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Everything Intensely

January 27, 2023 by Sandra V. McGee Leave a Comment

  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...]

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Woody Weingarten and Granddaughter Finally Launch Kids’ Fantasy Book; New Website’s Up, Too

December 7, 2021 by WoodyWeingarten

Hey, guys, our operative phrase is “at last.” It took more than five years to actually launch Grampy and His Fairyzona Playmates, a kids’ fantasy book that I co-wrote with my granddaughter, Hannah Schifrin, when she was eight and I was 78 — a mere … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, Book Promotion, publicity, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: book launch

Why I Joined the BAIPA Board

July 29, 2021 by Janice Litvin

I was invited to attend BAIPA by my friend Lynn Fraley, whom I met at NSA (National Speakers Association). When she heard I intended to write a book she knew that BAIPA was the place for me. At one of my early meetings (December 2016?) my soon-to-be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Spotlight on BAIPA Members

Unfettered Journey Wins Six Awards and Is Now Translated into German, Italian, and French

July 28, 2021 by Gary Bengier

The writing journey continues, and the German translation of Unfettered Journey launched today. With the release of Ins Ungewisse, there now are three translations in the market. While the international novels are relatively unknown with little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Book Promotion, Contests, marketing, self-publishing, Spotlight on BAIPA Members Tagged With: Awards, translations

Mary Flett Joins BAIPA Board

May 22, 2021 by Mary Flett

Isn’t it funny?  I can write about so many things, but when it comes to writing about myself, my fingers gnarl and refuse to type!  This is not false modesty; just the remnants of my Protestant background that trained me to believe that only … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, Spotlight on BAIPA Members

Lee Foster, Longtime BAIPA Member, Generous-Spirited, Prolific Travel Book Writer, Has Died Unexpectedly

July 25, 2020 by Linda Jay

Lee Foster, known to everyone in BAIPA as a friendly, inspiring, generous man, and a prolific writer of travel books, has died. His death was unexpected as he was in good health, according to his family, and those of us who knew him are in shock. … [Read more...]

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Welcome New BAIPA Members

June 24, 2020 by Linda Jay

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...]

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BAIPA Video Author Interviews, Part 1

June 3, 2020 by John Byrne Barry

We talked at our May meeting about ways we as authors and publishers might help each other promote our books during the pandemic, or whether we shouldn't be doing that at all. One idea we had was to interview each other on Zoom and post those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, interview, Spotlight on BAIPA Members, video

How Beta Readers Made My Book Better — Getting What I Needed Helped More Than Getting What I Wanted

February 10, 2020 by John Byrne Barry

A year ago, as I was finishing the first beginning-to-end draft of my third novel, When I Killed My Father: An Assisted Suicide Family Thriller, I recruited a dozen beta readers to help me make it better.  I asked for honest feedback, which I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Editing, self-publishing, Spotlight on BAIPA Members, writing Tagged With: beta readers

Book Midwife Ruth Schwartz to present ‘Best Practices for Self-Publishing with KDP and IngramSpark’ at Book Passage February 23

February 9, 2020 by Webmaster

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...]

Filed Under: Author Platform, BAIPA News, Public Speaking, self-publishing, speaking engagement, Spotlight on BAIPA Members

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Welcome to BAIPA

UPDATE: BAIPA will continue to meet via ZOOM ONLY until it is safe to resume in-person meetings, which we are planning to try on May 6th, 2023 (see below for some initial info). Even when we decide to resume in-person events, we will continue the Zoom option. We are implementing all the recommended precautionary measures to keep our meetings private and safe for all participants. All members and visitors who register in advance will receive a link to attend via Zoom video conferencing. On the Friday evening before the meeting, we will send the link and … More

Current BAIPA members do not need to register for our monthly meetings. The night before the meetings, they will receive the Zoom info. However, members must log in to get a discounted ticket for workshops. 

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