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SUMMARY:Saturday Morning Writer's Clinic - Forging an Independent Pat
 h to Publication
UID:27820
DTSTAMP:20260403T212200Z
DTSTART:20260516T143000Z
DTEND:20260516T170000Z
LOCATION:6646 Riverside Drive\nMetairie LA 70003
ROOM: Meeting Room
DESCRIPTION:Local author Elisa M. Speranza will discuss the nuts and bolts
  of the book publishing process, with a special focus on alternative ways 
 of getting your book into the world. She will cover the steps and resource
 s needed to pursue different paths, providing a realistic—yet encouragin
 g—assessment of the publishing landscape, regardless of genre. She will 
 share her own journey and lessons learned from publishing her most recent 
 novel, Triage and her debut novel, The Italian Prisoner.Elisa M. Speranza 
 is the author of two historical novels, Triage (forthcoming, May 2026) and
  The Italian Prisoner (2022), a finalist in the Faulkner-Wisdom Creative 
 Writing Competition. Both books were published by her micro press, Burgund
 y Bend Press. She was a contributor to and co-editor of the Washashores Re
 view, Volume One, published in 2025. Elisa is board chair and an instruct
 or for the nonprofit New Orleans Writers Workshop and has been a featured
  author at the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival, the
  Louisiana Book Festival, Islanders Write, and the Salem LitFest. She is t
 he co-founder of the Washashores Writers Collective on Martha’s Vineyard
  and writes “The Bricklayer’s Daughter” on Substack.Originally from 
 Boston, Elisa lives in New Orleans and Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. For more
  information, please visit: www.elisamariesperanza.com 
URL:https://calendar.jplibrary.net/event/saturday-morning-writers-clinic-2
 7820
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