Events
Upcoming Events
February 8, February 15
Perfect Pitch
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
March 16
How to Succeed at Anything with Diedre Wolownick
10:00 am to 11:30 am
Past Events
January 17
Creating Characters that Resonate with Emotional Truth
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
December 17
CWC Marin Holiday Party
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
December 9
Sharpen Your Writing with a Poetry Game
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
November 4
Writing Workshop: The Imitation Method
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
October 29
Ask Book Agent Andy Ross
3:30 pm to 5:30 pm
September 21
Writing California – A Local Writers Panel
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
August 13
August Social Soiree
4:00 pm to 6:30 pm
July 19
July Summer Salon
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
June 26
Tighten Your Writing with a Poetry Game
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
May 23
How to Sell More Books
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
April 26
Writing an Eye-Catching Query
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
March 18
A Literary Walking Tour of SF’s Barbary Coast Trail
9:30 am to 2:00 pm
February 22
Assembling Character; A Key to Storytelling
6:30 to 8:00 pm
January 26
Podcasts as Platform: Making the Most of the Newest, Hottest Medium
6:00 to 7:30 pm
November 16
Choosing Your Publishing Path: Traditional, Hybrid, or Self
6:00 to 8:00 pm
October 26
Finding Your Voice: Member Panel Discussion
7:00 to 8:30 pm
September 28
Book Mapping: Be Your Own Developmental Editor
6:00 to 7:30 pm
August 16
Summer Salon
7:00 pm
July 19
Summer Salon
7:00 pm
June 22
Writing Active Hooks: or How Many Hooks Are Enough?
6:00 – 8:00 pm
May 25
Writing the Intimate Character
6:00 – 8:00 pm
April 27
Build Your Book Marketing Plan
6:00 – 8:00 pm
March 23
What Writers Can Learn from Marvel and Pixar
6:00 – 8:00 pm
February 23
Using Emotional Wounds and GMC to Create Compelling Stories
6:00 – 8:00 pm
January 26
Publisher Fitness
6:00 – 8:00 pm
June 27
Moments of Brilliance:
3 Techniques for Creating a Sticky Story
REBECCA HUNTER
May 23
Showing Emotion on the Page
LAURIE SCHNEBLY
April 25
Awaken Your Senses
EDEN BRADLEY
March 28
Maximizing the Potential of Your Content Across Platforms
MICHAEL ANDRES PALMIERI
February 28
Hey, You Don’t Look Tense
TIFFANY YATES MARTIN
June 28
The Magic of Memoir—
Weaving Memory and Story
LINDA JOY MYERS
May 24
Plan a Plot with the Help of the Universal Story
MARTHA ALDERSON
April 26
Creating Compelling Stories with Three-Dimensional Characters and Four-Corner Conflict
DAVID CORBETT
March 22
Rewrite Right!
22 Ways to Make Your Book Better
[Social Distancing Special: Join Us Online on Zoom]
JOHN BYRNE BARRY
February 23
Best Practices for Self-Publishing with KDP and IngramSpark
RUTH SCHWARTZ
January 26
Websites That Wow Readers
How to Create or Update your Online Home
PAULINE WILES
DECEMBER 8
CWC Marin
HOLIDAY PARTY
NOVEMBER 17
The Police:
Fiction versus Reality
ADAM PLANTINGA
NOVEMBER 2
Why I Wrote an Assisted Suicide Family Thriller
JOHN BYRNE BARRY
(co-hosted by Reimagine End of Life SF + CWC Marin)
OCTOBER 27
Best Practices for Self-Publishing with KDP and IngramSpark
RUTH SCHWARTZ
SEPTEMBER 22
How to Query an Agent
MARY C. MOORE
Summer Salons
JULY 25 (7 pm) — Pitch Your Book Blurb
AUGUST 22 (7 pm) — First Pages
JUNE 23
How to Bring Your Book to Life in Audio and Make It Work for You!
BECKY PARKER GEIST
MAY 26
Public Speaking Skills for Today’s Writers
Pitfalls to Avoid, Practices that Pay Off
BETSY GRAZIANI FASBINDER
APRIL 28
Writer’s Circle
Tackle Your Biggest Writing Challenge
MARCH 24
10 Key Scenes That Frame Up Your Novel
C.S. LAKIN
JANUARY 27
The Hero’s Journey
How It Can Serve as a Blueprint for an Enduring, Transformative Story
DAVID KUDLER
OCTOBER 28, 2018
Getting Published
What Are Your Options?
BROOKE WARNER
JULY 26 • AUGUST 23
Summer Salons
JUNE 24, 2018
The Art of Editing
RALPH SCOTT and EMILY CONWAY
APRIL 22, 2018
Marin Writers Conference
MICHAEL LARSEN, MARY RAKOW, DAVID KUDLER,
RUTH SCHWARTZ, KIMBERLY CAMERON, DORIAN MAFFEI, CARLISLE WEBBER, PETER BEREN,
JENNIFER MARCH SOLOWAY
APRIL 2, 2017
Ignite Your Writing Life Conference
CONSTANCE HALE, LINDA WATANABE MCFERRIN, DAVID COLIN CARR, TANYA EGAN GIBSON, KRISSA LAGOS, ROBERT PIMM, TERESA LEYUNG RYAN, ANDY ROSS, MARY C. MOORE, PETER BEREN
