From Bike Messenger to Professional Author What’s it really like being a writer? David Kulczyk will tell you the cold, hard facts. He’ll tell you what you can expect, from dealing with incompetent editors, to negotiating a book deal, to getting out of a bad book deal, to having other writers steal your work. He’ll […]

Something Wicked This Way Comes: William Burg and Wicked Sacramento Discover the wicked side of Sacramento’s past. Who murdered famous brothel owner Cherry de Saint Maurice? Was Kitty Nisetich’s death a suicide – or a murder? Who was the Bootlegging Boxer that circumvented Sacramento law in order to bring “the raggiest of modern music” to […]

What’s the difference between an Author Event and a Book Signing? Come listen to Drea Moore explain that along with how to organize an event at a bookstore and other marketing hints. Drea will cover misconceptions and myths about marketing so that you will walk away feeling more comfortable with self-promotion. Learn how to successfully […]

Behind the Book Review: Advice from a Professional Book Reviewer Do you know what happens when you send an unsolicited book to a professional book reviewer? Ross Rojek does. As a professional book reviewer, Ross and his staff receive up to 1,000 unsolicited books a month. Out of those, they choose only 300 to feature. […]

Nano WHO mo? National Novel Writing Month is soon upon us. Our own Mike will give us some pointers to help us get through the month, not only sane, but also having completed an entire novel! How’s that for an ambitious goal? Page 8 of this month’s newsletter is Mike’s hand out. Please print at […]

What’s involved in the Path to Publication? Come listen to Margaret talk about how she went from writer to published writer. Having published three novels in a series, she also has an extensive list of poems and short stories, as well as many accolades, including 2017 SLO Nightwriters Golden Quill and three different awards from […]

Horror or not… Whether you write in the horror genre or not, Jeff Parsons will show us how we can use some of his insights to write unique stories. He will share his expertise in getting ideas for stories…any stories. He might even get those of you who write novels interested in the value of […]

Accurate Historical Fiction? Have you ever read some historical fiction and realized the author had gotten it all wrong? Maybe the author should have taken the advice of our next speaker: Doug has expertise in all aspects of history. As an excellent resource for writers of historical fiction (and other related genres), he can teach us […]

You’ve written it, but how will the world find out? Danita Moon will be sharing with us many details of how to market your book. Having been a publicity assistant to Brenda Novak, Danita knows everything about how to market a best seller. She is an avid reader and loves to find new authors. Living […]

Promoting Your Book Through Marketing and Advertising Promoting through Marketing and Advertising is necessary and a useable talent.  Andrea will explain the slight differences in meaning and usage between the two, but they are relatable.