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Matthew Felix quote Doubt is the Devil

Doubt is the Devil

November 20, 2020 By San Francisco Writers Conference

by Matthew Félix “Doubt is the Devil! Show doubt, and he’ll be back!” I woke up with the quote resounding in my mind. It was as though an old woman were standing over me waving her finger, scolding me to make sure I got the point. A couple of weeks earlier, I had received the

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USA Today Best-Selling Author Meredith Jaeger

The Importance of Perseverance with Best Selling Author, Meredith Jaeger

October 16, 2020 By San Francisco Writers Conference

Subjects covered Meredith Jaeger is the author of two dual-narrative historical fiction novels: The Dressmaker’s Dowry, a USA Today bestseller, and Boardwalk Summer. Asked about her motivation for writing The Dressmaker’s Dowry, Meredith explained that, depressed by the gentrification brought about by the tech boom, she wanted to write about San Francisco’s history to help

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Why We Write Grant Faulkner

Why Write?

October 9, 2020 By San Francisco Writers Conference

By Grant Faulkner Reposted with permission from the author. You can find the original post, entitled Why Write? A Manifesto to Fortify Your New Year’s Resolutions, here. One day a year or so ago, I was going through some old papers, and I discovered a notecard with my 2003 New Year’s resolutions on it. The depressing

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Finding Your Voice - Mary Rakow

Finding Your Voice

September 1, 2020 By San Francisco Writers Conference

By Mary Rakow (Mary Rakow will be teaching at the Writing For Change: Worldwide Craft Conference September 12-13. For more information, please visit the Writing For Change: Worldwide website. Or register here.) Finding our voice is both inward and social. Inward because our voice isn’t about word choice and style. It’s comes from how I experience

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Becoming a Sensitive, Responsible Writer - C.S. Lakin

Becoming a Sensitive, Responsible Fiction Writer

August 26, 2020 By San Francisco Writers Conference

by C. S. Lakin If you’re a fiction writer, you create characters. Hopefully believable ones. Characters your readers love and hate. Characters that pop off the page and take readers on an exciting journey. Regardless of whether you write lighthearted comedy, serious relational dramas, complicated romance, or adventurous fantasy, more than mere authenticity is needed—if

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Write a Book Starting at the End - Martha Alderson

Write a Book Starting at the End

August 14, 2020 By San Francisco Writers Conference

By Martha Alderson (Martha Alderson will be teaching at the Writing For Change: Worldwide Craft Conference September 12-13. For more information, please visit the Writing For Change: Worldwide website. Or register here.) Every book is made up of a beginning, middle, and an end. Usually writers start writing at the beginning of their books, a

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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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