Getting Media Attention to Drive Book Sales and Your Career! Friday, January 29, 2021 at 12:00 Pacific Have fun, sell more books, and grow a garden of great publicity for your book and your career! Publicity is the most powerful and cost-effective tool around to attract and retain readers for your book. It can help you make your mark in the marketplace and multiply your profits. If you want to be the #1 Influencer in your industry, you’ve got to get bigger media visibility. Based on her … [Read More...]
Upcoming Events
January 15 – 5 Tips to Win as a Writer in 2021
Goal-Setting Simplified We have a brand new year to make things happen! Whoo hoo! To get what you want, you need to know what you want. And then make a plan to achieve it. Is this the year you get to finish your book? Find an agent? Get published? Or maybe you have other writing aspirations. Whatever your goals, Debra Eckerling is here to help! To set yourself – and your goals - up for success in 2021, join Debra Eckerling, founder of the D*E*B METHOD® and author of Your Goal Guide: A … [Read More...]
Save the Date: Pitch-O-Rama PLUS 2021!
You’ve polished your manuscript, now polish your pitch! Pitch-o-Rama, hosted annually by the San Francisco chapter of the Women’s National Book Association, is a great opportunity to not only practice your pitch with coaches and fellow writers, but also try that pitch on publishing professionals who can provide advice, direction, and next steps for your writing project. Please save the date for our second-ever virtual Pitch-O-Rama. We have learned a lot from last year to make it even better for … [Read More...]
Effie Lee Morris Writing Contest – Meet the Judges!
2021 Effie Lee Morris Literary Contest - get set! GO! We honor and celebrate women authors and diverse writers and hope to include YOU with our 2021 Effie Lee Morris WNBA-SF Literary Contest, launching October 1st and running through March 31st, 2021. The Women’s National Book Association San Francisco Chapter is pleased and proud to continue the Effie Lee Morris WNBA Literary Awards in honor of our founder. Ms. Morris was a pioneering Black librarian and the founder of this chapter of … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview
Featured Member Interview – Melissa Kirk
Editor “Grows” Food and Authors by Nita Sweeney, author of the running and mental health memoir, Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink. Mental health is close to my heart... Nita Sweeney (NS): I must dive right in and ask what drew you to work with psychology and wellness professionals and … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Barbara Brooker
Anti-Ageism Activist Urges Everyone to Celebrate “Age Pride!” by Nita Sweeney, author of the running and mental health memoir, Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink. I hope WNBA-SF members reading this interview hear the way Barbara Brooker’s energy and passion pulsed through our conversation. … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Mag Dimond
World Traveler Credits “Patience, Courage, Compassion, and Perseverance” for Writing Success by Nita Sweeney, author of the running and mental health memoir, Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink. Interviewing WNBA-SF member Mag Dimond offered yet another opportunity to learn from this fine, … [Read More...]
BookTalk! The Buzz in the World of Books
Why Enter Writing Contests? by B. Lynn Goodwin
You polish your writing, imagining your audience. You read it over. Out loud. Does it say exactly what you want it to say? You have a friend read it to you. Impressed, she says, “You should submit this to contests. Put yourself out there. Get some recognition for your work.” Maybe you leap at the Read More…
Holiday Storytelling for Children by Kate Farrell
This holiday season many families will celebrate with relatives miles apart. Though we may gather online in group video conferencing calls, we won’t see one another face to face. Even if some live close by, many families will prefer to visit outdoors with safe and limited social distancing for a brief interaction or to exchange Read More…
Family Storytelling for the Holidays by Kate Farrell
This year, more than ever, as we gather around a tree, table, or screen, we can comfort one another with fond memories—a gift of continuity and hope. Often, however, the memories we share with family members are fragmented and fluid, without a clear purpose in their telling. We might ignore significant family stories from the Read More…