Please enjoy this interview by Carla King with Kathy Meis of Bublish, recorded at the 2020 San Francisco Writers Conference. Here’s what you’ll learn. What indie authors should do three to six months prior to publication The importance of planning ahead and having a plan The importance of building a platform prior to launch Considering
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Wanted to attend the San Francisco Writers Conference but short on time or cash for the full event?
Take a 3-hour MASTER CLASS- TAKE AN AFFORDABLE MASTER CLASS IN WRITING AND START YOUR YEAR OFF WRITE! By Laurie McLean, Director, San Francisco Writers Conference If you’ve ever wanted to concentrate on one problematic area of your writing career—be it brand building, pacing/tension, character development, article writing, memoir, pitching, self-publishing, website building, or visualizing
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How to make this your Best Writers Conference Ever, “The End is Where You Begin”
By Lissa Provost The Heroes Journey through the San Francisco Writers Conference You’ve just typed “The End” on your Magnum Opus, the manuscript you’ve been working on for years. Your heart and soul and thousands of hours of work are backed up on a flash drive that fits on a keychain, and on the cloud,
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The Poetry Summit at SFWC is for Publishing (And you should be publishing your poetry!)
By Lissa Provost California, and the San Francisco Bay Area especially, is a hotbed for poetry activity. Every town has a Poet Laureate and every county and region, too. There are workshops, festivals, readings, and open mics in communities from border to border. We are amazed and proud of what Litquake does for poets in
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How to Build Your Tribe of Influence (Even if You Think Your Platform is Small) Stephanie Chandler
When I work with authors one-on-one, the first homework assignment I give is to make a list of important contacts, which I call the author’s Tribe of Influence. Your tribe consists of the people in your life who can help impact the success of your book and your author business as a whole. This group
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Meet Kinga Jentetics of PublishDrive, one of Forbes’ Top 30 Entrepreneurs under 30, in this interview with host Carla King
Kinga Jentetics is the founder and CEO of PublishDrive, an eBook publishing platform. Learn about the importance of thinking globally for your ebook, how simplicity is the focus of this platform, and what differentiates PublishDrive from other distributors. http://traffic.libsyn.com/sfwriters/Kinga_Jentetics_podcast_10.25.19.mp3
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