January 14 BAIPA Meeting Jim Azevedo, Marketing Director of Smashwords (Morning Speaker + Afternoon Workshop) Here's a preview of the BAIPA January meeting by presenter Jim Azevedo. My morning session will be more of an introduction to ebooks, … [Read more...]
JoAnn Smith Ainsworth to Speak on Jan. 28 Mystery Panel
JoAnn Smith Ainsworth will be speaking on a panel about writing mystery and suspense at Barnes & Noble, 313 Corte Madera Center on Saturday, January 28– 2:00-4:00 p.m., with authors Peggy Lucke and Kate Jessica Raphael. A BAIPA member, she is … [Read more...]
Patricia Leslie to Receive Scholarship to IBPA Publishing University
IBPA has just announced the recipients of scholarships to their Publishing University, taking place in April 2017, in Portland, Oregon. Your fellow BAIPA member, novelist Patricia A. Leslie, is the happy recipient of the scholarship for regional … [Read more...]
Bed, Bath, Beyond, and Blooper
I saw this today in an online ad from Bed Bath & Beyond: Clean and Light the Front Porch and Walkway Slipping hazards take priority. Remove fallen leaves or snow. Replace outdoor light bulbs, if necessary.… Place seasonal potted pants and a … [Read more...]
Review of “The Oath,” 2016 BAIPA Award Winner for Fiction
Before I finished the first chapter of The Oath, Dennis Koller’s San Francisco–based mystery/thriller, I was feeling uncomfortable. Koller’s novel starts with a flashback to 1966 at the “Hanoi Hilton,” the North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war … [Read more...]
Dennis Koller and Skye Blaine Win BAIPA Book Awards
At its December 10 meeting, the BAIPA awards committee honored 12 authors for their books, with first-place for fiction going to Dennis Koller's The Oath and first-place for non-fiction to Skye Blaine's Bound to Love. Second-place awards … [Read more...]
One Reason Not To Publish A Memoir
New BAIPA member Laura McHale Holland, who joined in November, wrote a guest post on the Memoir Writer’s Journey blog, which went live today. It's called "One Reason Not to Publish a Memoir.” Great title! Makes you want to read it, … [Read more...]
BAIPA Member El Chess Featured in Major Local Newspaper
This is a great article about one of our members, El Chess. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/lifestyle/6401833-181/sebastopol-woman-creates-12-step-recovery El is working with two other BAIPA members, Judy Baker and Ruth Schwartz, on her book series, … [Read more...]
Member Orientation
How to Get the Most out of your BAIPA Membership We are going to try something new. Judy Baker, Membership Chair will host a Member Orientation video conference. When December 12th at 6:30 pm What You Will Learn Judy will give an overview … [Read more...]
John Byrne Barry’s Wasted Earns Spot in Shelf Unbound’s Top 100 Notable Indie Books
Mill Valley–based author and BAIPA board member John Byrne Barry’s second novel Wasted, a “green noir” mystery set in the Berkeley recycling world, earned a spot in the Top 100 Notables as part of Shelf Unbound’s 2016 competition for the best … [Read more...]
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