February 12th, 2012 | Author: admin
Bay Bridge westbound will be closed though 8:00pm Feb. 17th through 5:00am Feb. 21st, 2012.
Dear Friends/Colleagues/Clients/Friends of Writers,
Please help a friend/client/student who wants to be happily published. Forward this list of events.Thanks!
San Francisco Writers Conference sold out; for post conference classes Feb. 20 http://www.sfwriters.org/
2 events — free and open to the public (do not need conference registration).
Thursday, February 16th, 2012, 5:00-6:00p.m.
San Francisco Writers Conference Presents a free public reading
Lisa See reads from Dreams of Joy in the California Room at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco
Saturday, February 18th, 2012, 6:15-7:00 p.m.
San Francisco Writers Conference Mass Booksigning! free and open to the public
Thirty presenters will sign in the Room of the Dons at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. Books for sale at the onsite bookstore BookShop West Portal. No-host bar.
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March 1, 2012, promptly 6:15-7:30 p.m. Women’s National Book Association SF Chapter members and prospective members welcomed to attend Your-Writing Mentor Mary E. Knippel’s “Ready Your Pitch for WNBA-SF Meet The Agents Event” at SF Main Library, Stong Conference Room (no food allowed). Must RSVP at least 24 hours before meeting– by emailing: MaryEKnippel (use @ sign) gmail.com and put in your subject line: RSVP for March 1 WNBA. Bring your business cards or postcards. Mary will start promptly at 6:15pm
Mary E. Knippel’s book The Secret Artist – Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine! will be debuted soon.
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IBPA’s Publishing University on March 9-10, 2012 NEW location on the West Coast
Where is it? Sheraton Fisherman’s Wharf hotel, San Francisco, CA
What is it? You won’t want to miss the Independent Book Publishers Association’s Publishing University 2012:“Content is King: Print, Electronic and Online Strategies to Help New and Growing Publishers Boost the Bottom Line.”
Leigh Anne Lindsey of Seastorm Press http://seastormpress.com will be on the marketing panel.
http://ibpapublishinguniversity.com
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Saturday, March 24th, 2012 WNBA-SF Chapter’s signature event “Meet the Agents & Acquisition Editors—Speed Dating” 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Sinbad’s Restaurant, Pier 2, San Francisco—-Lynn Henriksen, Event Chair. 8:00am 3 coaches (Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Mary E. Knippel & Tanya Egan Gibson) will help you craft your pitch. 9:00-noon pitch to a dozen agents & acquisition editors. $55 WNBA member, $65 non-member, or $75 at the door; Keynote Luncheon – 12:30 – $35.00 Must be registered for “Meet the Agents & Acquisition Editor ” to attend luncheon. http://wnba-sfchapter.org/
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First Thursday of the month WNBA-SF Chapter “Authors Exchange Solutions” series at San Francisco Public Library Check http://wnba-sfchapter.org/ for meeting times and room. Series produced by Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Mary E. Knippel and Birgit Soyka.
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Women’s National Book Association – chapters in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, Nashville, Charlotte, Detroit, Boston, New York, and Washington D.C. !
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Check out California Writers Club too http://calwriters.org/ 19 branches in the state!
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Check out meetings at Bay Area Independent Publishers Association http://www.baipa.net/
and Northern California Publishers & Authors http://www.norcalpa.org/
and Writers Forum of Petaluma with Marlene Cullen: http://www.thewritespot.us/
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