Upcoming Events
Book Marketing Pros Panel: WNBA-SF’s Secrets to Successful Marketing for Writers
Author Lunch Mechanics' Institute Library, San Francisco Friday, October 19, 2018, 12:00 Noon 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 4th Floor, Chess Room (Free to Public, refreshments available) When do you start marketing your book? Find out the surprising answer at WNBA-SF’s Book Marketing Master Class. Join three promotional and marketing experts who are there to give you highly effective bookselling tips and tools. Attendees can receive a proprietary marketing guide filled with the … [Read More...]
Meet the WNBA-SF at the First-Ever Lit Crawl Book Fair
Saturday, October 20, 2018 12:30 - 4 PM The Chapel 777 Valencia Street, San Francisco We are so excited to be a part of this landmark literary event and with local presses, businesses, and literary magazines for a book fair like no other, in the heart of the Mission District on the afternoon of Lit Crawl San Francisco, the world’s largest pop-up literary event of its kind. Don’t miss this opportunity to join the fun with Women’s National Association Board execs will be womaning the booth … [Read More...]
WNBA-SF Holiday Showcase-Book Passage Corte Madera
Sunday, December 16 4:00-6:00 PM Book Passage Corte Madera 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera 94925 FREE and Open to the Public Light refreshments and wine tasting, books available for sale and book signing. Please join us for a celebration of 50 years of women in the world of books with member authors of the San Francisco Chapter of the WNBA. Before women had the right to vote, the Women’s National Book Association was advocating for women writers, booksellers, editors and “women in the … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview
Featured Member Interview – Michelle Travis
Interview by Susan Allison When asked about her love of law, Michelle elaborates, “Since high school, I’ve never been able to resist an intense courtroom drama. I admire the art of a brilliant cross-examination, the elegance of a cleverly worded legal argument, and the craft of a piercing dissenting opinion. I also love how lawyers use the law … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Gina L. Mulligan
Interview by Susan Allison When asked how and when she became a writer, Gina shares her history: “I began writing poetry as a child and thought I wanted to be a copywriter. So, I got my degree in Marketing and moved to New York City. My first job was as a flunky in an advertising agency. It was a great job, but I realized I didn’t like … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Elise Collins
Interview by Susan Allison As a successful writer, Elise speaks of her history, explaining that she was encouraged by her family to be an intellectual, and was expected to read and write well. It was in her mid twenties that she began writing articles for newspapers and had a column called “Body and Soul” in the Psychic Reader. She adds, “It … [Read More...]
BookTalk! The Buzz in the World of Books
Structure: The Secret Weapon to Help You Achieve Your Goals
By Nita Sweeney I’d been running for five and a half hours through the rural countryside surrounding Xenia, Ohio. My tired legs were intermittently cramping and the bottoms of my feet ached. I’d run out of catchy songs to sing to myself and all the mantras I’d been chanting sounded stale. The trees lining the rails Read More…
How to Make Book Signing Events More Engaging
By Bridgitte Jackson-Buckley, author of The Gift of Crisis (October 2018) A few weeks ago there was a book signing event I was incredibly excited to attend. The author recently published a beautifully illustrated informational book, and it was on social media the author would be on book tour at local bookstore. Happily, I put the date Read More…
Dear Writers: Is an Epistolary Book Right for You?
By Gina L. Mulligan, author, Remember the Ladies; From Across the Room; and Dear Friend If you lived in the late 1700s, you drank corn whiskey, spun your own cloth, and spent your evenings in the glow of candlelight reading an epistolary novel. If the term epistolary is unfamiliar, you’re not alone. An epistolary novel is Read More…
