Speaker
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M.H. Collins
is available for speaking engagements at conferences or workshops for adults or students from one of the following program series:
Saving Cherished Stories Series
Participants may be interested in writing the history of a hometown, region, church, cemetery, school, military unit, family/geneaology, or famous/infamous people. Sessions are based on the newly released book, Write History Right, which includes essential information for writing and marketing a successful book.
Workshop for Writers Series
As author of over 100 regional and national magazine articles, Collins offers a workshop on "The Advantages of Writing the Region." Other topics include: "Writing Tips for Nonfiction Articles or Books," "Use Historical Facts to Enrich Your Writing," "Starting a Successful Writing Critique Group," and "Doable Tips for Marketing Your Book."
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NEWS & EVENTS
AR Assoc. of School Librarians
July 26, 27, 2009
Mountain View, AR
Book Exhibitor:
Write History Right
Northwest AR Genealogical Society
July 27, 2009 (6 pm)
Bentonville Public Library
Bentonville, AR
Workshop:
“Collectors of Memories”
Federation of Genealogical
Societies
Little Rock, AR
Sept. 2, 4, 2009
Book Exhibitor:
Write History Right
White County Creative Writers Conf.
Searcy, AR
Sept. 5, 2009
Book Exhibitor:
Write History Right
Book Signing Noon – 2 pm
Borders Books
Promenade Shopping Center
Rogers, AR
Sept. 12, 2009
Write History Right
Ozark Writer’s Live
Fayetteville, AR
Sept. 12, 2009
Exhibited with:
Nightbird Books
Write History Right
East Texas Historical Assoc.
Conf.
Nacogdoches, TX
September 24, 26, 2009
Book Exhibitor:
Write History Right
Ozark Creative Writers
Eureka Springs, AR
October 9, 10, 2009
Book Exhibitor:
Write History Right
Maumelle Writers Conference
Maumelle, AR
November 7, 2009
Speaker/2workshops/panel participant
“Writing Family History:
Handling Quirks & Concerns”
“Cemetery Talk:
Ghosts Tell the Strangest Stories”
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Consultant
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M.H. Collins offers tailor-made consulting services to help individuals or groups who need easy-to-follow assistance in writing articles or a book. Clients might include: Museums with limited staff to undertake such a large project as the town's history; families/individual family member who have the geneaology, but want a fuller story;
organizations, corporations or non-profits without an archivist and want the history of their group preserved; school groups; or preservation/Main Street organizations.
Typical workshop topics would help participants establish project parameters, define the topic, manage research, document work, conduct successful interviews, fact-checking, marketing the final product, as well as tips for establishing and maintaining committee harmony. Session would cover individual needs of clients.
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