by CWC Marin administrator | Feb 15, 2013 | Events
Why Writers Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Social Media
Chris Durham
Digital Development – Uhuru Network, LLC
AKA Social Media Educator
June 23, 2013
Book Passage, Corte Madera
There a number of different ways to grow your brand and it can be overwhelming with all the different tools and resources available. But there is one critical tool, Social Media, which you can’t afford to overlook.
You Will Learn:
- Social Media Foundation – What you need to know as writers.
- How many social networks should you be on
- Top 5 Social Media Marketing Tips
- It doesn’t take much to become impressive
- The importance of social networking in writing industry
- Action Steps
The Marin branch of the California Writers Club meets monthly at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA except July, August and December, on the 4th Sunday of the month, unless a holiday. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Meetings may feature a guest speaker, a workshop or a panel discussion along with networking, encouragement and writing news.
$5 members; $10 nonmembers
All are welcome.
by CWC Marin administrator | Dec 13, 2012 | Contests, Events
The Marin branch of the California Writers Club is delighted to announce the winners of the
Write Across the Golden Gate
2012 Fiction and Nonfiction prose contest
First Place(s) and Honorable Mentions
We appreciate the many submissions we received from as far away as Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The quality of the writing was first-rate and we encourage all to maintain this high quality, keep writing, and keep submitting.
Please join us in thanking our Judges for their commitment, and diligence.
Peg Alford Pursell
Charlotte Robin Cook
Priscilla Royal
Olga Zilberbourg
Barbara Truax, lead judge
Mary Jane Essex, screening judge
If you would like to be notified of future contests, please eMail: contests@JoHaraf.com
Contest Winners: 2012
FICTION
Winner
Reynold Junker, The Accordionist and the Sparrow
Honorable Mentions
Kasey Arnold-Ince, Dissolution
Patricia Morin, Passages
Kasey Arnold-Ince, Salt & Pepper
NONFICTION
Winner
Gail Stockwell, The Old Man and His Pies
Honorable Mentions
Susan Keller, A Turn in the Road: A Memoir
Delia Reid, Illuminations
Paula Nixon, The Life and Death of F521
by CWC Marin administrator | Nov 1, 2012 | Events
Rules Are Made To Be Broken
(But Which Ones, and When?)
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Three authors share their experiences and answer your questions about breaking writing and publishing “rules” and blazing one’s own unique writing path.
Katherine Ellison is a Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist, former foreign correspondent, writing consultant, and author of four books. Her latest, Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention (Hyperion Voice), combines her personal account of life with a high-spirited 
child with a journalist’s overview of the controversies surrounding Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and how best to manage it.
Ellison has written widely on recent developments with ADHD for national media including The New York Times and The Washington Post. Her previous books are The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes You Smarter, The New Economy of Nature: The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable, and Imelda: Steel Butterfly of the Philippines. Her website is www.katherineellison.com
Malinda Lowas born in China and moved to the United States as a child. Ash, her first novel, was a finalist for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award, the Andre Norton Award for YA Science Fiction and Fantasy, and the Lambda Literary Award for Children’s/Young Adult, and was a Kirkus 2009 Best Book for Children and Teens. Her second novel, Huntress, was published in 2011.
Formerly, Lo was an entertainment reporter, and was awarded the 2006 Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for Excellence in LGBT Journalism by the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and has master’s degrees from Harvard and Stanford Universities. Her website is www.malindalo.com
Ellen Sussman is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel, French Lessons, and the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, On a Night Like This. She is the editor of two anthologies, Bad Girls: 26 Writers Misbehave, a New York Times Editor’s Choice and a SF Chronicle bestseller, and Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex.
Sussman has taught at Pepperdine, UCLA and Rutgers. She currently teaches through Stanford Continuing Studies and in private classes. Her website is www.ellensussman.com
by CWC Marin administrator | Nov 1, 2012 | Events
“From Blog To Book”
November 18, 2012
How do you create and write a blog that will capture the attention of book agents and publishers? Susan Sachs Lipman takes you through the steps, from concept and proposal through published book.
Susan Sachs Lipman is the author of Fed Up with Frenzy: Slow Parenting in a Fast-Moving World, which grew out of her award-winning blog, Slow Family Online.
She writes for the Christian Science Monitor’s Modern Parenthood blog, and is the Social Media Director for the international Children & Nature Network.
The Marin branch of the California Writers Club meets monthly at Book Passage, except July, August and December, on the 4th Sunday of the month, unless a holiday. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Meeting may feature a guest speaker, a workshop or a panel discussion along with networking, encouragement and writing news.
All are welcome.
by CWC Marin administrator | Oct 1, 2012 | Events
Writing Groups
Lessons from the North 24th Writers
October 28, 2012
Please join four celebrated authors who are members of a longstanding local writers group, North 24th Writers.
- Allison Hoover
Bartlett is the author of The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
- Katharine Ellison is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author, most recently, of Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention as well as three other books,
- Susan Freinkel is the author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story and American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
- Julia Flynn Siler (right) is the author of the bestsellers The House of Mondavi and Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America’s First Imperial Adventure
North 24th Writers is a group of ten Bay Area women who have been meeting twice a month for over a decade. Collectively, the group has published ten nonfiction books as well as hundreds of articles and essays in major magazines, newspapers, literary journals and online publications.
They’ll discuss:
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how to form a writing group
- formats that work (and don’t)
- challenges
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the surprising side-benefits of creating your own work group
For more information on North 24th Writers, please visit: http://north24thwriters.com/
by CWC Marin administrator | Sep 1, 2012 | Events
September 23, 2012
Brooke Warner is founder of Warner Coaching Inc., publisher of She Writes Press, and author of What’s Your Book? A Step-by-Step Guide to Get You from Inspiration to Published Author.
In her thirteen years in the publishing industry, Brooke shepherded over 500 books through the publication process. Her expertise is in traditional and new publishing, and she is an equal advocate for big presses, small presses, and self-publishing.
Brooke will share her knowledge and vast experience on how writers can more efficiently organize their time to write. She will speak to the importance of building a solid outline for participant’s writing projects. With a solid outline, she will guide participants to create and rely on structure as a foundation for improved writing.
The Marin branch of the California Writers Club meets monthly at Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, CA except July, August and December, on the 4th Sunday of the month, unless a holiday. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Meetings may feature a guest speaker, a workshop or a panel discussion along with networking, encouragement and writing news.
$5 members; $10 nonmembers
All are welcome.
To Join or Renew your Membership click here.
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There a number of different ways to grow your brand and it can be overwhelming with all the different tools and resources available. But there is one critical tool, Social Media, which you can’t afford to overlook.
