We are San Francisco’s writers conference and as such it is part of our cultural identity to embrace and elevate diverse voices. This is challenging in an industry where white privilege is heavily entrenched, but we have always embraced this challenge. It’s part of why we embrace disruptive trends like self-publishing. It’s why we work
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Walter Mosley speaks on not picking a lane, fomenting change, and the publishing industry
Podcast Interview by Joey Garcia with guest Walter Mosley. When questioned about his thoughts on writers sometimes being told to “pick a lane and stay in it,” i.e., choose fiction or nonfiction—but not both—Mosley explained that notion is inherently a capitalist one. He added that even when artists are told that what they are working
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What’s New with IngramSpark | New IngramSpark Tools
Carla King interviews Robin Cutler about IngramSpark Publishing. Subjects covered in this podcast:What’s new with Ingram Spark. Ingram Spark website redesign and enhancements. By mid-March, users will start seeing changes to the Ingram Spark website. Enhancements will provide a more user-friendly, intuitive way for users to set up titles on IngramSpark. Other new tools include
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Writing for the Love of it: Expiration Date: NEVER!
By Paul Zeidman A friend emailed me to vent his frustration regarding the latest development for pitching his TV pilot. Suffice to say, it didn’t go the way he’d hoped. “Writing is hard work for me, and to have a project like this dismissed completely deflates me. I think I need to set a deadline
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The Importance of Writing an Unforgettable Single Digit Message
by Seth B. Greenwald, DTM Here’s my position: anyone who speaks in public can be considered a public speaker. The one exception to this rule is that you must be speaking to an audience of at least one human being to become a member of the ‘public speaker tribe’. Now there’s the difference between dabbling
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Crafting Your Motivation
by J.M. Frey for Monday Motivation Those of you who follow me on social media will know that before I was a professional writer, I was a fanficcer and cosplayer. I’ve spoken at length about how fanfiction made me a better writer overall, and how it’s served as my apprenticeship in writing for the professional
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