Photo credit to Cali Gilbert, on the far right, whom I met a few years ago at the SFWC. Read below how a coat connected us. In the conference volunteer room where we sign in each day, we have a coat rack. At the end of the conference the year I met Cali, […]
San Francisco Writers Conference Starts Tomorrow
The San Francisco Writers Conference starts tomorrow, February 11th to 15th. Four days of live sessions and networking with the people who can advance a writing career. Registration for the four days is filled, however, check the following events: OPEN ENROLLMENT CLASSES on Thursday, Feb. 11th and Monday, Feb. 15. Choose from content-rich sessions taught by […]
WNBA Will Exhibit At The San Francisco Writers Conference This Weekend
This Weekend, Women’s National Book Association, WNBA S F Chapter, will have an exhibitor table at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, lower level. Their event for Friday night is called INSPIRING VOICES OF HOPE: The Afghan Women’s Writing Project, #Free California Room, Mark Hopkins Hotel, SF. Friday, Feb. 12, 8:30-9:30pm. The Women’s National Book Association is […]
Course and Book Need Title
One of my projects for D’vorah Lansky’s thirty-day course creation challenge, is to write a simple fiction writing book for beginners that would serve as a manual for the course or a stand alone reference book. Today’s assignment is to title it. In my experience, it takes time to get a title right. I’m […]
Psychiatrist Judson Brewer: A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit
http://www.ted.com shared this short video of Judson Brewer talking about: A simple way to break a bad habit. It’s less than 10 minutes in length. He mentions eating disorders and smoking addiction, but for me, it also applies to procrastination in sitting down to write. All you writing procrastinators or those of you (and […]
Funny Dog And Link To Collaborative Story
Funny Dog. On my other blog http://jkleist-corwin.com/ I have been posting a collaborative story that is in my anthology, Written Across the Genres, available at local book stores and on line. I will post the last scene tomorrow. That version was from my morning writing class that had more members. In the future I will […]
Vote For Topics of Interest
I have several ideas for on-line courses I could organize and teach. I’ve taken 3 to 4 or more during each year since 2007 and I know what I like and don’t like in how the classes are presented. D’Vorah Lanskey, http://reachmorereaders.com, has a class on creating course content. My first assignment is to decide […]