writing fiction and nonfiction to make a...
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The San Francisco Writers Conference presents
7th SAN FRANCISCO WRITING FOR CHANGEWRITING FICTION AND NONFICTION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Saturday, September 12, 2015First Unitarian Universalist Center (Geary @ Franklin) 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
KEYNOTE: WAR, SUSTAINABILITY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICEMEETING THE CHALLENGES WRITERS AND PUBLISHERS FACE
Peter Booth Wiley Author (Yankees in the Land of the Gods; A Free Library in this City); chairman of the board of John Wiley & Sons
PRESENTERS: Martha Alderson, The Plot Whisperer; Nina Amir, The Author Training Manual; Jim Azevedo, Marketing Director, Smashwords; Stephanie Chandler, Nonfiction Authors Association; Jason Gardner, New World Library; Dorothy Hearst, Promise of the Wolves; Allen Klein, You Can’t Ruin My Day; Brenda Knight, Be a Good in the World; Michael Larsen, Larsen Pomada Literary Agents; David Landau, editor; Mary Rakow, This Is Why I Came; Jennifer Chen Tran, Fuse Literary Agency; Angus Wright, Nature’s Matrix
FULL DAY OF SESSIONS: 10 STEPS TO BECOMING A CHANGE AGENT PUTTING YOUR PASSION ON THE PAGE WRITING FOR A BETTER FUTURE TRADITIONAL OR SELF-PUBLISHING? Which is Best for Your Book MAKING FANS FOR LIFE: Building and Serving Your Communities SPEED DATING WITH THE PROS Pitch your book to presenters at this Pitch-and-Learn Session.
ALSO INCLUDED: A private free consultation during the event with a freelance editor and publicist about your work, pitch or writing. Lunch & snacks!! Forty pages of handouts and free follow-up call to Michael Larsen after the event. No-Host Breakfast Sunrise Pitchathon and a No-Host Dinner following the event to keep the conversation going.
REGISTRATION: $99 to July 31; $119 to Sept.1. Register online to get these discounts.$199 at the door, if space is available. SAVE YOUR SEAT NOW. Limited to just 100 attendees.
www.SFWritingforChange.org Questions? Contact Michael Larsen or Elizabeth Pomada, Co-directors at 415-673-0939 or [email protected]
COMING IN 2016: 13TH SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS CONFERENCE February 11-15--Presidents Day Weekend--at the Mark Hopkins Hotel Open Enrollment workshops on Thursday and Monday, Feb. 11 & 16. Details & online registration: www.SFWriters.org
Produced by the San Francisco Writers Conference--a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Sponsors for SFW4C include: Smashwords, Joyce Turley, Women’s National Book Association, California Writers Club.
Onsite bookstore provided by BookShop West Portal.