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...]
Featured Member Interview
Featured Member Interview – Nita Sweeney
Q&A with Brenda Knight, WNBA-SF Chapter President and Nita Sweeney, WNBA-SF member Brenda Knight (BK): When did you know you were a writer, Nita? Nita Sweeney (NS): Way to lead off with a stumper! Did I know I was a writer in 5th grade when I held the one and only copy of my “first” book, Sheshak the Wild Stallion, which I both typed … [Read More...]
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...]
BookTalk! The Buzz in the World of Books
NaNoWriMo – Tips for Success
by Nita Sweeney When someone asks HOW to start writing, what they often want to know is WHERE to start writing, as in, “Where should my story begin?” If it is November and they are participating in National Novel Writing Month, the annual challenge to write 50,000 words of fiction during the thirty days of November, about Read More…
Three Ways To Get Buzz For Your Book
By Paula Rizzo, author of Listful Living: A List-Making Journey to a Less Stressed You(September 2019) A few short weeks ago, my newest book, Listful Living: A List-Making Journey to a Less Stressed You, was published! I’m super excited. Many of my clients are authors as well and I always give them the same advice Read More…
Love it or Leave it?
By Angelica Shirley Carpenter | On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted in the presidential election in her hometown of Rochester, New York. Two weeks later a United States deputy marshal called at her house to arrest her for illegal voting. He offered to let her go to the district attorney’s office by herself. Read More…
