NAPA AND SONOMA FRIENDS! In 1990, Bill and I were living the retired life in north Napa. The same year, James Conaway's bestselling "Napa" was released and Jessel Gallery was six years old. Who knew that 33 years later, I'd be on the same … [Read more...]
FREE! Book Marketing on a Limited Budget – An Invitation from IBPA
Following the information-packed presentation on 9/9/23 ("What's Happening in Indie Publishing"), Andrea Fleck-Nisbet, CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), sent these follow-up links for BAIPA list members: "Book Marketing … [Read more...]
Sandra Speaks – Jessel Gallery, Napa, Oct 7
NAPA AREA FRIENDS! I'll be signing copies and reading from my soon-to-be released new edition of "The DIVORCE SEEKERS" at the Napa Writers’ Salon, Jessel Gallery, Napa, Saturday, October 7 at 5 p.m. Details at Jessel Gallery and reservations … [Read more...]
A Contest to Consider – Deadline June 30, 2023
The North Street Book Prize Deadline: June 30, 2023 Winning Writers will award a grand prize of $10,000 in the ninth annual North Street competition for self-published and hybrid-published books. Choose from eight … [Read more...]
Hybrid Meeting a Success
On Saturday, May 6, fifty-plus BAIPA members gathered at the Key Room in Novato. It was the first in-person meeting since the pandemic hit in March 2020. It was also the first hybrid meeting for BAIPA with about twenty members attending on … [Read more...]
Publishing in a Diverse World – Early-Bird Deadline March 31, 2023
From BAIPA member Peter Goodman and the Publishing Professionals Network ... Early-Bird Deadline Extended We’ve extended the deadline for early-bird registration for our upcoming conference, Publishing in a Diverse World. Register … [Read more...]
Writing for Hollywood
Friday, February 17, 2023 – The Bay Room at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco is packed for the all-day Writing for Hollywood Summit at the annual San Francisco Writers Conference. I'm here on a scholarship thanks to the Napa Valley branch of the … [Read more...]
Everything Intensely
John Byrne Barry's excerpt from When I Killed My Father – An Assisted Suicide Family Thriller is included in Everything Intensely, the anthology of the San Francisco Writers Conference 2022 Writing Contest. Everything Intensely is … [Read more...]
I Never Win Anything
Until now, that is! At the January 2023 meeting of Napa Valley Writers (a branch of the California Writers Club), I put my name in the hat for a drawing. The prize — a ticket to the all-day Writing for Hollywood Summit at the San Francisco Writers … [Read more...]
My New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year, fellow BAIPA members! What are your New Year's Resolutions? Here are mine... Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules for Writing Never open a book with weather. Avoid prologues. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue. … [Read more...]