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Motivation Monday SFWC

Dear San Francisco Writers Conference family- Motivation Monday

March 15, 2020 By San Francisco Writers Conference

Dear San Francisco Writers Conference family: We’re writers. We’re artists. We create. Yet, at this pivotal point in time we find ourselves adrift. Angry. Out of control. And it affects our writing. But it doesn’t have to affect it in a negative way. What about if we take this unusual time…this strange, horrible exile of

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Open to public writing master classes San francisco writers conference

Wanted to attend the San Francisco Writers Conference but short on time or cash for the full event? 

February 6, 2020 By San Francisco Writers Conference

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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Heroes Journey through the San Francisco Writers Conference HOW TO MAKE THIS YOUR BEST WRITERS CONFERENCE EVER “THE END” IS WHERE YOU BEGIN

How to make this your Best Writers Conference Ever, “The End is Where You Begin”

February 3, 2020 By San Francisco Writers Conference

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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How to Build Your Tribe of Influence (Even if You Think Your Platform is Small) Stephanie Chandler

December 12, 2019 By Laurie McLean, SFWC Director and Agent at Fuse Literary

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

August 14, 2019 By Laurie McLean, SFWC Director and Agent at Fuse Literary

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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Barb & Rich Santos at Bay Area Book Festival

SFWC and Mechanics Institute at the Bay Area Book Festival 2019

May 10, 2019 By San Francisco Writers Conference

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 (“SFWC”) enjoys a rich literary culture. Over the course of four days in mid-February, over 500 attendees and renowned keynote authors, presenters, editors, and agents, attend SFWC, combining the best of both the traditional publishing industry with the latest technology to empower authors to publish anywhere. Situated just north of Silicon Valley, the SFWC is truly a one-of-a-kind celebration of craft, commerce, and community.

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