{"id":1190,"date":"2015-01-08T12:32:09","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T20:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre-production.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2015-01-08T12:32:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T20:32:09","slug":"writers-of-kern-announces-january-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/blog\/2015\/01\/08\/writers-of-kern-announces-january-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers of Kern Announces January Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2015 WOK January Speaker<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, January 17, Writers of Kern proudly presents award-winning author and featured speaker Dr. Alton Gansky to kick off a new year of motivational and information-filled meetings.<\/p>\n<p>In his talk, \u201cMoving from Inspiration to Publication ~ An Insider\u2019s View,\u201d Gansky will discuss what makes for a great idea and how to shape that idea into print worthy material. The author of over 40 books, novels and nonfiction, all published with traditional houses, he said, \u201cI&#8217;ve been selling my writing for twenty years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gansky will provide insights into the working of a professional writer&#8217;s mind. He will discuss how to take the necessary steps that lead from idea to publication and relate how writers face and conquer the challenges of publication.<\/p>\n<p>Alton Gansky (BA, MA, Lit. D.) has served as keynote speaker and teacher at writers conferences around the country and Canada. He directs the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference held each year in North Carolina. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altongansky.com\/\">www.altongansky.com<\/a> to learn about Dr. Gansky and his books.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Writers of Kern monthly meetings, held on the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Saturday of the month at the Clarion Hotel on Rosedale Highway, are open to the public. Admission is $10. For more information, visit the website at <a href=\"http:\/\/writersofkern.com\/about\/meetings\">http:\/\/writersofkern.com\/about\/meetings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 WOK January Speaker  Saturday, January 17, Writers of Kern proudly presents award-winning author and featured speaker Dr. Alton Gansky to kick off a new year of motivational and information-filled meetings.  In his talk, \u201cMoving from Inspiration to Publication ~ An Insider\u2019s View,\u201d Gansky will discuss what makes for a great idea and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}