Janet Muirhead Hill: Author & Publisher

Writing Seminar

Local author and publisher, Janet Muirhead Hill will host a 3-day workshop on Writing True Fiction (and Other Genre) at her Raven Publishing Office. 

Date: April 9, 10, and 11 (Wednesday-Friday)

Time: 10:30 AM. to 4:00 PM.

Address: 125 Cherry Creek Road, Norris, MT

Fee: $85.00 for all three days, or $40.00 for one day.

Bring a sack lunch. Beverages and snacks will be provided.   

A rough overview of lessons covered:

Wednesday, April 9:

An introduction to "True Fiction"

Lesson and writing exercises on: Point of View,

Concrete versus Abstract Writing, and

Writing with Passion and Purpose.

Thursday, April 10:

Characterization,

Tools for building a story,

Feeding the muse

Friday, April 11:

Choosing the right words,

Cutting out clutter,

Editing, and an exercise in Flash Fiction.

Workbooks are available for $10.00 each for participants of the workshop. The workbooks are optional, but if you don't choose to purchase one, bring plenty of paper for notes and writing exercises. There will be many.  

Space is limited to twelve people, so please sign up early. For more information, to enroll, or for driving directions, call  685-3545 or email author@janetmuirheadhill.com.

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Janet Muirhead Hill Biography

When Janet Muirhead Hill, grew up on a cattle ranch in the Yampa River Valley in the Colorado Rockies, her greatest love was for horses and children. Her childhood dreams were not to become a writer or publisher, but to own a horse ranch and to have lots of kids. Well, this has been fulfilled satisfactorily in retrospect. She owns three horses and has four children and seven grandchildren. Now she writes for children and connects with them in any way she can.  "Kids are much wiser than we are," she says. "They haven’t had as much time to be corrupted with inhibitions and narrow opinions." Her dreams to be a writer came later in life, though the seeds were sown by an older sister who read to her as a child.

Janet began her writing career when her children were small by submitting short stories to magazines and had several published. She didn't get back to writing for publication until many years later, when after a divorce, she had a few more short stories published before turning to novel writing. Her first two novels remain unpublished, waiting for her to find time to revisit them. The third, Miranda and Starlight, began a series of six books, all published within a three year period by her own company, Raven Publishing, which publishes other authors as well. She is publishing another novel she wrote called, Danny's Dragon. (due in June, 2006) It is about the stages of grief and healing, seen through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy who lost his father in the war.

Her education has included several years at Montana State University in various disciplines, including English writing. She also completed two writing courses, (two years each) from the Children's Institute of Literature. She presently divides her time between publishing, family, and writing, from rural Montana where she lives with her husband, one daughter and her three-year-old grandson.

With her stories for children, Janet hopes to bring her readers joy and adventure as well as a love for reading. She enjoys presenting her books, her experience and knowledge of writing, and encouragement to follow one’s dream to classrooms. (Author visits, seminars, and presentations).