We're on the high seas hunting for a needle floating in the vast Pacific.
The needle is stuck through a blue Styrofoam bobber that's being dragged behind a leatherback
hatchling via a 3-foot string. Even though we've got the means to find it -- a radio transmitter
-- no one said this would be easy.
-
Wendee Holtcamp in "Love & Death on Turtle Beach"
a 3-week Costa Rica Expedition for Discovery Channel Online covering leatherback turtle
research.
I've been at this for over ten years, and I love nothing more than going on adventures
with scientists around the world
and writing about it for magazines. What job offers more fun?
If you'd like to write
for more nature, conservation, and outdoor markets, this online course is for you. If you
enjoy nature and journaling and are considering a career in writing, you might be pleasantly
surprised to learn how easy it is to publish with the right guidance and careful instruction.
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as
sunshine flows into trees... - John Muir
Sierra Club founder John Muir wasn't
the first to be inspired by nature enough to write about it, but his prose provided a cornerstone
for the increasingly popular genre we know today as nature writing. Besides selling to more than
35 print magazines dedicated exclusively to nature and the outdoors, you can increasingly market
such stories to general interest, travel, science, regional, inflight, outdoor sports, children's,
and health/lifestyle publications, as well as the dot-com niche.
Who: Aspiring and professional writers alike will benefit. Some writers prefer to
just receive the weekly resources, while others prefer to actively participate. Students are
welcome to participate as little or as much as they want.
What: Course assignments guide you 
through performing an in-depth analysis of your dream market, developing a carefully crafted query,
writing a short article, and sending it in to your target market. Learn how to use the
techniques of observation, journaling, and topic-spoking to improve your writing and land more assignments.
Why: This course is jam-packed with useful information.
You will get:
- Constructive feedback on your queries and writing
- Q&A interviews with environment/nature magazine editors including
- E the Environmental Magazine
- Sierra Magazine
- OnEarth Magazine
- Orion Magazine
- National Wildlife Magazine
- National Geographic and NG Adventure
- Weekly handouts with lists and reviews of resources
- An attentive instructor that tailors the course to student interests
This course was offered several times through the Freelance Success Institute and
is now offered through Holtcamp's business, LOGOS Communications, LLC,
of which she is sole proprietor. Holtcamp also authored course materials for the Australian
College of Journalism's "Writing about Nature and the Outdoors" course and was profiled in
the 2001 Writer's Market as the Nature/Outdoor Writer.
When:
May 31-July 12, 2008
Register by May 24
Cost: $200
Sign Up Now! Pay by Paypal below or to pay by check,
send an email to Wendee Holtcamp with your full name, email address, and your
interest in signing up.
As soon as you pay, you'll have access to all the course materials so you can
print, save and read the Q&As and resources, and even get started
on the projects/assignments, which will make your in-class time all the more
focused and helpful.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please specify which class dates you're signing up for.
Wendee Holtcamp
LOGOS Communications, LLC
PO Box 5021
Kingwood TX 77325.
Make check payable to Wendee Holtcamp.
Class may be cancelled or date changed if fewer than 6 individuals register.
Fee will be refunded if course is cancelled, minus the small Paypal processing fee.
No courses have ever been cancelled! If you pay by check (preferred anyway),
I will hold onto it until I know the course "makes."
MATERIALS ONLY
What: If you want to get all the class materials but don't have time for a 6-week interactive course, then you can purchase the materials only.
When: Pay anytime, and you'll get instant access to the materials
How: Pay by mailing check to the address (PO Box 5021, Kingwood TX 77325) or by Paypal link below.
How much? $95 by check, $100 by Paypal.
ADVANCED Writing Workshop
When: Summer dates to be announced soon.
A 6-week program designed for students who have taken my previous course, this workshop will help you identify your long- and short-term career goals, uncover creative
blocks, and develop steps to achieve your writing goals. This course will focus on what you need to focus on, but each student will develop two completed
writing projects with ample feedback that will allow you to build on your strengths. You will use the tools gained from the previous course to identify a story idea, a target market,
and write two pieces - ready for submission - after one or more revisions. These writing projects - whether queries or essays or news briefs - will preferably be submitted
during the course to the publication of your choosing. The course costs includes two phone mentoring sessions with the instructor, Wendee Holtcamp.
Students who have not taken my other online writing course can still sign up,
albeit at a higher rate because you will be receiving all the course materials from the basic course as well.
First-time registrants - $350
Returning students - $250
Contact Wendee for more information!
Returning students, click here to pay by Paypal.
First-time registrants for advanced course email Wendee Holtcamp to discuss the workshop.
Wendee's Recommended Writing Books Page
This page provides links to books on Wendee's bookshelf
that you an order directly through Powell's Online Bookstore.
About Instructor Wendee Holtcamp
