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...]
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...]
BAIPA Video Author Interviews, Part 1
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...]
How Beta Readers Made My Book Better — Getting What I Needed Helped More Than Getting What I Wanted
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...]
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...]
Why I Wrote an Assisted Suicide Family Thriller + Upcoming Book Launch Events
I’m thrilled to announce the launch of my third novel — When I Killed My Father: An Assisted Suicide Family Thriller — and I invite you to my upcoming book launches in Berkeley (October 26, 3 pm at Mo’Joe Cafe), Mill Valley (November 2, 3 pm at the … [Read more...]
BAIPA Members Spreading the Word to Writers
BAIPA members Betsy Graziani Fasbinder, John Byrne Barry, and Becky Parker Geist will be leading local workshops this month and next. Betsy Graziani Fasbinder, who presented “From Page to Stage” at BAIPA in October 2017, will be at Book Passage … [Read more...]
Woody Weingarten Splitting Time Between New Book and New Seat on County Commission
Woody Weingarten, who’s working on his third (and, hopefully, final) draft of his second independently published book, MysteryDates®, has been sworn in as the newest member of the Marin County Commission on Aging. Simultaneously, he was … [Read more...]
What Exactly Do Editors Do?
(Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of BAIPA service providers talking about what they do. Find out more here.) After thirty years as an “editor,” it’s difficult to see a clear boundary to the scope of my activities. But one line is … [Read more...]
David Kudler to Speak on “The Hero’s Journey” January 27 at Book Passage
California Writers Club–Marin will be hosting BAIPA member (and former board member) David Kudler on January 27 at Book Passage for The Hero's Journey — How It Can Serve as Blueprint for an Enduring, Transformative Story. Mythologist Joseph … [Read more...]
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