Montségur Authors Forum
The Montségur Author Forum is an Internet discussion forum by and for published authors , which provides an information, discussion and networking platform for all matters relating to writing.
history
The forum was founded in 2005 by Andreas Wilhelm ( Atlantis project ). In 2015, the Montségur Authors' Forum had around 500 members, including Andreas Eschbach ( Das Jesus Video ), Thomas Thiemeyer ( Magma ), Andrea Schacht ( Kreuzblume ), Charlotte Thomas ( The Madonna of Murano ), Iny Lorentz ( The Wandering Whore ), Christoph Hardebusch ( The Trolls ), Craig Russell ( Wolf Trail ) or Joanne Harris ( Chocolat ).
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The forum is one of the signatories of the alliance for fair publishers ( Fairlag ), to which around 50 German, Swiss and Austrian authors' associations and institutions belong. It also works closely with the Association of German Writers (VS in ver.di) and the Federal Association of Young Authors eV
discussion
All questions related to the concerns of authors are discussed in the forum. This includes drafting contracts and searching for a publisher as well as technical questions about writing, be it about the narrative perspective , the choice of words , the plot or the design of the characters . There is a separate section for reviews of current and classic novels . Another rubric, which is only open to members, is dedicated to the criticism and discussion of one's own texts, research and working groups. In addition to the exchange between established authors in partially closed areas, the forum sees it as a special task to inform and educate authors who are still inexperienced and who have not yet been published.
In April 2015, the forum comprised around 320,000 contributions, which corresponds to a total text volume of around 50,000 standard pages . Most of the contributions are also available to non-members, but some are only available to members, especially those who need confidentiality. The forum is aimed primarily at advanced and published authors. For membership, an application for membership is required, which is voted on by a committee.
Real meetings
Since autumn 2007, annual nationwide member meetings have been held in Oberursel near Frankfurt with lectures and workshops . There are regional, irregular meetings in Cologne , Vienna , Mannheim , Hamburg , Berlin and other cities.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Peter Roentgen: Authors among themselves ( memento of October 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), on the “real” meeting in autumn 2007, previously online at literaturnetz.com