Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Ted Kooser headliner for Wyoming Writers, Inc., conference June 5-7 in Casper

Wyoming Writers, Inc., has announced the line-up for its 35th annual conference June 5-7, 2009, in Casper:

Featured presenter is Nebraska's Ted Kooser, U. S. Poet Laureate 2004-2006, who will present two workshops, "Revision with the reader in mind" and "Fine-tuning metaphors." Read more about Kooser at American Life In Poetry.

Other presenters include Tina Welling, fiction writers from Jackson and author of "Fairy Tale Blues" and "Crybaby Ranch." Tina is a Wyoming Arts Council roster artist. Visit her web site

Steve Huff is a nonfiction writer, true-crime blogger and dogged Internet researcher. Visit True Crime Report blog.

Chuck Sambuchino is an editor for Writer's Digest books ("Guide to Literary Agents") and a writer. See Meet The Editor

Meredith Kaffel is a literary agent with the Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency. See Meredith's Facebook page.

For conference registration information, go to WWI's slick new web site at http://www.wyowriters.org/.