MPL CREATIVE RESOURCES

2733 East Battlefield #309
Springfield, MO 65804
mplcreative1@aol.com

MPL CREATIVE RESOURCES is the place to come for:

• Editing/critiquing services
• Press releases
• Media kits
• Cover letter writing

MINDY PHILLIPS LAWRENCE

Mindy Phillips Lawrence is the co-author of The Complete Writer: Tapping Your Full Potential and author of the poetry collection, One Blue Star, both from Red Engine Press.  She is assistant editor at Scribe and Quill and facilitator for several online classes.  Mindy has also written numerous articles and book reviews.  A former secondary English teacher, she has worked for 16 years assisting clients with resume and cover letter writing.  She also edits books, articles and business writing. 

Mindy is the AUTHOR REPRESENTATIVE for Dr. Dan Skelton and for the fiction writing of Bev Walton-Porter.

EDITING/CRITIQUING SERVICES

Editing/Critiquing services offered by MPL CREATIVE RESOURCES include:

• Proofreading for grammar, usage and spelling errors
• Content evaluation
• Line editing services
• Critiquing services

PRESS RELEASE WRITING AND MEDIA KITS

Need a press release written?  A media kit put together?  A campaign to blitz the world about your book?  MPL CREATIVE RESOURCES can help you with the promotional writing you need.  Many writers love to write but not to market and promote.  MPL CREATIVE RESOURCES can put together professional Writer Promotion Packages designed to get work noticed.

WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

In conjunction with Scribe and Quill, MPL CREATIVE RESOURCES offers workshops in Query Writing (QUERY MAGIC) and Self-Editing Skills (EDITING ESSENTIALS). 

Mindy Phillips Lawrence is also available for speaking engagements to groups interested in improving their writing techniques.  Some of her speaking topics include:

• How to write a query letter
• The positive side of rejection
• How to get magazines cheaply to study for submissions
• Putting together a writer's biography
• Self-publication vs. Traditional publication
• Press release writing for optimum exposure
• Writing and mindfulness
• Self-editing skills for writers
  

Here are several books that will help you write better and increase your ability to promote your work:

• The Complete Writer:  Tapping your Full Potential, Mindy Phillips Lawrence, Joyce Faulkner, Bev Walton-Porter, Pat McGrath Avery - Red Engine Press
• The Frugal Book Promoter, Carolyn Howard-Johnson - Star Publish
  
• The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success, Carolyn Howard-Johnson - Red Engine Press
  
• The Well-Fed Writer, Peter Bowerman, Fanove Press
• The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living, Peter Bowerman, Fanove Press
  

CONTACT

To find out about any of the services provided at MPL CREATIVE, send an e-mail to:  mplcreative1@aol.com with [WRITING INQUIRY] in the message line and in brackets.

~ Mindy Phillips Lawrence