Constance Hale presented “How to Let Verbs Power Your Writing” on Friday, February 15th at the San Francisco Writers Conference. Hale is a San Francisco-based journalist and author and writes freelance articles for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, and others. She has written three books on writing including her most […]
George Harrison’s Birthday was Monday, February 25th
All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece but not too much. – George Harrison 2/25/43
R.L. Stine Signs Books at the San Francisco Writers Conference
Kate Farrell, Stine Session Coordinator, during R. L. Stine’s book signing for his young GOOSEBUMPS fans. Students in 3rd through 8th grades were invited to the conference for a special session with Stine.
R.L. Stine at the San Francisco Writers Conference
Audrey Fairchild, registration volunteer, with R.L. Stine at the end of his book signing with his young fans who enjoyed a special session with him Saturday morning. Stine’s GOOSEBUMPS series sold over 300 million copies in this country. Last year he published a horror novel for grown-up readers, RED RAIN. He was a keynote speaker […]
SFWriters Conference after a Session on Anthologies
Jordan Bernal, Victoria Zackheim, Barbara Santos, and me after the session on “How to Create, How to Contribute”. A timely session for my work on “A Class of Muses”, an anthology I plan to self publish this summer. Jordan is one of the judges for this year’s California Writers Club anthology. Victoria and Barbara had […]
San Francisco Writers Conference photo
Peter Dudley with me holding his second novel, FORSADA. Great cover artwork.
Flannery O’Connor Quote
“The truth is not distorted here, but rather a certain distortion is used to get at the truth.” Flannery O’Connor. I discovered Flannery O’Connor in a college English class and became an instant fan of short stories because of her work.