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
Read MoreMeet 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
Read MorePodcast: Million-copy bestselling author Kerry Lonsdale with host Ransom Stephens
Kerry answers the question most authors want to know: How did your debut women’s suspense novel become a huge bestseller with more than a million copies sold? What is your writing process? What do you leave out when writing fast-paced suspense? And so much more… http://traffic.libsyn.com/sfwriters/Lonsdale_Podcast_8.16.19.mp3
Read More7 Mistakes to Avoid When Self-Publishing by Stephanie Chandler
Self-Publish Like a Pro: 7 Mistakes New Authors Make and How to Avoid Them The world of self-publishing can be overwhelming, and there is an abundance of conflicting advice around the internet-wild-west that can leave your head spinning. However, most publishing industry professionals would agree that there are several common mistakes we see from new
Read MoreWhat’s In a Brand Name?
by Gordon Warnock, co-founding partner at Fuse Literary If it takes five books to establish a brand, how can you convey a clear author brand before you’ve published your first novel? Find out from agent Gordon Warnock! And take a peek inside the brand of million-copy-selling women’s suspense author Kerry Lonsdale…both past speakers at SFWC!
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