(Note: I ran a version of this article on Joel Friedlander’s The Book Designer website. I offer it now on the BAIPA Blog as BAIPA seeks to increase the number of professional development posts available to its members.) Sometimes truly happy events … [Read more...]
Kudos to Longtime BAIPA Members Nita Winter and Rob Badger for Wildflower Photo Exhibit in Sausalito
Longtime, award-winning nature and conservation photographers and partners Nita Winter and Rob Badger have focused unwaveringly, for more than 20 years, on photographing wildflowers — both across the Western United States, and in particular, on … [Read more...]
Top 10 Telephone Tips to Make Your Radio Talk Show Pay Off Handsomely
Here's a gift from Joe Sabah, the Denver-based author of How to Get on Radio Talk Shows Without Leaving Your Home or Office Have a glass of water handy (room temperature). When your throat is lubricated it's easier to talk. Plus the water serves … [Read more...]
DATE CHANGE ALERT: Join Us April 6 for ‘Business Side of Self-Publishing’
Due to a scheduling snafu, our regularly scheduled second-Saturday of the month meeting in April, is now on April 6. Not April 13. (You may receive several notices about this, as we don't want people to show up on the wrong date.) Helen … [Read more...]
‘A Journey to Silicon Valley and Beyond’ — Interview with Author Andrea Anderson
(In our continuing series of BAIPA authors interviewing BAIPA authors, children’s author Christina V. Kueppers interviewed author Andrea Anderson about her new book, A Journey to Silicon Valley and Beyond.) “Unlike explorers in the old days who … [Read more...]
‘Setting That Works’ Workshop April 3 in Berkeley
On April 3 at 6 pm, I’ll be leading a two-hour workshop for the California Writers Club in Berkeley — Setting That Works: How Memorable Setting Can Advance Plot, Reveal Character, Echo Theme, and More. (If you were at are our March BAIPA meeting, you … [Read more...]
What Is a Blog Tour, Anyway?
If you’re gearing up to promote your new book or to revive an already published title, you might think you should do a book tour. Contact bookstores and cafes. Make posters. Sell books out of the trunk of your car. But in our wild and futuristic … [Read more...]
Entering the ‘Winwood Deep State’ — A Film and Music Journey Following Brazilian Guitarist José Neto
Three months ago I parked my car in my carport just as the light for the empty fuel tank lit up. I had just returned from the bank, where my account was now in the red. I looked at myself in the rearview mirror to put on lipstick, and found the case … [Read more...]
BAIPA Board Elections at March 9 Meeting
We'll be holding board elections at our March meeting. The board will be elected by a majority vote of the members present on Saturday. If you want to vote, but cannot attend the meeting, you can request a ballot and we will email it to … [Read more...]
Who Makes the Rules for the English Language?
A blog post by Arlene Miller, The Grammar Diva — As a copyeditor and grammarian, I sometimes find myself having to defend my position on a point of grammar or punctuation. For example, someone will ask me why I took out the comma … [Read more...]
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