September 2011 “Meet the Author” Event

September 10, 2011 Saturday, 9am-Noon San Francisco Main Library San Francisco, CA ...

TMCC Writers’ Conference

The TMCC Writers’ Conference is an annual event, hosted in Reno at ...

April 2011 “Meet the Author Event”

On Saturday, April 30th from 1:00-4:00 P.M. there will be a “Meet ...

CCYW’s Summer Workshop Series – Day 3

Wednesday- Poetry and The Relationship of Words and Artwork The day started off with Rachel Dillon speaking about words and their relationship with artwork. Rachel is the author and the illustrator of her own children’s books, and she was able to give us a unique and knowledgeable view of the effort it takes to create a children’s [...]

Getting An Agent: Some General Advice

First a disclaimer. Any advice that I give (such as it is) is purely from my experiences and I don’t claim to be an expert. There, none of you can sue me (although nowadays I don’t suppose disclaimers work. Hey, you can’t blame me for trying). The first thing you should know is that no [...]

CCYW’s Summer Workshop Series – Day 2

Tuesday Workshop – The Business of Writing and How to Show Not Tell   Stephanie Chandler and Verna Dreisbach (President of CCYW) – Photograph by Elizabeth Donham Stephanie Chandler gave our young writers a crash course on the business of writing. She showed how we can use social media networks as a way of marketing [...]

Agent Hunting

The first thing you should know about the process of procuring an agent is that it will almost always take a long time so you must be patient. Once you send out a query letter, if you’re lucky, an agent might get back to you within a month. So that means that you’ll be in [...]

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