Wendy Van Camp Poet Laureate Emerita

Wendy Van Camp, Anaheim’s Poet Laureate Emerita, is a dynamic voice in speculative poetry, blending cutting-edge technology, astronomy, and daydreams. Her talent has earned her nominations for the Elgin Award, Pushcart Prize, and Dwarf Stars Award. Wendy’s poems, stories, and articles grace journals worldwide such as “Star*Line,” “Scifaikuest,” and “San Diego Poetry Annual.” She regularly contributes essays to “Indy Author Magazine.”

An active podcaster, you can see Wendy as a panelist on the “Con-Tinual” stable of podcasts “Fandom” and “The Panel Room”. You can hear her as a rotating host of “Poets Cafe” on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles or on her own audio podcast “No Wasted Ink Ramblecast.” As a member of SFWA, SFPA, and IBPA, Wendy is a passionate advocate for the speculative community. Her debut poetry collection, “The Planets,” was nominated for the Elgin Award.

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FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

No Wasted Ink Newsletter & Ramblecast
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No Wasted Ink is a free monthly newsletter featuring an original writing tips essay, a monthly “ramble” by Poet Laureate Emerita Wendy Van Camp, and her poem of the month. Wendy’s upcoming events, places where she has recently published or appeared on podcasts is listed. The Ramblecast is a voiceover podcast reading of the essay, ramble, and poem in the poet’s voice which comes in your email along with the written newsletter.

WRITING COACH

Wendy Van Camp is available as a writing coach via Indigoskye Press. She can help guide you through the Indie Author publishing process, develop your chapbook of poetry, or help you learn the onboarding process of becoming a panelist at Science Fiction Conventions or a speaker at writing conferences. To start the process, sign up for a single session and fill out the form, telling me what you hope to learn during your coaching sessions. Once approved, you will be guided to set up your appointment via email. We will consult on Skype.

Currently, I offer an hour coaching session or a discount block of 3 sessions. Sessions can be paid via credit card in her payhip store.

I will be offering to critique poems, essays, short stories, single chapters, or entire novels in the near future. Once available, it will be listed at Indigoskye Press.

LINKS:

Website – https://wendyvancamp.com
Indigoskye Press – https://indigoskye.com
Amazon Page – https://www.amazon.com/author/wendyvancamp
Medium – https://medium.com/@wvancamp
Twitter (X) – https://twitter.com/wvancamp
Instagram – https://instagram.com/nowastedink
Facebook Page – https://facebook.com/nowastedink

MY ORGANIZATIONS:

SFWA – Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Codex – Codex Writers
IBPA – Independent Book Publishers Association
SFPA – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association
AWB – Astronomers Without Borders
ASFA – Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists