Elizabeth Pomada, who co-founded the popular and well-attended San Francisco Writers Conference with her husband and business partner Michael Larsen in 2003, died in late June. The pair also founded the annual Writing for Change Conference. Before … [Read more...]
‘Sacred Journey Medicine Cards’ Honored as Finalist in 2020 International Book Awards
Sacred Journey Medicine Cards, my 54-card deck featuring life changing images and a companion booklet, is a finalist for the 2020 International Book Awards in the New Age Non-Fiction category. Thanks for having me as part of this … [Read more...]
Fair Use Frequently Asked Questions
Fair use is a subject that comes up a lot with my copyright clients. Some of them think it’s a magic bullet that will defend them against all lawsuits (it’s not). Others are simply confused and want to know more about what it is and how it … [Read more...]
Welcome New BAIPA Members
Let’s welcome two new BAIPA members, who joined in May – Judy Bebelaar and Carolyn Jones! Judy Bebelaar co-authored a non-fiction book in 2018 , And Then They Were Gone: Teenagers of People’s Temple from High School to Jonestown, with Ron Cabral, … [Read more...]
The Poof! Academy Collection is Finally Here
Dear BAIPA family, I’m finally published!—after writing eighty-plus children’s stories over thirty-five years! The Poof! Academy — a collection of fairy tales that teach kids to read — is now available at amazon.com, soon to be followed by The … [Read more...]
Reflections on This Moment
Here's a note from the Independent Book Publishers Association, a sort of national "parent" of BAIPA, that we wanted to share with you. Dear members of the IBPA community, We are a nation struggling with two crises. One, a months-old pandemic that … [Read more...]
Two Ways BAIPA Can Help You Promote Your Book(s) During This Pandemic
We talked at our May meeting about what we as authors and publishers can do to promote and market our books during this pandemic. If we should be doing so at all. And what BAIPA can do to help. What a number of people suggested was that we … [Read more...]
Thanks to BAIPA, I Made a Video about Gratitude
As a writer and editor who’s happiest honing words at her desk until they are just right, I’ve thought video marketing is not my thing. Marketing in general is always a bit of a push. In the Question and Answer portion of the April 2020 BAIPA … [Read more...]
Join Us Online Saturday — Different, But Also the Same
This Saturday, we’ll be meeting online for the second time. We hosted a hybrid meeting in March, where about ten people, including our presenter and many of our board members, showed up at our usual meeting spot in Novato, keeping their distance from … [Read more...]
How Are You Dealing with Stress and Anxiety These Days?
I wanted to share with you a tool I have been using for years and is now available to the public for free. Deborah Myers, a long-time BAIPA member, is a Certified Acupressurist and Jin Shin Jyutsu Practitioner and has been helping clients … [Read more...]
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