@storymojaafrica.co.ke and include the following:

# Your name and contact details
# You publishing history (no problem if you are a newcomer)
# A short description of what you are hoping to write and/or why you want to attend this workshop
# A 500 word sample of your writing
Three scholarships will be offered to promising writers who cannot afford the Ksh 12,000/ fee
If you already have a children's manuscript that you would like us to evaluate whether it meets our publishing requirements, please send it
to: submissions@storymojaafrica.co.ke

Our next Storymoja workshop will be on: Writing Biographies and
Creative Non-fiction
If you are interested in these workshops, please let us know so we can
contact you with details.

Regards,
Storymoja

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Juliet Maruru
www.jmaruru.wordpress.com
+254 725 758 389

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