San Francisco Writers Conference
The Power of Persistence: #1 in a New Series by Katie Coleman, Author
Power of Persistence I’d stared stage IV cancer in the face at twenty-nine and had come out on the other side. Yet now, the idea of facing strangers gathering in the lobby downstairs suddenly felt like an insurmountable challenge. As I hid in my room, attempting to summon the courage to go down to mingle…
Read MoreA SFWC Success Story: John Hyde Barnard
I moved to the Bay area in 2020, a week before the COVID shutdown. Ironically, this provided time and opportunity to concentrate on my book: The Creole Incident. As I prepared the book for presentation: editing, query letters, synopsis of the book, ‘about the author,’ etc., I realized I needed guidance. This led to an…
Read MoreTWO’S COMPANY….THREE’S A MULTICAST
Coming to you live from the 2024 SFWC, it’s a special blog post from Squeaky Cheese Productions! TWO’S COMPANY….THREE’S A MULTICAST by Ralph Scott, Producer/Narrator SQUEAKY CHEESE PRODUCTIONS, LLC, Petaluma, Calif. (15 Feb. 2024) AUDIOBOOKS ARE ON FIRE. A 2023 sales report from HarperCollins that broke this past week (‘Profits Soar at HarperCollins as Audio Sales Boom’) supports…
Read MoreComing Full Circle at the SFWC
Coming Full Circle at the SFWC By Meredith Jaeger In the early aughts, I dreamed of becoming a novelist. At my office job, I imagined what my characters might be doing—their lives were far more exciting than mine. For six months, I took classes through The Writing Salon at night, until finally, I had completed…
Read More#8 HIDE OR REVEAL?
HIDE OR REVEAL? By Mary Rakow, Ph.D. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NYC Author photo, 2023. In May I saw, for the first time, the breathtaking expansion and renovation of MoMA completed in October 2019. I liked this view as much as I did any of the works of art, and it reminded me so deeply about…
Read MoreMaking Connections for Your Writing Career
By: Bruce Wawrzyniak It’s ironic that I’m writing this on the same day that I’m scheduled to interview someone I met at the San Francisco Writers Conference for my podcast. Or is it? As you try to meet more and more people to further your writing career and promote the projects you’ve done and are…
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