Past Events

 

May 2013
David Corbett
Author of The Art of Character

Creating Memorable Characters, for Fiction, Film and TV

For more: davidcorbett.com

 

April 2013
Susan Sachs Lipman
Author of Fed up with Frenzy

The Book's Done, But You’re Not:
Marketing and Promotion for Authors
Susan discussed establishing a platform, writing and pitching releases, blogging, social media, interviews, approaching booksellers, and creating events.

For more: slowfamilyonline.com

 

March 2013
Simon Wood: Author of Mystery and Suspense Writer

Simon shared with us his technique for building suspense and how to create a unique and genuinely original plot, twist by twist.

For more: simonwood.net

 

February 2013
Priscilla Royal: Author of Medieval Mysteries

Priscilla shared with us her methods of research and how she gets the details just right.

For more: priscillaroyal.com

 

January 2013
Cara Black: Author of bestselling and award nominated Aimée Leduc Investigation series

Cara discussed research techniques that she uses to produce her mystery novels set in the 1990's in Paris.

For more: carablack.com

 

November 2012
Tanya Egan Gibson: Author, Editor, Writing Coach

Tanya discussed how she used her research to not only enrich her scenes, but to inspire the events, dialogue and subplots in her novels.

She taught us some tricks on how to make a world exciting, and and how to use objects belonging to that world to strengthen both plot and characterization.

For more: tanyaegangibson.com

 

October 2012
Lynn Stegner, Author and Educator

Visit lynnstegner.com

 

September 2012
Peg Alford Pursell Writer, Editor and Educator

Peg spoke about the art of writing Flash Fiction.
Visit pegalfordpursell.com

 

August 2012
Beth Barany; Creative Consultant for Writers
10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Creativity

Writing is much like exercise: the more we write, the better a writer we become. Beth shared much more than her 10 tips and got us all enthused about the writing process. She offered practical advice to keep our creative juices flowing and gave us exercises to help generate new ideas for every stage of the writing process.
Visit bethbarany.com.

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June 2012
Anyone Can Write a Kid's Book and Other Myths
A panel of children's book writers

Anyone can write a kids' book, right? Cynthia Chin-Lee, author of six children's books, lead a panel of children's book writers, including SuAnn and Kevin Kiser and Debbie Duncan, and let us know just how difficult and yet rewarding it is.

Fred Setterberg, author

May 2012
Weaving fiction into a memoir

Fred Setterberg, author of Lunch Bucket Paradise discussed the personal path he has taken to become a writer of a fictional memoir and why. He read snippets of his work and discussed the how, when, and why one should cling to the facts but allow yourself to invent in some instances.

Debbie Duncan
Self published Author

April 2012
So you want to publish an eBook?

Debbie Duncan recounted her brave exploits navigating the dangerous arena of self-publishing her first ebook. She gave us a wealth of nuts and bolts information and covered everything from formatting an ebook to dealing with copyright issues.

Nora Profit
Of The Writing Loft

March 2012
The Art of Emotioneering

Nora Profit of the Writing Loft spoke about how a writer shoud strive to make an emotional impact in every paragraph. And about how readers hear the words in their heads so writers should make their work rhythmic and interesting to listen to. It was a great session. There will be an upcoming boot camp with Nora in June.

Visit The Writing Loft to learn more about Nora Profit and her creative writing workshops. Nora is also the author of 10 Glaring Mistakes Amateur Writers Make and How to Avoid Them.

Albert Flynn DeSilver
makes the CWC an offer!

February 2012
The Great Completion: Getting the Book Done

Albert Flynn DeSilver, former Poet Laureate of Marin, spoke about the difficulties he has faced in his past and how they influenced his work and fueled his desire to produce and share. His new memoir titled, "Beamish Boy: A Memoir of Recovery & Awakening" is due out this May.

20% off Mentoring Services!
For a limited time, Albert is generously offering his services as Coach and Mentor for 20% off to Members of the CWC sf/peninsula branch. Download a pdf for more information. Visit his website.

January 2012
How to Go From Unknown to Bestseller

Ezra Barany used his experience in promoting his own book, the Torah Codes to illustrate his points. He advocated carefully choosing a title by using words which are of particular interest to internet search engines. He also suggested paying special attention to the first sentence, first paragraph and first chapter of one's book. He spoke of the importance of how to make a book easy to read. He also suggested making a book trailer (short video) for Youtube.

For more about Ezrah Barany: thetorahcodes.com

Speaker publications

 

David Corbett

Art of Character

 

About David Corbett

 

Susan Sachs Lipman

Fed Up With Frenzy

 

About Susan Sachs Lipman

 

Simon Wood

Terminated

 

About Simon Wood

 

Priscilla Royal

The Sanctity of Hate

 

About Priscilla Royal

 

Cara Black

Murder Below Montparnasse Aimee Leduc Series

 

About Cara Black

 

Tanya Egan Gibson

How to Buy a Love
of Reading

 

About Tanya Egan Gibson

 

Lynn Stegner

Because a Fire
Was in My Head
Falkner Award Winner

 

More about Lynn Stegner

 

Beth Barany

Henrietta The Dragon Slayer
Book One

 

More about Beth Barany

 

Fred Setterberg

Lunch Bucket Paradise
A True-Life Novel

 

More about Fred Setterberg

 

Debbie Duncan

Caller Number Nine

 

More about Debbie Duncan

 

Nora Profit

10 Glaring Mistakes Amateur Writers Make and How to Avoid Them.

More about Nora Profit

 

Albert Flynn DeSilver

Letters to Early Street

 

More about Albert DeSilver

 

Ezra Barany

The Torah Codes

 

More about Ezra Barany