WRITER’S WORLD 2018

September 8, 2018 9:30am – 4:30 pm

Guzman Hall, Dominican University
50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael CA 94901

You’ve written a book, so what’s next?

Pre-registration is not required.
Please come join us!

Sponsored by Joel Friedlander (TheBookDesigner.com)

Redwood Writers

 

 Pro Audio Voices

Book Marketing Mentor

editcetera

TC Printing

and BAIPA

Writer’s World provides Bay Area authors with a unique opportunity
to find the support services for independent publishing they need
to take their next steps forward.

ASL Interpreters

• Get up close and personal with representatives from regional writer/publisher organizations.
• Meet publishing professionals with services who can help you take your next steps to:
  • produce your print book or ebook or audiobook;
  • distribute your book globally and locally;
  • market your book in each format so you can get it out there to your target audience;
  • print your book either offset or on demand;
  • convert your content into a digital ebook;
  • record your own audiobook or have it recorded by a professional narrator.
• Meet Bay Area vendors who provide other products and services for the writers, authors, and small publishers that can help you achieve your publishing and writing goals.
• Get your professional author headshot taken for use on your book cover and in all your marketing.
• Book an individual 15-minute consultation on any aspect of your writing with
  

  David Colin Carr

  Editor/Writing Coach David Colin Carr. From grasping your intention and outlining to blocks in structure or the writing process to voicing and rich, impactful language.Whether you want feedback on your back cover text, the outline of your book, your opening pages, your narrative voice, specific structural/character challenges, or your pitch. Please sign up for a specific 15-minute time slot 10:30-4:15 by emailing [email protected] with your cell number or by signing up at the registration table when you arrive at Writers World.

Ready for your Close-up? Star Dewar, Star Shots Photography is offering a super deal to attendees. Get your professional headshot for $100. Come ready for the camera and Star will capture your likeness. A must-have for all authors. See examples of her work here. Please sign up for a specific 30-minute time slot 10:30-4:00 by emailing [email protected] with your cell number or by signing up at the registration table when you arrive on Saturday.

• Do a short author interview on video to add to your website and use in marketing your books.
  

  Ruth Schwartz

• Get a 15-min coaching session with “book midwife” Ruth Schwartz,
  to talk about birthing your book—getting from finished manuscript to finished book up online available for sale.
• Writing a Killer Book Blurb — sign up for a 15-minute consultation with author and editor John Byrne Barry to make your book blurb better. Or start writing one.

 

Keynote address by Lee Wind, Marketing and Programming Director of IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association): “I Published a Book” is Not a Marketing Plan. 

Q&A is a BAIPA favorite: come to ask any question related to independent publishing and all the experts and those with experience that may be helpful will do our best to get you answers and will share the benefit of our experience. We’re here to learn together!

45-minute Workshops 11:00-3:45 including:

An Edutaining Journey Through the World of Words: The difference between Writers and Authors; a grammar Q&A; how much grammar leeway do writers have; and Word Trivia with Arlene Miller, the Grammar Diva

Hitting the Wall: Engaging Shadow & Mystery in the Creative Process with Cathy Wild

Improving Your Writer/Author Blog and Website in 2018: What an Author Needs to Succeed, How a Competent Website Designer Can Help  with Author Lee Foster, Foster Travel Publishing and Website Designer Jeffrey Samorano, WPinOneClick

From Content to Comma: Working with an Editor with Barbara Fuller, Editcetera

Animal Accounting for Writers – Money Stories with Vitalia Fedossova, Aurelius Accounting, Inc.

A Style Experience, 3 Secrets to an AWESOME 1st Impression with Shelley Golden, A Style Experience 

Scrivener: What’s All the Fuss? with Vanessa Kier, The Writer’s Tech Stop

Basics of literary law/how to avoid lawsuits with Kelley Way, Law Office of Kelley A. Way 

Building Your Email List to Grow Your Book Sales with Judy Baker, Book Marketing Mentor 

Making Money with Audiobooks with Becky Parker Geist, Pro Audio Voices 

How to Get Booked on TV or Radio with Cynthia Brian, StarStyle Productions

Sponsors

BAIPA is an educational organization dedicated to elevating the art of the independent author-publisher. Members include creative people who are involved in various aspects of publishing, linking writers with the services they need to publish and sell their work.

Educational Workshops • Keynote Address • Q&A • Vendors • Writer Orgs

Tickets: $65 for 2 people – bring a friend!

(same price if you come alone, but not nearly as much fun, as helpful to your fellow writers who may not even know about this event yet, or as effective in getting to the next level with your book)

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Pre-registration is not required.
Please come join us!

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