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Event Spotlight: We're Pleased to Present...
Mark Sableman
Workshop: “Contracts, Copyrights, and the Quirks
of Protecting Your Creativity in the Electronic Age.”
Have you ever wondered how to protect your work once you have written it?
Or, how to make sure that you are paid what your work is worth?
Mark Sableman’s workshop can help you decide upon the best ways to copyright your work and to negotiate the sale of the rights to your work – in print or electronic media.
If you would like to know more about the legal aspects of the writing business, please join us:
Kirkwood Community Center, 2nd floor
111 S. Geyer Rd., Kirkwood, MO 63122
Get map and directions
Date: Saturday, August 7, 2010
Time: 10 AM until noon
All are welcome.
This event is FREE to SLWG members and $5 for non-members
Please register in advance
MARK SABLEMAN is a partner with Thompson Coburn LLP in St. Louis, Missouri. He is an honors graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where he was Articles Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.
Mark’s litigation practice focuses in the area of media, Internet, technology and intellectual property law. He has tried media, intellectual property and technology cases in federal and state courts. He also counsels clients on Internet and intellectual property issues, and utilizes many expeditious and ADR dispute resolution techniques.
Mark is author of More Speech, Not Less: Communications Law in the Information Age, published by Southern Illinois University Press in 1997, and many articles in law reviews and trade publications. He also teaches Internet Law and Censorship and Free Expression as an adjunct professor at Washington University School of Law. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1997.
Writers in the Park
Writers Festival and Mini-Conference
Free Admission to All
August 28th, 2010
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
111 S. Geyer Road
Kirkwood, MO 63122
Our festival in Kirkwood Park will honor the proud tradition of the St. Louis Writers Guild conferences of the 1940s and 1950s.
Workshops start at 10 am with breakout sessions every hour.
And stick around for readings suitable for all ages in the amphitheater starting at noon.
The day includes a children’s workshop for writers ages 8-14 and a booth where members can sell their books. Food will be available for purchase.
Scheduled Speakers
Writing for Young Adults
Author of Katana
Mystery Writing
Author of Widow"s Walk
Faye Adams
Author of Chester the Lonely Crow
Author of Dad’s War with the United States Marines
Essayist and owner of WordAbilities LLC
2009 SLWG Short Story Contest winner
Internet Columnist
Author of Full Moon Hotel
Visit Us at Our Open Mics
For more information visit our Open Mic page
SECOND TUESDAY
OPEN MIC NIGHT AT WIRED COFFEE takes place from 7 to 9 pm on the Second Tuesday of every month. This event is family-friendly and offers readings of poetry and prose.
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Please Pardon Our Dust 
St. Louis Writers Guild is remodeling our formerly
Our Grand Reopening Is Tentatively Scheduled If you would like to volunteer to help redefine edgy, please contact SLWG at info@stlwritersguild.org, or visit with us at one of our special summer events.
Please keep watch here on our website for details And please join us the second Tuesday of each month for our continuing Wired Coffee open mic Still “Family Friendly”, with great food and even greater company. |
