JANUARY 25, 2018 // 17
Oregon writer launches coaching
service for aspiring authors
the Sou’wester and the
Sitka Center for Art and
Ecology.
“I’m currently coaching
several authors in Oregon
and Washington and want
to work with more because
I find the experience so
creatively and personally
gratifying,” Love said.
“One client is wrapping up
a YA novel set in coastal
Washington in the 1970s,
another is compiling a
collection of poetry from
50 years of writing, and
another is writing a novel
set in the Vietnam War.
These are all going to be
great books, and I enjoy
helping the writers achieve
their dream.”
The service offers a
range of editorial and
marketing services to
emerging writers and poets
seeking an independent and
innovative approach to fin-
ishing, publishing and dis-
tributing their books. These
include an initial coaching
consultation about a po-
tential project, manuscript
review and evaluation, and
the ins and outs of pub-
lishing and marketing a
book in multiple formats.
All services are offered via
a combination of email,
telephone and face-to-face
meetings.
For more information,
visit Love’s web site at
nestuccaspitpress.com or
email him at nestuccaspit-
press@gmail.com and get
that long-awaited book
project going.
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Sale on the almost ENTIRE STORE!
WINTERFEST
ALL AGES EVENT
ASTORIA — A memoir.
A crime novel. A family
history. A children’s book.
A collection of poems.
Many people dream of
writing a book. But what
goes into writing one for
a first-time author? And
then, if the manuscript is
completed, what happens
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publishing the book on one
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help guide them through
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Matt Love, the publisher
of Nestucca Spit Press and
author of 19 books about
Oregon, has launched a
new and expanded author
coaching service for aspir-
ing and established authors
in and around Clatsop and
Pacific counties who want
to complete a book and
bring it to the world.
“So many people have a
desire to write and publish
a book, but they often don’t
know how to get started
and need consistent en-
couragement,” Love said in
a release. “I can help with
that because I was once
there, too.”
Love, the winner of
2009 Holbrook Literary
Legacy Award, has worked
informally with many
aspiring authors in recent
years, including several
who went on to produce
bestsellers in Oregon. He
teaches a bi-monthly writ-
ing workshop in Astoria
that has attracted writers
from the coast, Portland,
Seattle and San Francisco.
He’s also taught workshops
at Portland State Universi-
ty, University of Oregon,
Pacific University, Clack-
amas Community College,
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