March 1st session will be in the Stong Conference Room (first floor). Women’s National Book Association  SF Chapter members and prospective members welcomed to attend Your-Writing-Mentor Mary E. Knippel‘s “Ready Your Pitch for WNBA-SF Meet The Agents Event.” Stong Conference Room (no food allowed).  Must RSVP at least 24 hours before meeting by emailing: MaryEKnippel (use @ sign)  gmail.com and put in your subject line: RSVP for March 1 WNBA.  Bring your business cards or postcards. Mary will start promptly at 6:15pm

Mary E. Knippel, founder of Your Writing Mentor, teaches her clients to embrace their writing potential and tell their stories.

Mary’s book The Secret Artist – Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine! (Simple Abundance Press) demonstrates how life-changing experiences spark the creative power we all possess to determine our own destinies.

http://yourwritingmentor.com Mary’s blog for writing tips and insights.  And take a look at her new book.

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Saturday, March 24th, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Sinbad’s Restaurant, Pier 2, San Francisco—-Lynn Henriksen, Event Chair, lynn@telltalesouls.com   At 8:00am, 3 coaches (Teresa LeYung-Ryan, Mary E. Knippel & Tanya Egan Gibson) to help you craft your pitch.  $55 WNBA member, $65 non-member, or $75 at the door; Keynote Luncheon at 12:30,  $35.00 Must be registered for “Meet the Agents” to attend luncheon. http://wnba-sfchapter.org/

Sign up and pay here:www.SFWriters.org

Build Your Blog and They Will Come:
Step-by-Step Creation of a WordPress Author Blog!

Bring your laptops and if you need a WordPress blog/website, you will have one by the time you leave. If you already have a
WordPress site we will look at it and work on it and improve it. Once again this will be very hands on. I will be helping each attendee with their own site or getting a new site up. We will discuss plugins, basic seach engine optimization, and also I will be going over the 8 elements every author must have on their website to succeed. Bring your questions and what you need help with and leave with a new website or a better one!

Sign up and pay here:www.SFWriters.org

SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS UNIVERSITY PRESENTS:
THE 2012 SFWC
MASTER WRITING CLASSES
Pay for the classes here:
www.SFWriters.org

Author Marketing with Social Media:
An introduction to online promotion
Monday Morning, February 20, 2012
9 a.m. to noon Cost: $129
Social Media Guru Linda Lee will introduce
you to all types of social media from Twitter to
Facebook to Google+ and show writers how to
use one or more of these tools most effectively
to market their writing.
Build Your Blog and They Will Come:
Step-by-Step Creation of a WordPress Author Blog!
Monday Afternoon, February 20th – 2 -5 p.m. – Cost: $129
Linda Lee not only teaches you the ins and outs of the most
popular free blogging platform on the planet, she will lead you
in a hands-on application of your newfound skills to create your
very own author blog. She’ll even give you tips on content!
You must bring your wifi-enabled laptop because you’ll be
creating your blog LIVE!
These classes will be held at the Mark Hopkins Hotel
999 California St., San Francisco
For registration and more information:

Feb. 2, 6:15-7:30 p.m.

WNBA-SF Writers Resources at SF Main Library

Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan will be presenting “What is a Platform and How to Build Yours” at San Francisco Main Library (Latino/Hispanic Room) on behalf of Women’s National Book Association. Please arrive early; Teresa will start promptly at 6:15pm. Must RSVP 24 hours before meeting by emailing writingcoachteresa (use @ sign) gmail.com. Put “RSVP Feb. 2, 2012″ in subject line please. As author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase in 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW, Teresa coaches authors before and after publication.

Feb. 11, 10:00 a.m.

Author Event at Castro Valley Library:

Five Authors including WNBA-SF member Mathilde Schmidt.

Participate in a work shop to teach high school students to write. the public is invited. I shall present my books “Happiness, a Matter of the Mind” and “My Father, Hermann Apelt,” A daughter’s biography of her father, Senator of Bremen, Germany. Mathilde Schmidt.

Feb. 16, 6 p.m.

Being Your Own Editor Workshop with WNBA-SF members Teresa LeYung Ryan and Mary E. Knippel at San Francisco Writers Conference

Learn polishing techniques and tips applicable to all genres whether you are preparing to hire a developmental editor, pitch to an agent, or self-publish.

WNBA-SF Writers Resource at San Francisco Main Library

Your-Writing-Mentor/SFWC presenter Mary E. Knippel will present “Ready Your Pitch for March 24 WNBA Meet The Agents event” for WNBA–SF Chapter members and prospective members, at San Francisco Main Library, Strong Conference Room. Promptly at 6:15 pm. Must RSVP 24 hours before meeting by emailing:   MaryEKnippel (use @ sign)  gmail.com.  Bring your business cards or postcards. Put “RSVP March 1, 2012″ in subject line please. Mentor Mary is the author of The Secret Artist – Give Yourself Permission to Let Your Creativity Shine!

March 24, 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.

“Speed-Dating by the Bay – MEET-THE-AGENTS & ACQUISITION EDITORS” at our 9th Annual Signature Event, Sinbad’s Restaurant, Pier 2, San Francisco $55 WNBA member, $65 non-member, or $75 at the door Back by popular demand: Keynote Luncheon (register separately) Lynn Henriksen, Event Chair, lynn@telltalesouls.com (Bonus: Coffee and “How to Pitch Training” included from 8:00 to 9:00 am with Mary E. Knippel, Teresa LeYung-Ryan, and Tanya Egan Gibson.) Space is limited (we sold out last year) – REGISTER NOW at http://wnba-sfchapter.org.

This June, Patricia V. Davis will be hosting 2 one-week long writing workshops on the glorious island of Samos in Greece! You’ll spend your mornings after breakfast with Patricia talking about your own writing and fellow students’ writing, and creating new work with helpful hints from several unique writing exercises. A special evening session will be dedicated to the assessment, marketability and potential avenues for publication for each participating writer’s work. In the afternoons you are free to explore the island, or to do your writing beside the beautiful Aegean sea. You can visit the shipyards in the harbor, enjoy short walks through the trails and paths or to Paleo Karlovasi.(Old City of Karlovasi) and even extend your enjoyment of nature by exploring the villages of Leka, Kastania and Kousmadei, all a short distance away. Try a swim at Potami Beach, a walk to the old chapel of Metamorphosis in the Potami area, and then a wander on to the waterfalls. For historic adventures, visit the wine factory, the old tannery factories and the folklore museum. Or go totally modern and work out at the sports stadium, and enjoy the delightful restaurants, cafes and shops. (Optional island tours can also be arranged for an extra cost to archaeological sites, museums, and excursions to the near island of Patmos and/or Kusadasi in Turkey.) Be sure not to miss the beautiful Greek sunset…a perfect way to welcome the evening. Meet up with your fellow writers for a glass of wine as the sun goes down over the sea. Eat dinner with them at the hotel, or with your spouse or partner for a romantic dinner a deux. Yes, to help our workshop attendees in combining their family holiday with a writing life, we’re particularly excited and happy to be able to offer the rare opportunity to combine a writing workshop week in Greece with a romantic getaway. A limited number of spaces will be reserved for the partners or spouses of students attending the workshop. (However, for those writers looking for a week away from distractions, don’t worry —the workshop time is reserved solely for your writing. Partners and spouses are welcome at meals, but we keep the writing workshop times strictly private.) You’ll be staying at the Anema-By-The-Sea Hotel Apartments in Karlovasi, which are only a few meters from the beach! The studios and apartments are quaintly furnished in the island style, and each is equipped with a kitchenette stocked with cookware suitable for light meals. Each unit has a balcony, private bath, radio, and telephone.The family-run hotel’s wholesome beauty compliments the unique, verdant island and its people. The hotel houses a Greek tavern, a fine dining restaurant, a swimming pool and pool bar, a snack bar, club, and tennis court. Free Wifi is available in the reception lounge and pool area. Conservationalists will enjoy the turtle shelter within the premises, which was created a few years ago to aid wounded turtles and to supply them with nurturing. Parking is also available within the premises. This lovely hotel is ranked Number One in Karlovasi on TripAdvisor.com Tuition Costs include the following: All workshops with Patricia, which will include student work evaluation, descriptive writing workshop, beginning chapters workshop,minor character development workshop and more, as well as marketability potential of each writer’s work all set up and organized with an individual list of doables for each attending writer. Breakfast and dinner daily Shuttle bus service to and from the airport (for group departures) Transportation by shuttle bus to scenic villages and/or beaches. (Hotel lists times for buses and schedule for local tours.) 15 writers maximum for each session to insure individualized attention.

Price for all of the above per session: 780.00 USD per person or 600.00 Euros per person

Session I: June 1-8, 2012

Session II: June 9-15, 2012 (Airfare or other transportation to the island must be arranged separately by each individual workshop attendee.) Contact Patricia to Register:

Be sure to indicate which session you are registering for: Session I or Session II. Visit Patricia’s Website for more information and photos of hotel: www.patriciavdavis.com