Upcoming Events
Pitch-O-Rama 2019
PITCH-O-RAMA 2019! Saturday, March 23, 2019 8:00 am – 12:30 pm Women’s Building Auditorium, in the heart of the Mission 3543 18th Street (between Guerrero & Valencia) San Francisco CA 94110 Includes a continental breakfast and pre-pitch coaching. $65 WNBA members, $75 Non-members, Men Welcome! Limited to the first 60 ticketed attendees. Pitch-O-Rama delivers the 4 Ps that lead to publication. POLISH. You’ve polished your manuscript. Now polish your pitch with our pre-pitch … [Read More...]
Get Ready for 2019 SF Writers Conference February 14 – 19
February 14 – 19 Intercontinental Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in downtown San Francisco Join us and help us promote WNBA-SF at the San Francisco Writers Conference. This will be the 16th Celebration of Craft, Commerce, and Community for all writers. Attendees will join with 100+ presenters and fellow writers from across the country and around the world at this year’s event. The SFWC events are consistently rated among the top writer’s conferences anywhere. Presenters this year will include … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview
Featured Member Interview – Kathleen Archambeau
Interview by Susan Allison WNBA featured author, award winning and successful writer, Kathleen Archambeau, has a storyteller’s ear, and has loved to listen and record the stories she’s heard since childhood: “I grew up in an extended Irish Catholic family in San Francisco, which gave me a head start on my love of words and stories. I distinctly … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Marylee MacDonald
Interview by Susan Allison Recently, I have been in conversation with WNBA member, Marylee MacDonald, award winning author, writing coach, and caregiver advocate. I’ve been most impressed by Marylee’s refreshing honesty. Whether she is talking about her personal life, her writing career, or the current state of the publishing industry, she tells … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Mary Mackey
Interview by Susan Allison After interviewing novelist and poet, Mary Mackey, I am moved to write a poem, dashing off lines quickly in what I call a “divine download.” I find nothing more exhilarating than this creative process, and I’m grateful for Mackey’s inspiration. Mary’s own inner voice has been whispering stories and poems to her for … [Read More...]
BookTalk! The Buzz in the World of Books
Sell Your Book at Pitch-O-Rama 2019!
Here’s what people are saying about the last Pitch-O-Rama: “You never know what might happen when you pitch your writing project to an agent or editor at the Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter’s Pitch-O-Rama! The event’s format is well organized. I was fortunate to be able to hone and refine my presentation by attending Read More…
Mother Nature is My Writing Mentor
Drawing Inspiration From the Natural World by Cheryl Leutjen My office mate, a muscular, gray cat named Handsome, slumps over my left hand, purring. I sit at my desk in the attic, which I like to call the “garret” because it connects me with my childhood hero, Jo of Little Women. Here I can pretend Read More…
Meet Us at the Hyatt: SFWC 2019!
The fabulous San Francisco Writers Conference, after years at the Mark Hopkins InterContinental Hotel, has moved to the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero on the waterfront, near the fabled Ferry Building. Nowhere could you find a more spacious and elegant accommodation for networking and learning the newest trends in the craft and business of writing. Often called Read More…
