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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Why the SF Writing for Change conference is such a treasure
I well remember attending my first SF Writing For Change conference at the Unitarian Universalist Center in San Francisco. The lobby was buzzing with excitement and warm sunlight beamed through stained glass windows in the great room as it filled with writers and publishing folk. It seemed almost too good to be true; I was
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SFWC and Mechanics Institute at the Bay Area Book Festival 2019
The San Francisco Writers Conference shared a booth with Mechanics Institute Library at the Bay Area Book Festival this past weekend. Barb and Rich Santos of SFWC, Taryn Edwards and Heather Terrell of MIL, and volunteers Robert McAdams and Simona Carini had a great time talking about our conferences and the joint MIL-SFWC year-round classes
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The San Francisco Writers Conference is over for this year… but there is so much going on in our community for writers right now! April 18 – 6:30pm Rising Writers Series: The Boatbuilder Author Daniel Gumbiner in conversation with writer Kevin Smokler Cosponsored by McSweeney’s: Daniel Gumbiner’s novel, long-listed for the 2018 National Book Award, deals
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2019 San Francisco Writing for Change Conference Announced
The 2019 SAN FRANCISCO WRITING FOR CHANGE CONFERENCE will be held on Saturday, September 14! Yes, this year’s San Francisco Writing for Change conference is in the works. We can tell you now that The O.G. Rev., Harry Louis Williams II (pictured left), bestselling author Nina Amir, and Melissa Hart (The Writer contributing editor and
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Take an SFWC-MIL Class this Spring!
Start your Spring off right with writing classes with Nina Schuyler and Penny Warner. CLICK HERE FOR CLASS DESCRIPTIONS. We are also putting the final touches on an excellent memoir class with Brooke Warner (publisher/founder of She Writes Press and author of Breaking Ground on Your Memoir) for September. Plus be sure to experience “How
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