California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch

Dedicated to Educating Writers of all Levels

Spotlight on CWC Branch Authors at Face In A Book

Sunday, May 15, 2016
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Face In A Book, 4359 Town Center Blvd., Suite 113, El Dorado Hills CA 95762
Face In A Book

Spotlight on the California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch Authors at Face In A Book

Special EventJoin us Sunday, May 15th, 11 am-1 pm, to meet seven terrific authors from the California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch. These local authors will share books ranging from fiction to children’s, gift books to sci-fi and thrillers. Join us to meet the authors in our midst – and to enjoy treats and learn more about the California Writers Club!

Featured writers are Jo Chandler (This Side of Forever), Kathy Boyd Fellure (Blake Sisters Adventure), David Hagerty (They Tell Me You Are Wicked), Steve Liddick (All That Time), Richard Steele (The Money Run), Nanci Lee Woody (Tears and Trombones), andMargie Yee Webb (Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life).

(Plus Enjoy Farmers Market at El Dorado Hills Town Center! Sunday, May 15, starting at 8 a.m.)

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Outreach Event at Face In A Book

The California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch appreciates Face In A Book Bookstore & Gifts for hosting our club for this outreach event. We encourage our members and colleagues to support Face In A Book—an independent bookstore—and provide their link on your website for book sales: http://www.getyourfaceinabook.com/.

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Local Auhtor Link to FIAB

Local Author Book Festival

Local Author Book Festival 2016
Sacramento Public Library
Tsakopoulos Library Galleria
828 I Street, Sacramento 95814
Sunday, April 10, 2016
1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch Participating

The California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch is an educational nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to educating writers of all levels of expertise in the craft of writing and in the marketing of their work, and we serve the greater Sacramento region. https://www.cwcsacramentowriters.org

  • Jo Chandler, This Side of Forever (Board Member, CWC Sacramento Branch)
  • Margie Yee Webb, Cat Mulan’s Mindful Musings: Insight and Inspiration for a Wonderful Life (President, CWC Sacramento Branch)

Local Authors Participating

  • Kristi Abbott, Kernel of Truth
  • Melissa Abramovitz, What is Schizophrenia?
  • Frank Araujo, A Tango Through Thorns
  • Makonnen Araya, Negotiating a Lion’s Share of Freedom
  • Daniel Babka, No More Illusions…A Mystery
  • Karen (KD) Blakely, Secrets in Disguise
  • JaNay Brown-Wood, Imani’s Moon
  • Eben Burgoon, B-Squad: Soldiers of Misfortune
  • Patricia E. Canterbury, The Secret of Morton’s End
  • Toni Ukkerd Carter, My Life in Prison
  • Linda Champion, Fairy Tales for Life
  • Stephen P. Cook, Two Rivers
  • Kate David, McKay and the Magical Hat
  • Lee Davis, Madame Yoo and Horatio’s Extravaganza
  • Donna Del Oro, Athena’s Secrets
  • Margaret Duarte, Between Will & Surrender
  • Frederick K. Foote, Jr., For the Sake of Soul
  • Anara Guard, Remedies for Hunger
  • Joy D. Johnson, Arise and Shine
  • Jennifer Laam, The Tsarina’s Legacy
  • Steve Liddick, All That Time
  • Elaine Macko, Fried Calamari Looks a Lot Like Onion Rings
  • Debra Madison, The Day the Colors Became Friends
  • Anna-Marie McLemore, The Weight of Feathers
  • Dana Mentink, Sailing in Style
  • Norman C. Miller, The Last Trytans
  • Katya Mills, Maze
  • Chris Minnick & Eva Holland, JavaScript for Kids
  • Pauline Nevins, Fudge
  • Maggie Newcomb, Chocolate Pudding in Heaven
  • Cherie O’Boyle, Missing Mom
  • Robert M. Pacholik, Night Flare
  • Lance Pyle, aka Peter Blueberry, The Agency of Obnoxious Laughter
  • Ann Ralph, Grow a Little Fruit Tree
  • Dorothy Rice, The Reluctant Artist: Joe Rice 1918-2011
  • Ia Rycerz, aka I.E. Knight, The Creature from the Womb
  • Azin Sametipour, Tehran Moonlight
  • Cindy Sample, Dying for a Donut
  • K.N. Smith, The Urban Boys
  • Staajabu Staajabu, Mud Cloth Roots
  • Stephanie Taylor, Water: More or Less
  • Bernadette Hondl Thomasy, Under Minnesota Skies
  • Nikki Thompson, Dissection
  • Jennifer Torres, Finding the Music
  • Linda Townsdin, Close Up on Murder
  • Lee M Vo, aka Minh Fullerton, Thank You, America!
  • Linda Westphal, The Hermit Bookstore
  • Danna Wilberg, The Black Dress
  • Nanci Lee Woody, Tears and Trombones

Note: CWC Sacramento Branch members participating are bolded.

Flyer: 2016 Local Authors Book Festival

Meet to Write Event

In recognition of NaNonFiWriMo and NaNoWriMo, the California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch is be hosting the following “Meet to Write” event on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Marie Callender’s Restaurant in Citrus Heights, CA. Please join us. The details are in the below flyer.

2015 NaNoWriMo Flyer

 

Call for Submissions: 2016 Literary Review

Deadline extended: Now accepting submissions for the 2016 issue through December 31, 2015.

Please visit calwriters.org 2016 Literary Review for more information and to pay for a submission online.

Accepting Submissions for 2016 Issue — October 1 thru Nov 30, 2015

CWC members are invited to submit their published or unpublished work for the 2016 issue of the CWC Literary Review following the guidelines below. Work meeting a threshold of quality and interest will be selected for this page-limited magazine. Minor editing may be performed on work selected for publication.

Proselytizing, libelous material, gratuitous vulgarity or obscenity will not be considered. Rejections will be accompanied with editors’ suggested improvements subsequent to the magazine’s release.

Send submissions as an email attachment to LitReview@calwriters.org, “CWC Lit-Review” in the subject line.

Starting with this edition, a $10 fee is required per submitter whether or not the maximum of two pieces is attached. However, if two pieces are submitted, they must be submitted at the same time or a second $10 fee applies. You may pay by PayPal, using the button below or by check payable to the California Writers Club. Mail your check to CWC, PO Box 201, Danville CA 94526.

Guidelines (Nonconforming work will not be considered)

General:

  • Prose: 2500 words or fewer: fiction, memoir, or essay (excerpts if the submission can be judged a complete story). Poetry of 30 lines or fewer. Photography and graphics through arrangement with the editor
  • A maximum of two submissions per member, same email, separate attachments, will be accepted per issue

Body of email:

  • Author’s name, email address, and branch affiliation
  • Title(s), word count, and genre: fiction, memoir, essay, or poetry
  • Statement must be included: “I, (name here) own and convey the right to publish this/these work(s) (title or titles here) for this one time publication in the CWC Literary Review.“

Attachment—your artistic work:

  • Pages numbered bottom center in footer, no cover sheet
  • First page will contain the title of the work and the notation, F, NF-M, NF-E, or poetry
  • MS Word: doc, or docx format, New Times Roman 12 pt font
  • No page breaks, special leading, or any other unusual text manipulation or spacing

Ebook workshop: Mark Coker, Smashwords founder

“Let’s Publish An Ebook LIVE!, How To Produce, Distribute & Sell Your Work In The Evolving Eworld.”

Click here for flyer.

Print flyer to register by mail or register online using PayPal
(below).

This workshop could be the most important step you will ever take toward getting your book published! This day-long seminar is going to be the most popular ever hosted by our CWC, Sacramento Branch. Amazon.com recently reported that digital downloads now outsell paperback and hardback books combined. Unquestionably, eBooks are the future of book publishing and the fastest possible way to get your work out to the reading public. There are still some openings for the workshop by Mark Coker, the leading expert in that field and the founder of the on-line eBook website Smashwords. In a single session you will learn how to produce, distribute and sell your work in the evolving publishing world.

Sacramento-area published and aspiring authors are in for a treat on Saturday, September 29 when Smashwords founder and leading epublishing expert Mark Coker will present an exclusive CWC-sponsored seminar.

WHAT: There’s never been a better time to be an author!  You will learn from the master:

• the five top trends shaping the future of publishing and what these trends mean for authors

• the steps required to publish, price, distribute and sell your ebook

• how to make your book stand out based on a review of the most commercially successful ebooks

• the key decisions to make about length, pricing and marketing that reap the greatest profit

• how to format, prepare, and upload a book to the free Smashwords platform with a LIVE demo

WHEN: Saturday, September 29, 2012; 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. (Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.)

WHERE: Cattlemens, 12409 Folsom Blvd., Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (Hwy 50 at Hazel Ave. exit)

COST: $45 for CWC Members / $55 for Non-Members / Includes morning coffee and bagels, plus lunch.

SPACE IS LIMITED. EARLY REGISTRATION ENCOURAGED!

LUNCH: Lunch included; special menu selections from Cattlemen’s.

Recently profiled in Forbes, Mark will walk attendees through an info-packed agenda on the state of publishing, trends that guide commercial success, an introduction to ebook self-publishing, the secrets to ebook success (based on Mark’s own research which includes 28 best practices of bestselling authors), and a live demonstration. Mark will discuss decisions to be made when publishing, pricing, distributing and selling an ebook so that attendees can become more successful. He will offer insights on how readers discover books, and how to make a book stand out at ebook retailers. Attendees will gain the knowledge to start the eworld journey with eyes wide open and an action plan. Mark will also give an easy-to-follow demo on formatting and uploading a book and will also provide a brief guided tour of the free Smashwords ebook publishing platform. Contact for more information: Margie Yee Webb.

FREE SIGN-UP BONUS: Smashwords thumb drive pre-loaded with all three of Mark’s free ebooks (Smashwords Style Guide, Smashwords Book Marketing Guide, The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success) plus the complete PowerPoint presentation given that day. Hurry to sign up as supplies may be limited!

Register online right now using PayPal!


Mark Coker ebook workshop Sept. 29