February Writer’s Night: Make Your Writing Stand Out from the Crowd

Have you wondered how editors know from the first page if they are reading professional-level work? What traits mark publishable writing from the easily rejected? Long-time writer, editor, and teacher, James Van Pelt shares the secret publishing handshake with you in this valuable 90 minutes. Change how you write forever.

All Writer’s Night events are held at the Art Center in Grand Junction from 6-7:30 p.m.

Speaker Bio

James Van Pelt has been selling short fiction to many of the major venues since 1989. Recently he retired from teaching high school English after thirty-seven years in the classroom. He has been a finalist for the Nebula, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Locus Awards, and Analog and Asimov’s Reader’s Choice awards. Years and years ago he was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He still feels “new.” Fairwood Press recently released a huge, limited-edition, signed, and numbered collection of his work, THE BEST OF JAMES VAN PELT. He can be found online at his website or on Facebook.