California Writers Club, Tri-Valley Branch, has a writers conference scheduled for April 18, 2015. Attendees can enter the conference writing contest before January 31st. Here is the link to register: Tri-Valley Writers Conference 2015 It is open to the public, but there’s a limit of 100 spaces. April may seem a long way away, but […]
San Francisco Writing for Change Conference This Saturday
September 6th, the 6th San Francisco Writing for Change Conference will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Center, Geary @ Franklin from 8:15 to 5:30. The conference theme is “Changing the world one book at a time: writing fiction and nonfiction to make a difference.” The keynote speaker is Adam Hochschild, “Writing About a Changing […]
Redwood Writers Conference in Santa Rosa
I attended the Redwood Writers Conference on Saturday with Julie Royce, author of PILZ. We enjoyed hearing Ransom Stephens and Dana Gioia. I met Brooke Warner and her marketing and publishing packages are inspiring. The organizing team added the “First Page Critique” session. Two literary agents gave their reactions to first pages submitted by conference […]
Penny Warner nominated for Agatha Award
Penny Warner has been nominated for the 2013 Agatha Award in the Best Children’s and Young Adult Novel category for THE CODE BUSTERS CLUB #3: MYSTERY OF THE PIRATE’S TREASURE. Her CODE BUSTERS #2: THE HAUNTED LIGHT HOUSE was the winner of the 2012 Agatha Award last year. Penny presented with Rhys Bowen on Friday […]
San Francisco Writers Conference Anthology Panel
The San Francisco Writers Conference begins Thursday, February 13th. I’ll be volunteering at the registration desk again and this year I will be speaking on an anthology panel with Barbara Santos, Kate Farrell, and Camille Cusumano. I’ll have Written Across the Genres with me to talk about the experience of putting that book together.
San Francisco Bay Bridge January 19, 2014
After the San Francisco Writers Conference volunteer meeting, we went to dinner at the Delancey Street Restaurant with a view of the S.F. Bay Bridge. Nice dinner with enthusiastic talk about the up-coming S.F. Writers Conference, February 13th through the 16th. Michael Larsen and Elizabeth Pomada work hard to provide the best writers conference for […]
Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase
Teresa Leyung-Ryan, or Coach Teresa as she is known, has a book published called, Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. She inspires attendees at the San Francisco Writers Conference annually. She is a supportive coach for writers helping them identify themes and archetypes. […]