Virtual Fiction Class

Virtual Writing Class with Maine Word

Maine Word now offers a virtual Writers’ class with Caroline King. The class has been designed to immerse you in the pleasures and challenges of fiction writing and can serve as a great beginning to the writing the great American story. The class, in eight email lessons, will help you to plan, write, and edit a short story over the next two months. The lessons are all-inclusive and provide writing prompts, ideas and allow you to complete the class on your schedule from anywhere.

If your goal is to write a story – this class will give you the structure and skills you need to succeed. The class will combine strong fundamentals in a fun and supportive virtual environment that provides a variety of writing exercises and feedback as you write your story. If this is your first story or your fifteenth story, the class will conclude with a professional editorial opinion of your work and help you to bring out your story to meet the world. In addition to the lessons, you will have have your own coach to keep you on track and answer your questions during the class.

The email format allows participants to work at their own pace and you can start anytime that is right for you. The cost is $168 and payment arrangements are available. For more information or to sign up, please contact Caroline King at Maine Word (www.maineword.com) or by phone at 207-491-9810.

Lunch and Learn in Rumford

Caroline King of Maine Word, in conjunction with the River Valley Growth Council, will present a Business Writing workshop in Rumford, Maine. This interactive Lunch and Learn workshop will be held on Wednesday, April 22 from 11A – 2P.

For more information or to register, please contact Beverly Crosby at 369-0396.

Maine Word helps out the American Red Cross

Maine Word recently made a donation of $250 worth of programs and services to the Mid Coast Chapter American Red Cross for their annual fundraiser held on March 7. The lucky winner of the Getting Down to Business package will be able to decide what makes the most sense for their business - it might be a new brochure, a press release package or attendance at one of Maine Word's writing classes.

Please join Maine Word in our support of the American Red Cross by making a donation to your local chapter.

Entrepreneurs learn new skills

Maine Word, along with five small business owners in Franklin County, were featured in today's Sun Journal and Daily Bulldog.

Entrepreneurs learn new skills to succeed: http://www.sunjournal.com/story/306234-3/Connections/Entrepreneurs_learn_new_skills_to_succeed/

http://www.dailybulldog.com/db/?p=1686

Entrepreneurs Learn New Skills to Succeed

FARMINGTON--University of Maine Cooperative Extension recently presented the Writing for Your Business workshop series for five Franklin County small businesses. Kim LaRoche (Sunshine Pools), Jean Rouillard (J. & J. Rouillard and Sons), Dick Mitchell (Maine Energy $aver$), Robin Jordan (Robin’s Flower Pot) and Lynn Thurston (Blue Sky Produce) all took part in the three-evening workshop taught by Marc Edwards of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Caroline King of Maine Word.

Writing for Your Business took place in early February and covered a number of topics to help small business owners tell their unique story with words. This workshop gave business owners the skills necessary to write effective and creative marketing materials to use in their growing businesses. Participant created a core statement for their individual businesses and learned how to use that statement other marketing applications.

Dick Mitchell, who is the process of opening his new business, said, “I found better ways to communicate with my customers in print.” While Jean Roulliard’s comments focused on tools that she learned “to distinguish my products and services from my competitors.”
According to participant Robin Jordan, “The class provided me with information on the many resources that are available to promote my business. It also made me look at my business in a different way. Thank you to the Extension for offering this class and Caroline for providing me with many useful tools.”

Kimberly LaRoche said “I found the first class to be especially helpful in getting words out of my head and onto paper where I can use them to create a mission statement and a business plan. This will help us to assemble documents to present to local banks for financing.” According to LaRoche the most significant elements of the class were “the ideas and brainstorming that we were able to do as a class; ideas to advertise for free and how businesses that compliment each other can collaborate to provide support and awareness of each other's businesses to the public.”

Marc Edwards, in his reflections on the class, said, “Having Caroline King, a small business owner herself, partnering with University of Maine Cooperative Extension in providing this program was a large part of its success. The participants really exemplified the entrepreneurial drive needed to succeed as small or home-based businesses, especially in these economic times.”
For more information about future classes, please contact Marc Edwards at University of Maine Cooperative Extension at 778-4650 or Caroline King of Maine Word at 491-9810.

In the News

Maine Word's Writing For Your Business Workshop scheduled for April 10 was recently highlighted in Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association email newsletter.
http://www.mofgastore.org/product.sc?categoryId=5&productId=96


In the Morning Sentinel (3/3/09), "Caroline King recently
delivered books to the Phillips Public Library librarian Hedy Langdon as part of an Opportunity Center of North Franklin County project to provide resources to local small businesses."

In the Sun Journal's March 5th edition, Center donates books to 3 libraries

http://www.sunjournal.com/story/306232-3/Connections/Center_donates_books_to_3_libraries/#