ZEN AND THE ART OF THE BOOK DEAL

Publishing Panel: Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010   2:00-5:00 p.m.  at San Francisco Main Public Library

Women’s National Book Association – San Francisco Chapter brings you the latest news in the publishing industry from the following insiders:

• JENNIFER JOSEPH – publisher and editor of Manic D Press
• GEORGIA HUGHES – editorial director of New World Library
• BRIDGET KINSELLA - Breaking Books & navigating the publishing landscape
• PETER BEREN – literary agent and publishing consultant
• Moderator: Mary E. Knippel, immediate past president, WNBA-SF Chapter.
• September is National Literacy Month. Participate in our Great Book Give Away. See you there!
• Event address:San Francisco Public Library, Latino Hispanic Community Room, Lower Level, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102.
• FREE TO THE PUBLIC

Jennifer Joseph has been publisher and editor of Manic D Press since its founding in 1984. Manic D Press is a critically acclaimed, award-winning literary press based in San Francisco, California publishing fiction (novels and short stories), poetry, art, cultural studies, and alternative travel trade titles. She has appeared as a guest on CSPAN’s BookTV and Michael Krasny’s Forum on KQED radio. Her critical writing has appeared in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, American Bookseller, and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications.

Georgia Hughes is editorial director at New World Library, where she acquires and edits nonfiction books in the areas of animals, spirituality, personal growth, sustainable business, animals, and women’s issues. New World Library, publisher of the bestselling The Power of Now and Creative Visualization, is a member of the Green Press Initiative. Recent acquisitions include The Life Organizer by Jennifer Louden, Dogs and the Women Who Love Them by Allen and Linda Anderson, Live Your Bliss by Terry Cole-Whittaker, SNAP: Making the Most of First Impressions by Patti Wood, and Secret History of Dreaming by Robert Moss.

Breaking Books Bridget Kinsella has experienced the book publishing business from many angles. For more than 17 years she has covered the industry as a trade reporter for Publishers Weekly and Shelf Awareness. In 2007 her bestselling nonfiction book Visiting Life: Women Doing Time on the Outside was published by the Harmony imprint at Random House. 2010 brings Bridget to the position of marketing & publicity manager at Cleis Press & Viva Editions in Berkeley–a position that the press created specifically for her.

PETER BEREN is a literary agent and a publishing consultant to authors, self-publishers and independent publishers.  Formerly Vice-President, Publishing at Palace Press International, Publisher of Sierra Club Books and Publisher of VIA Books, he has more than 30 years experience in the publishing industry. He is the author or co-author of six books, including The Writers Legal Companion and California the Beautiful, he lives with his wife, Susan McConnell, a publishing professional, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Mary E. Knippel - founder of Coaxing Creativity; author; mentor; speaker; workshop leader; editor.
Mary conducts workshops on California’s beautiful San Mateo coast in which participants connect with their creativity, focus on fun and pursue play as a proven method to de-stress and cope with life’s challenges.  Throughout her writing and presentations, Mary delivers one consistent message:  “Don’t wait until a health crisis compels you to take care of yourself.”

Visit WNBA-SF website for more info on Women’s National Book Association – San Francisco Chapter

Thank you, WNBA-SF Chapter board, especially President Lynn Henriksen, for orchestrating this event.

See you there!

Sincerely,

WNBA-SF Chapter Member-at-Large

Teresa LeYung Ryan, author & writing-career coach, creator of the 22-minutes for 22 days workbook Build My Writer’s Name and Platform: Attract Agents, Acquisition Editors, Publishers, and Readers.

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(l-r) Lisa Meltzer Penn, Birgit Soyka, Adele Langendorf, Pam Reitman, Mary Hower, Joe Ramelo, (seated l-r) Kate Britton, Juliane Cortino, Mary E. Knippel

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the WNBA-SF Open Mic Reading at Keplers last Friday. Members and guests networked, sharing what they are working on and milestones they had achieved. Both published authors and writers with works-in-progress took us on a creative journey with their inspirational and moving pieces. Subjects ranged from the frozen tundra of Alaska, classroom interactions, the glories of gardening, the courage to face life’s challenges, battling breast cancer and more.

My sincere thanks on behalf of WNBA-SF to Keplers for providing us with such a welcoming environment, to everyone who joined me at the podium, and to those who came to witness our readings.

Mary E. Knippel,

WNBA-SF Open Mic Chair and Immediate Past President

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Writing Career Coach Teresa will help you practice your pitch at WNBA’s  “Meet the Agents, Acquisition Editors, & Publishers”

on March 27, 2010   http://wnba-sfchapter.org

“Make Every Word Count When Pitching to Agents or Acquisition Editors” by Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan

You have spent months, perhaps years, writing and rewriting your project/work.  And, you’ve decided to pursue either an agent (who earns his/her commission when he/she sells a client’s work to a publishing house) or an acquisition editor (whose job is to buy authors’ works for the publishing house he/she works for). Let’s say you’ve done your homework and have compiled a list of agents or acquisition editors who specialize in the kind of project (commodity) you wish to sell.

An agent or acquisition editor receives hundreds of pitches/query letters each week.  What can you do to catch these folks’ attention?  Use the right bait.  Make every word count.

Whether you’re pitching in person, over the telephone, through an E-Mail, or by old-fashion mail, keep this in mind—the pitch (bait) has three components:
•    who needs your project (start the pitch with the “marketing hook”)
•    the unique qualities about your commodity
•    why you are the perfect author for this work (How big is your platform?)

Agents are having tough times pitching their non-celebrity authors to publishers; thus the importance of the marketing hook.  The marketing hook is a must for prescriptive non-fiction/self help.  The hook is also a must for memoirs, narrative non-fiction and novels; these genres can longer reply solely on story).  Here are 6 examples:

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Genre:  Self-Help/Metaphysical/Psychology

Most people over the age of ten dream at least 4 to 6 times per night.
Through My Dreams: A Simple Guide to Dream Interpretation, I can help everyone  interpret dreams by combining their feelings with personal symbolism, dream what they want to dream, and improve their waking lives through their dreams.
I am Angie Choi, a certified hypnotherapist who has utilized radio, television, workshops, classes, articles, and website to educate and inspire people to tap into their dreaming potential.  I’ve worked with school districts, youth groups, and community-based organizations. http://www.alivehypnosis.com

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Genre:  Journal/Guide/Inspirational

More than 50 million people provide care for a chronically ill, disabled or aged family member or friend during any given year.

You Want Me to Do What? Journaling for Caregivers allows these caregivers to process their stress and celebrate what is right by giving them open-ended instructions on spilling their guts in the safety of a private journal and offers two hundred sentence starts to help them begin writing.

I am B. Lynn Goodwin who teaches workshops on caregiving.  I write for numerous publications, and, I am the founder and managing editor of WriterAdvice which has been helping writers for twelve years.  http://www.writeradvice.com/

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Genre:  Self Help / Relationship / Marriage

The 50% and 60% divorce rates, for first and second marriages respectively, are a wake-up call for the United States 55.2 million married couples.

Through my book, I empower couples to get the marriage they’ve always wanted. The Marriage Meeting Program: 45 Minutes a Week to Guarantee the Long Term Relationship You’ve Always Wanted shows how to conduct a weekly meeting that increases intimacy, romance, teamwork, and smoother conflict resolution.

A proactive, preventive approach is crucial. Regardless of how good a relationship is, there is always a need to keep it on track and room for it to grow. The Marriage Meeting Program’s step-by-step approach makes it easy to conduct the meetings. Follow-up studies show a 20 to 80 percent increase in marital happiness for couples who implement the program.
I am Marcia Naomi Berger, a psychotherapist, writer, speaker, workshop leader, and instructor of a class for therapists and counselors at the University of California Berkeley Extension. http://www.marriagemaven.com

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Genre:   Memoir

There are more than 38-million boom-generation women in this country.  Through my book, I show middle-aged women how to cope with family and social pressures while dealing with their own mortality issues.

My memoir, Oldham Street, is about my journey from east coast to west bearing the pain of a son in prison, the long slow death of my father, the end of my counseling career and a ten-year relationship.  I knocked on a lemon-colored door on a short block in San Francisco.  In the next twelve years, the woman who opened that door, along with the other quirky characters in the neighborhood, inadvertently joined me in a process that brought me home to myself and into a comfortable role as the matriarch of my tribe.

I am Lynn Scott:

• author of A Joyful Encounter: My Mother, My Alzheimer Clients, and Me (a memoir about the abundance of spirit that I found among my Alzheimer clients).
• contributor to eight anthologies of fiction, memoir, and poetry.
• a guest on Oprah and other talk shows trying to educate others about the mental disorder causing child molestation.

http://lynnscottbooks.com http://lynnscott.wordpress.com

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Genre:  Women’s Fiction

Recent survey data indicates that 22% of the 55,000,000+ married women admit to having an extramarital affair.  STAYING AFLOAT is the story of one of these women –although she wouldn’t have admitted it if she hadn’t gotten caught.

Crystal Scott is a stable and stalwart, stay-at-home wife and mother, aiming only to run an efficient home, care for her children and avoid confrontation.  Whatever her private thoughts are, she keeps them to herself.  But when her husband loses his job and shows no signs of looking for another, fault lines in their marriage are exposed.  She’s forced to re-enter the workforce, and when her dazzling, dynamic boss takes a personal interest in her, she slips into territory that most women have fantasized about, even if they don’t want to admit it — she morphs into a sex-starved adulteress.

I am Judith Marshall, author of the award-winning novel, HUSBANDS MAY COME AND GO BUT FRIENDS ARE FOREVER.  I’ve been writing for thirteen years and am a member of the California Writers Club and the Women’s National Book Association. In addition, I am the President of Human Resources Consulting Services and a member of the faculty of the Council on Education in Management, for whom I teach a number of public seminars on a variety of HR-relates topics. I’m currently working on my third novel, BITTER ACRES.

http://judithmarshall.net/

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Genre:  Women’s Fiction / Humor

39%  of the 68 million women employed in the U.S. work in management, professional, and related occupations. Through my book Katie Carlisle, I show women how to hold onto their integrity, humor, and vision . . . in spite of having to fight sexism in the corporate world.

Katie Carlisle has been lucky enough to have a mentor (her boss) who has taken her to a point where her promotion is pretty well guaranteed.  Only then everything goes wrong.  Her beloved mentor leaves the company under a cloud; his successor is a man whom Katie hates and fears; and a downward spiral in her fortunes starts.  This is the story of a smart woman’s struggle to hold onto her integrity, humor and vision in spite of the tumult around her—and her eventual triumph.

I am Margaret Davis.  I have a doctorate from Stanford University in Sociology, with a specialization in the structure and behavior of formal organizations.  I have had two non-fiction books published in my field.  Katie Carlisle, a humorous spoof on everyday life in a large corporation, is a work of fiction.  Yet, as many of my readers have commented, “Everyone who has ever worked in a big company will relate to and love this book.”

I am also the author of Straight Down the Middle, a family drama involving a young mother’s efforts to do what is best for her child while trying to come to terms with her own sexuality.

http://margaretdavisbooks.com/

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Teresa LeYung Ryan is:

• Board member at WNBA-SF Chapter since 2004
• Author with agent and NY publisher
• Writing career coach
• Past president of California Writers Club-SF Peninsula Branch
• Library advocate

Writing Career Coach Teresa is the author of  Build Your Name, Beat the Game: Be Happily Published (the 22-minutes/22-days workbook for writers to build their names and attract attention before and after publication).   http://WritingCoachTeresa.com

As a community spirit, Teresa LeYung Ryan uses her novel Love Made of Heart to:
• shed light on stigmas suffered by women, men, and children who have mental illness
• celebrate the immigrant experience
• help survivors of violence find their own voices through writing
www.LoveMadeOfHeart.com

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Pitch Tips for WNBA-SF Chapter’s Speed Dating/Meet the Agents, Acquisition Editors, & Publishers Event

“Make Every Word Count When Pitching to Agents or Acquisition Editors”
by WNBA-SF Chapter Board Member and Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan

You have spent months, perhaps years, writing and rewriting your project/work.  And, you’ve decided to pursue either an agent (who earns his/her commission when he/she sells a client’s work to a publishing house) or an acquisition editor (whose job is to buy authors’ works for the publishing house he/she works for). Let’s say you’ve done your homework and have compiled a list of agents or acquisition editors who specialize in the kind of project (commodity) you wish to sell.

An agent or acquisition editor receives hundreds of pitches/query letters each week.  What can you do to catch these folks’ attention?  Use the right bait.  Make every word count.

Whether you’re pitching in person, over the telephone, through an E-Mail, or by old-fashion mail, keep this in mind—the pitch (bait) has three components:
•    who needs your project
•    the unique qualities about your commodity
•    why you are the perfect author for this work

Here are 4 examples:

Genre: Self Help / Relationship / Marriage

The 50% and 60% divorce rates, for first and second marriages respectively, are a wake-up call for the United States 55.2 million married couples.

Through my book, I empower couples to get the marriage they’ve always wanted.

The Marriage Meeting Program: 45 Minutes a Week to Guarantee the Long Term Relationship You’ve Always Wanted shows how to conduct a weekly meeting that increases intimacy, romance, teamwork, and smoother conflict resolution.

A proactive, preventive approach is crucial. Regardless of how good a relationship is, there is always a need to keep it on track and room for it to grow. The Marriage Meeting Program’s step-by-step approach makes it easy to conduct the meetings. Follow-up studies show a 20 to 80 percent increase in marital happiness for couples who implement the program.

I am Marcia Naomi Berger, a psychotherapist, writer, speaker, workshop leader, and instructor of a class for therapists and counselors at the University of California Berkeley Extension. http://www.marriagemaven.com

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Genre: Memoir

There are more than 38-million boom-generation women in this country.  Through my book, I show middle-aged women how to cope with family and social pressures while dealing with their own mortality issues.

My memoir, Oldham Street, is about my journey from east coast to west bearing the pain of a son in prison, the long slow death of my father, the end of my counseling career and a ten-year relationship.  I knocked on a lemon-colored door on a short block in San Francisco.  In the next twelve years, the woman who opened that door, along with the other quirky characters in the neighborhood, inadvertently joined me in a process that brought me home to myself and into a comfortable role as the matriarch of my tribe.

I am Lynn Scott:

• author of A Joyful Encounter: My Mother, My Alzheimer Clients, and Me (a memoir about the abundance of spirit that I found among my Alzheimer clients).

• contributor to eight anthologies of fiction, memoir, and poetry.

• a guest on OPRAH and other talk shows trying to educate others about the mental disorder causing child molestation.

http://lynnscottbooks.com

http://lynnscott.wordpress.com

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Genre: Women’s Fiction

Recent survey data indicates that 22% of the 55,000,000+ married women admit to having an extramarital affair. STAYING AFLOAT is the story of one of these women –although she wouldn’t have admitted it if she hadn’t gotten caught.

Crystal Scott is a stable and stalwart, stay-at-home wife and mother, aiming only to run an efficient home, care for her children and avoid confrontation.  Whatever her private thoughts are, she keeps them to herself.  But when her husband loses his job and shows no signs of looking for another, fault lines in their marriage are exposed.  She’s forced to re-enter the workforce, and when her dazzling, dynamic boss takes a personal interest in her, she slips into territory that most women have fantasized about, even if they don’t want to admit it — she morphs into a sex-starved adulteress.

I am Judith Marshall, author of the award-winning novel, HUSBANDS MAY COME AND GO BUT FRIENDS ARE FOREVER. I’ve been writing for thirteen years and am a member of the California Writers Club and the Women’s National Book Association. In addition, I am the President of Human Resources Consulting Services and a member of the faculty of the Council on Education in Management, for whom I teach a number of public seminars on a variety of HR-relates topics. I’m currently working on my third novel, BITTER ACRES.
http://judithmarshall.net/

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Genre: Women’s Fiction / Humor

39%  of the 68 million women employed in the U.S. work in management, professional, and related occupations. Through my book Katie Carlisle, I show women how to hold onto their integrity, humor, and vision . . . in spite of having to fight sexism in the corporate world.

Katie Carlisle has been lucky enough to have a mentor (her boss) who has taken her to a point where her promotion is pretty well guaranteed.  Only then everything goes wrong.  Her beloved mentor leaves the company under a cloud; his successor is a man whom Katie hates and fears; and a downward spiral in her fortunes starts.  This is the story of a smart woman’s struggle to hold onto her integrity, humor and vision in spite of the tumult around her—and her eventual triumph.

I am Margaret Davis.  I have a doctorate from Stanford University in Sociology, with a specialization in the structure and behavior of formal organizations.  I have had two non-fiction books published in my field.  Katie Carlisle, a humorous spoof on everyday life in a large corporation, is a work of fiction.  Yet, as many of my readers have commented, “Everyone who has ever worked in a big company will relate to and love this book.”

I am also the author of Straight Down the Middle, a family drama involving a young mother’s efforts to do what is best for her child while trying to come to terms with her own sexuality.
http://margaretdavisbooks.com/

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Writing Career Coach Teresa will help you practice your pitch
at WNBA’s  “Meet the Agents, Editors, & Publishers”
on March 27, 2010   http://wnba-sfchapter.org

Teresa LeYung Ryan is:
*   Board member at WNBA-SF Chapter since 2004
*    Author with agent and NY publisher
*   Writing career coach
*    Past president of California Writers Club-SF Peninsula Branch
*    Library advocate

Writing Career Coach Teresa is the author of  Build Your Name, Beat the Game: Be Happily Published (a 22-day workbook for writers to build their names and attract attention and fans before and after publication).   http://WritingCoachTeresa.com

As a community spirit, Teresa LeYung Ryan uses her novel Love Made of Heart to:
• shed light on stigmas suffered by immigrant women, men, and children
• advocate understanding of mental illness/traumas to the mind
• help survivors of violence find their own voices through writing
www.LoveMadeOfHeart.com

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This post invites every writer at the workshop to submit her comments and declare a goal. Click on the title  [12 Writers Benefited from . . . ] to see the entire post; scroll down to comment boxes and key in your name, your email address, your website URL compose your comment; click SUBMIT button.

Thank you, Creativity Mentor Mary Knippel!

Visit Mary’s website for calendar of workshops: http://openuptoyourcreativity.com/

Mary Knippel & 12 writers showing their vision boards

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WNBA SF Chapter Members and Friends

Gracious host & hostess Michael Larsen & Elizabeth Pomada

Christmas lights Victorian home with books and books and books

WNBA members and friends, share nosh, click glasses.

Treasurer Christopher Payne represents executive board President Lynn Henriksen, Vice President Allegra Harris, Secretary Sara Videtto, and Immediate Past President Mary Knippel.

Shulamit Sofia, Linda Joy Myers, Verna Dreisbach had to leave before book exchange.  So did Chris.

Warmed by friendships, old, new.

The Honorable Teresa Cox represents her cousin Effie Lee Morris whom we miss so much.  Adele Horwitz reads the tribute that she, Elizabeth and Michael wrote for WNBA Bookwoman.

Looking forward to January 30, 2010 when Mary Knippel will lead us in:

Decide, Declare, Design

Your Writing Life for 2010!

http://www.wnba-sfchapter.org/

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Those children/library patrons need us to use our mighty voices now.  All across our beloved country, libraries are in danger.  In the San Francisco Bay Area, 6 branches in Oakland deserve our rallies.

Case in Point:
The mayor’s budget proposal, scheduled to go into effect July 1st 2009, will slash the open hours for Lakeview, Temescal, Golden Gate, Elmhurst, Martin Luther King and Melrose library branches in Oakland.  These branches would only open 2 or 3 days per week!   Schools that don’t have libraries, neighborhood kids, seniors, people without computers, and the unemployed looking for work will be severely affected.

77.2% voters had voted YES to Measure Q (to increase libraries hours and services, not to cut them)

Keep ALL Oakland Libraries open 5 or 6 days a week!  How can we help?

Visit:

http://savethelibraries.spaces.live.com

Wherever you are, you can use the strategies proposed by the Oakland groups:

• Ask questions and offer resources

• Create an action plan, organize and more organize–strength in number

• Craft consistent talking-points to hook politicians’ attention

Contact your library to find out if any branch in your city or county are in danger. We can use our mighty voices not only through public speaking but also through writing, spreading the word, and letting cyberspace carry our messages far and wide.

Hope to see WNBA members at the San Francisco Library Main Branch on June 2 for the Effie Lee Morris Lecture.     Please RSVP by visiting home page  http://wnba-sfchapter.org for instructions.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Teresa LeYung Ryan

WNBA-SF Chapter Member-at-Large

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WNBA-SF Author Showcase Chair and participants (l-r) Elisa Southard (Chair), Teresa LeYung Ryan, Deborah Grossman, Stevanne Aubach

WNBA-SF invites you to attend annual Author Showcase

When:  Thurs. April 16, 2009  5:30-9:00 p.m.

 
What:  “MEET PUBLISHED AUTHORS, LEARN FROM THEM, FIND MENTORS”

at the WNBA Authors Showcase and Dinner–”A Spotlight on You!”

A fun evening with published authors from 14 genres. This is how you

build relationships in the literary community.

 
Where:  Sinbad’s Pier 2 Restaurant,  Embarcadero St. at Mission St., SF –
Parking available at $5.00.

 
Registration:  www.wnba-sfchapter.org

Use PayPal  Dinner Fee:  $30.00  Also, all attendees must RSVP to Vicki Weiland by April 12:

hospitality@wnba-sfchapter.org   In your subject line, put “WNBA April 16″

Line-Up includes:

WNBA-SF Author Showcase

Elisa Southard—public relations, marketing, Event Chair

Debbie Gisonni—personal growth, inspiration, Event Co-Chair

Laurel Anne Hill—fantasy, sci-fi, parable

Amy Gorman— aging and in the arts

Kate Farrell—young adult novel

Rita George—transformational learning, spirituality

Deborah Grossman—poems/mother-daughter

Jennifer Robin—self expression

Adina Sara—memoir/legal

Mathilde A, Schmidt—self-help, inspiration, memoir, fiction

Teresa LeYung Ryan—novel/mental illness courage

Lucille Lang Day—poetry, non-fiction/strategies, children’s, science
fiction opera

Lynn Henriksen—how to/bio-vignettes

Joan Gelfand—poetry, short stories
“Join us for a fun evening!” say all the WNBA-SF Chapter Board Members

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“do you wanna” pitch directly to

agents and publishers?

attend the 6^th Annual

Meet-the-Agents & Publishers Event

Saturday, March 28, 2009

WNBA-SF president Mary E. Knippel (l) with author Amy Tan (c) and WNBA Award recipient Kathi Kamen Goldmark

9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Sinbad’s, Pier 2, San Francisco

$50 WNBA-SF member, $65 non-members

$75 at the door

(Buffet Breakfast and Pitch Tips included)

Space is limited – register by March 24

at www.wnba-sfchapter.org

“Hey, do you wanna?” That’s how author, musician, and recipient of the 2008 WNBA Award Kathi Kamen Goldmark asked fellow author Amy Tan to join the Rock Bottom Remainders.

event sponsored by

The San Francisco Chapter of

SPEED-DATING WITH THE PROS: Vice President & Chair of our 2009 Meet-the-Agents event, Lynn Henriksen, personally invites you to join in the fun of this not-to-be-missed  “Pitchfest.” You’ll get no bigger bang for your buck. Upon arrival, buffet breakfast is on us, along with coaching tips to help you bring out your best for your 3-5 minute dates with our growing list of All-Stars:

Georgia Hughes, New World Library, newworldlibrary.com

Verna Dreisbach, Dreisbach Literary Management

April Eberhardt, Reece Halsey North Literary Agency

Jennifer Joseph, Manic D Press

            Allegra Harris, North Atlantic Books

Michael Larsen, Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents

Elizabeth Pomada, Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents

Andy Ross, Andy Ross Literary Agency

Ted Weinstein, Ted Weinstein Literary Management

The list is still growing, as more agents/editors/publishers sign on we’ll let you know.

The finale is a no-host lunch at Sinbad’s with WNBA members, the All-Stars, and MTA participants. Sinbad’s is offering 15% food items, drinks excluded.

WNBA-SF Meet-the-Agents/Publishers Event

Member WNBA-SF $50.00Non-Member WNBA-SF $65.00

$75 at the door

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