by CWC Marin administrator | Feb 19, 2020 | Awards
The 2020 California Writers Club Literary Review, a juried collection of superior poems, stories, fiction, and nonfiction by members of the California Writers Club, has extended its deadline for submissions until March 31.
Submissions are open to current members of California Writers Club and will be accepted from until March 31, 2020.
Works will be reviewed and selected for possible publication by a panel of acquisition editors through a blind judging process.
You will be notified by email as to whether your piece will be included in the 2020 Literary Review shortly before publication in autumn of 2020.
See Submission Guidelines and FAQs.
by CWC Marin administrator | Feb 8, 2020 | Classes and Workshops, Events
If you’re thinking about self-publishing, there’s a lot of learn and no better person to learn from than Ruth Schwartz, book midwife and self-publishing consultant. She’ll be presenting on February 23 at 2 pm.
Ruth will explain the basics of how to get the most self-publishing juice from using KDP and IngramSpark efficiently and in the right order, including
- How to set your book up on KDP, and why to do your paperback first.
- How KDP makes it easy to add your Kindle edition once the paperback is set up.
- How to order proofs from KDP.
- Why to set up your book with IngramSpark — and why you may not need to bother.
- How to avoid paying any fees to IngramSpark.
Ruth Schwartz brings more than 40 years of book publishing, design and printing industry experience to every author’s project and has worked on over 120 independently-published books since 2012. She works with authors to turn finished manuscripts into finished books, complete with professional cover design, interior layout, and ebook editions — all up online and available for sale.
by CWC Marin administrator | Jan 10, 2020 | Events
In January, we are pleased to host website designer Pauline Wiles, who will help you learn how to create or update your online home.
by CWC Marin administrator | Jan 10, 2020 | Member News
We’re sorry to share the news that Carmen Appell, former board member of CWC Marin, died in December. We will miss her quiet spirit and we express our condolences to her sons and their families.
Here’s an excerpt from the obituary in the Marin Independent Journal:
Carmen Teresa Appell Oct 26, 1951 – Dec 10, 2019
Our beloved mother, daughter, sister and wife passed away unexpectedly on December 10, 2019 due to complications from cancer at Marin General Hospital.
Carmen is survived by her two sons; Donald J. Baker III and Daniel M. Baker and their spouses Julie C. Baker and Anna C. Psaila as well as four grandchildren and a niece. Carmen was preceded in death by her Father Hugh M. Appell, Mother, Dora A. Appell, Brother, Robert Appell and sister Luísa Appell.
Carmen worked professionally as a social justice and victims advocacy paralegal for 30 years before her retirement in 2016.
She was born in Mexico City in 1951 as her parents attended and taught at Mexico City College after their service in WWII as radio operators during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1942.
She was an avid writer and active member of the Redwood Writers Club. She had recently completed her memoirs. A memorial will be held on January 12, 2020 at the Fairfax Women’s Club from 12-3 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations are appreciated to the American Cancer Society
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by CWC Marin administrator | Sep 9, 2019 | Classes and Workshops, Events
If you want your book published by one of the big publishing houses, you need an agent. How do you get an agent? You write a letter.
Mary C. Moore, a literary agent with the Tiburon-based Kimberly Cameron & Associates, will be presenting “How to Query an Agent” on September 22 at 2 pm.
She will review the most important elements of query letters and critique a few live queries if participants print theirs out and bring them in.
Mary C. Moore graduated from Mills College, Oakland with a MFA in Creative Writing and English in 2012, dabbled in freelance editing and copy-writing before started an internship at Kimberley Cameron & Associates. She quickly fell in love with agenting, and dedicated two years as Kimberley’s assistant, before beginning her own client list, making deals with Harper Collins, Penguin Random House, Macmillan and more.
