Interview by Joey Garcia. Best selling author Jonathan Maberry discusses his writing career, cross-genre writing and more! http://traffic.libsyn.com/sfwriters/mayberry.garcia.final.mp3 Jonathan Maberry is a multiple Bram Stoker Award winning author. He is a multi-talented writer of both fiction and nonfiction. He even writes for comic books (Captain America; Marvel Zombies Return). Two of his series are being
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Motivation Monday: Writing in the Time of COVID
by Indie Editor Mary Rakow How can we “use” our feelings about the virus in this challenging time? Fear, anger, helplessness, worry, and also moments of joy, gratitude, hope? Here’s an exercise I do a lot: First, we can put ourselves onto the page just as we are. Let’s say you just woke up. You’re
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Wanted to attend the San Francisco Writers Conference but short on time or cash for the full event?
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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How to make this your Best Writers Conference Ever, “The End is Where You Begin”
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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Valentines Day in San Francisco, at the SFWC
Valentines Day in San Francisco is extra special, but when it falls on a Friday you’d better have a reservation if you want to eat out anywhere. Besides calling now to make a reservation at that place you’ve always wanted to try while you’re in The City, there are three great options we recommend:
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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
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