Please register on this form to get a reminder with the Zoom link. We recognize that some of our members are facing challenges at this time so Marin’s monthly meeting will be FREE through June. Our gift to you. While we update this page, check the RSVP, but don’t worry about the fee.
That said, our outstanding presenters give their all to provide quality programs. Please help support them by making a small donation that we will pass along to our presenters.
Want to be taken seriously as an author, even though you have yet to publish the Great American Novel or place an article in The Atlantic? You need to learn to treat your writing–poetry, fiction, nonfiction–as a business. Believe it or not, one of the best ways of getting the literary world to notice you is to manage the less-sexy aspects of your practice. That means realizing that writing is a business, not just an art. Marketing is a critical, often overlooked aspect of our craft. In this presentation, you will get a brief overview of the seven habits that will enable you to boost your writing career!
Lyzette Wanzer, MFA is a San Francisco writer, editor, and writing workshop instructor. Her work has appeared in over 25 literary journals, magazines, and books. She is a contributor to The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays (Wyatt-MacKenzie), Civil Liberties United: Diverse Voices from the San Francisco Bay Area (Pease Press), and 642 Tiny Things to Write About (Chronicle Books). Lyzette is the current judge of the Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition’s Intercultural Essay category and the Women’s National Book Association’s Effie Lee Morris Writing Contest’s nonfiction category.
Lyzette has received grants from the Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco Arts Commission, the Creative Capacity Fund, and the Horned Dorset Colony. She enjoys presenting her work at conferences across the country, and has been awarded writing residencies in CA, NE, NY, OR, VA, and Canada. Her newest projects are an essay anthology called Trauma, Tresses, & Truth: Untangling Our Hair Through Personal Narrative, and Professionalize Your Creative Writing Practice: Building A Career As A Literary Artist, a professional development workbook for creative writers.
See more at linkedin.com/in/lyzettewanzer and lyzettewanzermfa.com.
Please register on this form to get a reminder with the Zoom link, and pay with PayPal below. CWC members (any branch) — $5.00. Non-members — $10.00.
You can also make a donation that goes to the presenter, Lyzette Wanzer.
Everyone is invited to enjoy the festivities and perhaps walk away with an awesome reading list or even do a little holiday shopping. Even if you don’t have anything ready to share, come join in on the fun.
Do you have a book, poem, news article, essay, script, play, song or some other literary work that you want to read to the group?
Or maybe you want to practice what it would be like on a mini-book tour? Here’s your opportunity to present you and your works in a friendly, supportive space.
The amount of time each member gets to showcase will depend upon how many people sign up by November 15. (For now estimate five minutes.) You can feature more than one work, but you’ll have the same time limit as everyone else. We’ll do Q&A if we have time. So grab a beverage of choice and celebrate with us on Zoom as we see & hear the wonders that Marin branch members have created.
Send us an email at marincwc@gmail.com, with your name, what work(s) you plan to present, and when they were published or completed. The work need not be published or even for sale to showcase it. Writers with works completed since January 2019 will be showcased first, but we expect everyone to have an opportunity to showcase.
Register to attend the showcase by December 5 at cwcmarin.com/december for the Zoom link.
Successful travel writing transports readers to another time and place. Join Us November 15 to learn the secrets of helping your readers see, hear, smell, and taste locations that leap off the page and ignite the imagination. Whether you’re writing nonfiction (memoir, true-adventure, and travelogue) or fiction (historical, thriller, and literary), this workshop will help your settings come alive.
Susan Spann is the award-winning, bestselling author of CLIMB (Prometheus Books, 2020), a narrative nonfiction chronicle of her quest to overcome cancer, break free from fear, and climb 100 Japanese mountains in a single year, as well as the Hiro Hattori novels, a historical mystery series featuring the ongoing adventures of master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo. She is also the author of numerous travel articles and a travel and photography blog. Susan currently lives in Tokyo, and will be presenting live from Tokyo via Zoom.