I'll be hosting three online book talks this month, as part of "Reimagine: Life, Loss, & Love," a worldwide virtual festival exploring death and celebrating life. Hope you can join me. The event is called "What If Your Ailing Father Asked You to … [Read more...]
Book Passage Hosts Zoom Conversations With your Favorite Writers
Here's a new idea that Book Passage just started to keep readers alert and involved during this coronavirus crisis. 8,000 people have signed up for it already! Each Saturday and Sunday at 4 p.m. on Zoom, you can watch hourlong conversations … [Read more...]
Book Midwife Ruth Schwartz to present ‘Best Practices for Self-Publishing with KDP and IngramSpark’ at Book Passage February 23
If you've come to more than a few BAIPA meetings, you already know that if you want to learn about self-publishing, there’s no better person to learn from than Ruth Schwartz, book midwife, self-publishing consultant, and, we're thrilled to say, BAIPA … [Read more...]
Book Launch for ‘When I Killed My Father: An Assisted-Suicide Family Thriller’ at Book Passage November 17
BAIPA member/author John Byrne Barry will be reading from his new novel — When I Killed My Father: An Assisted-Suicide Family Thriller — and leading a conversation about end-of-life concerns of November 17 at 1 pm. The book launch is the "Opening … [Read more...]
Bargain Workshops on Public Speaking for Authors
I'm excited to let you know of two absolute bargain workshops I'm offering this fall in Northern California. Public Speaking Skills for Writers...and Anybody with a Story to Tell: A 2-day see/practice/grow workshop to learn, develop … [Read more...]
The Gradual Empowerment of Modern Writers/Authors: How Writers/Photographers Can Market and Monetize Successfully Today
I was asked recently by the California Writers Club in Sacramento to talk about the revolution in modern publishing. As I looked at the audience, I realized with new clarity that the main reality in our rapidly changing publishing world is “the … [Read more...]
Seeking Authors to Read Aloud Over the Phone for Senior Center Without Walls
BAIPA has teamed up with Senior Center Without Walls (SCWW), an award-winning program of Episcopal Senior Communities, which allows seniors to participate in more than 70 groups by phone or online, all from the comfort of home. The newest, Authors … [Read more...]
Seeking Members for BAIPA Speakers Team
Now and then, BAIPA gets requests to speak — about BAIPA and/or about self-publishing. But we have not been actively seeking out such opportunities. Until now. Well, that is, until we can get together a team of volunteers to find the gigs, map … [Read more...]
Host a Book Reading Over the Phone
BAIPA has teamed up with Senior Center Without Walls (SCWW), an award-winning program of Episcopal Senior Communities, which allows seniors to participate in more than 70 groups by phone or online, all from the comfort of home. The newest, Authors … [Read more...]
From Page to Stage — Betsy Graziani Fasbinder on Public Speaking
Betsy Graziani Fasbinder was kicked out of Girl Scouts for being too shy to sell cookies. She was such a nervous introvert in high school that she passed high school speech with a grade of A- without ever giving a speech. She convinced her speech … [Read more...]