Upcoming Events
Pitch-O-Rama PLUS 2020
Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:00 am – 12:30 pm It's now Pitch-O-Rama PLUS - now in Noe Valley! Bethany UM Church 1270 Sanchez Street (at Clipper) SF, CA 94114 Includes a continental breakfast and pre-pitch coaching. Early Bird Registration pricing through Jan 1, 2020: $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 … [Read More...]
Speaking Memory: Remarkable Hidden Histories and Stories You Won’t Forget
WNBA-SF hosts National Reading Group Month Book Passage, Ferry Building, San Francisco October 12th, 2019, Saturday 3:00-5:00pm Co-sponsored by: Celebrate National Reading Group Month with four renowned authors who will discuss their sources and inspiration for their new releases. FREE. A retired family therapist, CAROLE BUMPUS began writing about food and travel when she stumbled upon the amazing stories of women and war in France. She has traveled extensively throughout France and … [Read More...]
The 2019 Effie Lee Morris Lecture Series Celebrates Women Writers
Join the San Francisco Public Library Main Children's Center this fall as we present two lectures celebrating the voices of two gifted female authors and honoring the work of Effie Lee Morris (1921 – 2009), the first coordinator of children’s services at SFPL. Ms. Morris, a tireless champion for diversity in children’s literature and in children’s lives, was the first African-American president of the Public Library Association, and a co-founder of the SF chapter of the Women’s National Book … [Read More...]
2019 Bay Area Writer’s Contest
Join our writing contest for awards and cash prizes! The Women’s National Book Association is a 100+ year old venerated organization of women and men across the broad spectrum of writing and publishing. Our membership includes Editors, Publishers, Literary Agents, Professors, Academics, Librarians, Authors, Book Marketers and many others involved in the world of books. We honor and celebrate woman authors and diverse writers and hope to include YOU with our 2019 Bay Area WNBA Writer’s Contest, … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview
Featured Member Interview – Sheila Murray Bethel, PhD
Interview by Susan Allison A member of WNBA and The Author’s Guild, Sheila Murray Bethel, PhD is recognized internationally as an expert in leadership. She is a successful entrepreneur, bestselling business author of five books, and a Hall-of-Fame speaker. She has given over 4,000 presentations to over two million people in 20 countries. Her … [Read More...]
Featured Literary Agent – Jennifer March Soloway
Interview by Susan Allison Most of our feature-articles have focused on women authors and their journeys from early writing experience to publication. In this article we are able to glimpse another part of the publishing world through the life and words of literary agent, Jennifer Soloway. Jennifer March Soloway is an associate agent with the … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Joan Gelfand
Interview by Susan Allison What inspires me most about WNBA featured writer Joan Gelfand is her tenacity, her willingness to do whatever it takes to be a successful author. Her honesty is refreshing when she says, “I became determined to get a book out-and it takes determination! My publishing experience has been that every book has taken … [Read More...]
BookTalk! The Buzz in the World of Books
How Not to Freak Out and Get Humiliated When Pitching to Agents
by Andy Ross | When it comes to rejection, I’m a real wuss. I don’t think I could ever pitch my writing to an agent. I’m amazed at how courageous writers are, and I always feel shame when I know that I have hurt someone with a rejection. In my job, I get plenty of rejection Read More…
Tweet Success – I
Written By Cathy Turney with significant input from Cynthia Rubin, BestEditorEver If you think Twitter is basically for the birds, I was once like you. Actually, as a child I had a succession of blue parakeets I faithfully nurtured that then mysteriously dropped dead—a portent of things to come? Recently, though, after spending countless dollars Read More…
Tweet Success – II
Written By Cathy Turney with significant input from Cynthia Rubin, BestEditorEver [This is the second part of Cathy’s post. Read the first part here.] Tip #3: Choose a Memorable Handle By memorable, I mean easy to remember and identify (vs. too clever). On Twitter you have two names. First is your real name—the one your Read More…
