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I found the following in a comment left on the interview with Maine author, Peter McGinn and thought it was too important to leave there. 

Hello,

I hope you will overlook my barging into your e-mail, but I am very excited
about personally inviting you, and anyone you know who might be interested, to sign up for the Downeast Writers Conference to be held at Stonington June 14th-16th.

No matter how learned, talented, and user-friendly the faculty — or how lovely a setting chosen for the conference — the success of such a conference lies highly in what the participants bring to the table. Reputations of local writers which preceded them was one of the factors which convinced us that the upcoming conference can be a huge success. Not only are your writers serious about learning new methods and being inspired to better writing, but they have their own ideas and techniques and suggestions which will enrich anything we can offer.

I would suggest that you go to the website for the conference to get an idea of what can be expected and to “meet” the fine authors and other writing people who will be sharing with those who participate. I have worked with the group from FIU for a number of years and can guarantee quality with these people. The folk I have yet to meet come highly recommended, and I am excited about the privilege of spending time with them in this environment.

Some Maine writers have already signed up for the Writers Conference, joining authors from all over the nation. I understand that there are some folks who may have other obligations at that time and cannot commit to the entire conference. I want to make sure that,as much as we hope that many of you will be full participants, we also want to emphasize that the evening sessions– in which the faculty will be reading from their works –are open to the public at no cost.

If you have questions, feel free to contact me at 207-367-2773 or catch Stephen York at his book store. We have recently arrived on the island for the summer and are committed to making this wonderful event as successful as it can be! I hope you will share this information to those who may appreciate the information — by mouth or by e-mail.

Happily anticipating meeting you!

Charlotte Jones Cabaniss Robertson
Conference Sponsor