Upcoming Events
Epic Reads: Secrets to Crafting Historical Fiction
Author Lunch, Mechanics Institute Library Friday, August 17, 2018, 12:00 Noon 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 4th Floor, Chess Room (Free to Public, refreshments available) The Women’s National Book Association San Francisco Chapter is thrilled to present member writers who have authored highly successful historical (and prehistorical!) novels that readers and reviewers rave about. Learn what role research plays and how to make your scenes, settings, and characters realistic and … [Read More...]
2018 San Francisco Writing for Change Conference
Saturday, September 8th, 2018 Check-in begins at 8:00 am Event: 8:30 am – 5:30 pm First Unitarian Universalist Center of San Francisco 1187 Franklin Street (at Geary), San Francisco, CA Please join the Women’s National Book Association-SF Chapter at the San Francisco Writing for Change Conference where we will have a booth and also be participating in panels on getting published, marketing and writing the perfect proposal and much more! The keynoter at the 2018 San Francisco Writing for … [Read More...]
22nd Annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture featuring Shane Evans
Thursday, September 6th, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY CIVIC CENTER • FREE ADMISSION 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 5:00 pm: Reception, Children’s Center Creative Center, 2nd Floor 6:00 pm: Lecture, Koret Auditorium, Lower Level WNBA Members and Guests are invited to the pre-event Reception. Join the Women’s National Book Association-SF Chapter and the Main Library's Children's Center as author/illustrator Shane W. Evans, author of the Coretta Scott King Award-winning … [Read More...]
Pushing Boundaries – Stories of Border Crossings, Love, Courage and the Indomitable Human Spirit
WNBA-SF hosts National Reading Group Month Book Passage, Ferry Building, San Francisco October 13th, 2018, Saturday 3:00-5:00pm Co-sponsored by: Kristina McMorris, Sold on a Monday: A Novel (Sourcebooks Landmark, 2018), is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her background includes ten years of directing public relations for an international conglomerate as well as extensive television experience. Inspired by true personal and historical accounts, her novels have … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview
Featured Member Interview – Susan Allison
Interview by Nina Lesowitz In this interview, Dr. Susan Allison shares her wisdom about “writing what you know” and her publishing experiences with large publishers (Random House), smaller presses, and, self-publishing. “What has worked for me in writing Conscious Divorce and the books that followed, is to write about what I am deeply … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – M. Glenda Rosen (Marcia Rosen)
Interview by Nina Lesowitz During her career as a consultant, motivational speaker, radio host, founder of CreativeBook Concepts, and business writer, Marcia Rosen has always advocated for women's success and empowerment. “My marketing agency, M. Rosen Consulting specialized in working with professional women, and I was at one point on the … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Patricia V. Davis
Interview by Nina Lesowitz Patricia V. Davis is a proponent of what she calls "female dynamism" – which signifies women taking positive action to support each other. It’s why she founded the Women’s PowerStrategy™ Conference, and why she is a big supporter of the Women’s National Book Association. Here she tells us about her journey to becoming a … [Read More...]
BookTalk! The Buzz in the World of Books
Narrative Arc – Your story needs a shape
By Louise Nayer, author of Poised for Retirement: Moving from Anxiety to Zen (2017) As a poet for many years, I didn’t obsess about “narrative arc” —though there was a beginning, middle and end to my poems that I tinkered with constantly. When I moved to prose — plot, character transformation, tying it all together — Read More…
The Power of YES: Why Community Matters in Your Writing Life
By Joan Gelfand, author of You Can Be a Winning Writer (July 2018) Do you know how John Lennon fell in love with Yoko Ono? While visiting an art gallery—Lennon himself was a sketch artist, had gone to art school and was a fixture on the London art scene as well as a famous Beatle – Read More…
Helpful Feedback That Actually Helps: Writing Critiques
By Bridgitte Jackson-Buckley, author of The Gift of Crisis (October 2018) Discernment can be defined as “the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure.” This term, however, is most often associated within a spiritual context to obtain direction and understanding. But when you’re a writer, discernment is one of the most important, if Read More…
