Monthly Meeting, April 17 – Publicity For Authors

Get Known Everywhere!

Free Monthly meeting, 1-hour Zoom presentation
(includes Q&A)

Saturday, April 17, 2021

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

with

Jill Lublin

Best Selling Author, Publicity Strategist and Consultant

Learn how to use a book to leverage expertise and generate revenue, by using the media to “Get Known Everywhere.”

1) Understand the real purpose of publicity – to boost your credibility and amplify your visibility.
2) Uncover your “Oooooo, Ahhhhhh!” factor. Find the Wow! that sets you apart from the crowd.
3) You are the news! Craft a riveting message that lets others know who you are and what you do.
4) Simplify! Learn how the pros mesmerize the masses by tailoring their message to the level of a five-year-old
5) Pass the all-important “Who cares?” test by showcasing your book and your expertise in a way that commands attention.

Four-time Bestselling Author, Publicity Strategist and Consultant, Jill Lublin, wows audiences worldwide with her entertaining and interactive style. Acknowledged as the go-to person for building success through influence marketing, networking, and publicity, she helps authors to create book deals with agents and publishers as well as obtain foreign rights deals.

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Monthly Meeting, March 20 – Self-Publishing Strategies

How to Design, Prepare,
and Promote Your Book

Free Monthly meeting, 1-hour Zoom presentation
(includes Q&A)

Saturday, March 20, 2021

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

with

Andrew Benzie

Designer, Publisher, and Owner
of Andrew Benzie Books

With the availability of the Internet, print-on-demand technology, and electronic book formats, there has never been a better time for authors to publish their work. Andrew Benzie, publisher, designer, and owner of Andrew Benzie Books, will discuss the steps involved to self-publish your book.

Topics covered will include:

• The importance of cover design and branding
• How to prepare your interior layout
• ISBN numbers, pricing and royalties
• KDP, Amazon, Ingram Spark, ebooks, audiobooks
• Tips and strategies to help market your book

Bay Area native Andrew Benzie has over 30 years experience in
the design industry. He has worked for corporate art
departments, and as a freelance designer for his own company:
Andrew Benzie Creative Design (ABCD). In 2010, he established
his own publishing company — Andrew Benzie Books — to help
authors design, publish, and market their books.
(www.andrewbenziebooks.com)

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Monthly Meeting, February 20 – Black History Month

The History of African-Americans’ Organized Resistance to Racism and Oppression

Free Monthly meeting, 1-hour Zoom presentation
(includes Q&A)

Saturday, February 20, 2021

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

with

Dr. Stan Oden

Political Science Professor and Author

The Black community has been severely impacted by historic under-representation as well as by racism and oppression. Historically, African-Americans have used a variety of vehicles to mount an organized resistance against the forces of oppression. Learn how historic Black under-representation in power relationships has impacted the African-American community.

The methods used in organizing ourselves in opposition are relevant in current issues related to Black history. Dr. Oden is a Political Science professor at CSU, Sacramento, and the author of a number of books and essays on the sociopolitical history of under-represented groups in the U.S. and in California.

Dr. Stanley Oden is a native of San Diego, California, where he was raised by very successful parents who, during his formative years, were also community and political activists. Following his parents’ lead, Oden spent many years living and working as a civil rights activist in the Oakland/Berkeley community in California, where he was also an early member of the Black Panther Party. He is a graduate of U.C. Davis where, in the late 1960s, he was one of only 10 Black students in a student population of over 40,000. He later went on to earn a Ph.D. in sociology from U.C. Santa Cruz. Dr. Oden currently teaches political science at California State University, Sacramento. He is the author of two major works treating issues related to the unfolding roles of minority communities in U.S. history as well as in California history:

California Politics: Shifting Majorities, Emerging Minorities (2005) and Rivers of Struggle and

Resistance: A Social Political History of the Underrepresented in the United States (2010).

Additionally, he is the author of a number of published essays dealing with social justice in America.

Dr. Oden is the proud father of several grown children, who have followed in the Oden family tradition of community service, political activism, and professional excellence.

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Monthly Meeting, January 16 Writing Historical Fiction

Foundational Practices
in Historical Fiction

Free Monthly meeting, 1-hour Zoom presentation
(includes Q&A)

Saturday, January 16, 2021

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

with

Dorothea Hubble Bonneau

Award-winning novelist, memoirist , playwright, optioned screenwriter

Inspired by a quest for justice, Dorothea’s work is informed by her love of family, nature, and the dramatic arts. Her new book — Once in a Blood Moon — celebrates the intelligence, courage, culture and character of African Americans, First Nation Peoples, and indentured servants who created the backbone for the United States of America.

Please join us to learn how to create show-not-tell characters and true-to-life shared worlds. Listener take-aways will allow you to:

Graph your story worlds and create character profiles using Geert Hofstede’s theory of cultural dimensions.
Determine whether a character’s decisions are more influenced by internal or external motivation.
Implement non-verbal communication patterns to reveal status and standing of your characters.

Dorothea Hubble Bonneau fell in love with theatre when she was six years old and had her first acting opportunity. When she was nine years old, she adapted Little Women, which was produced in her backyard. Since then, 24 of her plays have been produced in a variety of venues. Her To Destroy You Is No Loss was published by Dramatic Publishing in 1992. Bonneau’s other writing credits include Seekers from Zantaparon, a novel published by Northwest Publishing Company; two screenplays, optioned by Sub Rosa Productions; a prize-winning radio play; magazine articles; and a weekly column in The Davis Enterprise. Her workshop presentations include: University of the Pacific Writer’s Conference, Historical Writers of America, Other Words Conference in Tampa, Florida, and University of California Extension. Bonneau lives in Davis, California, with her husband and her cat. See: www.dorotheabonneau.com

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