Posts by Barbara Santos, Strategic Partnerships Director
50 Shades of Pay: Making Money as a Contentpreneur
Writers who want to succeed need to reinvent themselves as contentpreneurs—creative, innovative entrepreneurs who produce and repurpose content for different forms, media and countries. Learn how here.
Read MoreScholarships for the 2020 San Francisco Writers Conference
When you simply HAVE to go to the SFWC! If the cost of the conference is keeping you from attending the 2020 San Francisco Writers Conference this February, do something about it immediately. This year we are offering seven scholarships…and each of them will award a registration to the conference. All you have to do…
Read MoreHow Writers and Readers Are Changing Publishing
Publishing’s New Power Couple 23 Reasons Readers and Writers are Reinventing Publishing Technology disrupts publishing by minimizing the barriers between readers and writers. Publishing only needs three elements: writers, readers, and tools for connecting them. Technology provides the tools. Readers and writers are replacing traditional publishers, media, and reviewers, and creating a new literary culture.…
Read MoreA New Year’s Resolution You’ll Love
Never Go to Bed Alone “I learned to be a writer by reading.” – Stephen King Writers, especially storytellers, are usually inspired to write because of books they love. They are so moved and inspired that they want to create something that will have the same effect on their readers. Author Ernest Gaines believes that…
Read MoreAuthors as Activists
Revolution Books’ manager Reiko Redmonde will speak on the “Authors as Activist: Writing the Resistance” panel at the 2018 San Francisco Writers Conference in February. This panel will be free and open to the public. Details to come on this. But we want to share this article on how this courageous woman and the entire…
Read MoreGuest Post: Thoughts on the San Francisco Writers Conference
Forging the Circle of Access By Kimberly A. Edwards President of the California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch On a recent morning in my Sacramento living room, I received word that Writer’s Digest had accepted my article following a successful pitch. I was elated, for writing for a top magazine read by fellow writers was my…
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