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Bethany Maines - Member Since 2020

I first published in 2010, but took a hiatus after an extremely rocky road to publication.  However, after publishing independently for several years, polishing my skills (thanks for the education PNWA!) and re-focusing my writing goals (and also having a child, co-founding a business, and making it through Covid), I decided I wanted to try traditional publishing again...

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Comic Book Crash Course

Instructor: Josef Wilke

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Date: March 25th, 2026
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time

Location: At the Writer's Cottage and Online (Via Zoom)

Always wanted to write a comic but never knew where to start? Want to break into one of the biggest creative fields going on right now? Then join award-winning multi-published author Josef B. Wilke’s crash course on creating comics! Designed to get your ideas out of your head and onto paper, this class goes over the basics of writing a comic script, how to land an artist, and how to pitch your book to industry titans like Image Comics (or produce it yourself through crowdfunding) followed by an in person Q&A.

Cost: PNWA Member: $25.00 - NonPNWA Member: $35.00

 

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FREE FRIDAY WORKSHOP: Write Your Story - Strengthening Plot and Finding Time to Write

Instructor: Pam Binder Image

Date: March 20th, 2026
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time

Location: At the Writer's Cottage and Online (Via Zoom)

Open to PNWA Members ONLY!

Topics: 

  • Quest Pattern
  • Revenge Pattern
  • Love Pattern
  • Adventure Pattern
  • Chase Pattern
  • One Against One Pattern
  • One Apart Pattern
  • Power Pattern
  • Allegory Pattern
  • The importance of finding time to write.

 

 

In-Class Writing Exercise :   What is the plot pattern of your story? Do you have more than one?  Write a scene where your plot pattern or patterns are explained.

 

 

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Writing Contest Sponsors:

Kelli Estes
   Mainstream/Literary 		Pam Binder
Historical 		Pam Binder
Romance
Roxanne Dunn
Women's Fiction 		Karlene Pettit
   Mystery/Thriller 		Matt Dinniman
Horror/Paranormal
Ted Butler
Speculative Fiction/Fantasy

J.A. Nielson
   Middle Grade 

Roxanne Beaver
Young Adult  
Judy Taylor
Memoir/Non Fiction 		OPEN
Short Story 		Ted Butler
   Children’s / Chapter Book 
 

 Connie Anne Hellyer
Best of Twelve

 


 

Nancy Pearl Contest Sponsors: 

Gerri Russell
   Best Book: Genre Fiction  		Robert Dugoni
   Best Book: Mainstream or Literary Fiction

 
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