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Intensive 6-Hour Training with the Book Architect to Perfect Your First & Final Draft

Sunday, May 7, 2017
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Learn From Stuart Horwitz

From first to final draft:
Improving your fiction, memoir,
and creative non-fiction

~

Horwitz_Author Photo (2)Some narratives feel as if they are coming together with an emotional payoff while others do not.

What makes the noticeable difference?

It starts with the underlying architecture of the book.

That’s why we are pleased to feature Stuart Horwitz, the Book Architect, in an extended presentation Sunday, May 7, in the Sacramento area. Join us for a six-hour training to help you look differently at your writing. As mentor to writers both who outline and who write by the seat-of-the-pants,
Stuart will cover:

  • Key ingredients of a scene and how they and a “series” can move your story forward
  • How to separate your work into scenes and use this disassembly to diagnose what’s going wrong with your manuscript
  • What “plotting” means, and why there isn’t one narrative arc but several
  • How to make sure your book has one “theme”

He will address that the age-old battle between the outliners and the seat-of-the-pantsers – those who meticulously script vs. those who plot solely by feel.

Stuart Horwitz is a ghostwriter, editor, and founder of Book Architecture, whose clients have reached fiction and nonfiction bestseller lists and have appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Today, and the Tonight Show, The concept came out of 15 years helping writers go from first to final draft with a complex narrative. Writers have become authors, transforming a messy manuscript into a polished book and signing with top literary agencies, landing book deals at coveted publishing houses.

Since 2013, Stuart has toured North America addressing writers’ struggles. His folio of appearances includes the Writer’s Digest Conference in NYC, Tucson Festival of Books, San Francisco Writers Conference, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Conference and San Miguel Writers Conference.
Stuart holds degrees in literary aesthetics from New York University and East Asian studies from Harvard University.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

  • Writers and Others with Book Ideas
  • Authors
  • Publishers
  • Editors

LOCATION

  • Cattlemens, 12409 Folsom Blvd., Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
  • Hwy 50 at Hazel Ave. exit

SEMINAR FEE

  • $55 CWC Member
  • $65 Non-Member
  • Includes morning coffee, snacks plus lunch.

REGISTRATION

Please Mail Your Registration in by May 3, 2017!

  • To reserve your seat, please mail your name and your check to the club post office box: CWC, PO Box 581746, Elk Grove, CA 95758

California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch—one of 22 branches of the California Writers Club—serves the greater Sacramento region and welcomes all writers and related professions. We offer monthly Luncheon Meetings, Writers Network Meetings and Open Mic For Writers along with special events during the year.

FLYER

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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

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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

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Learn From Publishing Experts

Saturday, April 30, 2016
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Learn From Publishing Experts
plus
Pitch To An Agent

Fuse Literary Agency

~ Gordon Warnock ~ Jennifer Chen Tran ~ Laura Cummings ~

Gordon WarnockJen Chen TranLaura Cummings

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

  • Writers and Others with Book Ideas
  • Authors
  • Publishers
  • Editors

LEARN FROM PUBLISHING EXPERTS (9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.):

  • Query Letters
  • Synopsis
  • Proposals
  • Role of Agents
  • How to Pitch to Agents
  • How to Work With Agents
  • Where to Find Agents Appropriate For Your Project
  • How the Submissions Process to Publishers Works
  • What is a “Hybrid Author”
  • Publishing Contract Terms You Should Know
  • Other Legal Concerns

PITCH TO AN AGENT

  • 1:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
  • Pitch to Gordon Warnock or Jennifer Chen Tran.
  • Separate fee required to pitch; must be seminar attendee.
  • See Pitch To An Agent Process below.

WHERE

  • Cattlemens, 12409 Folsom Blvd., Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
  • Hwy 50 at Hazel Ave. exit

SEMINAR FEE

  • $39 CWC Member
  • $49 Non-Member
  • Includes morning coffee, snacks plus lunch.

PITCH TO AN AGENT FEE

  • $15 for 5-minute pitch.

SPACE IS LIMITED. EARLY REGISTRATION ENCOURAGED!

REGISTRATION

  • Use the form in the below flyer
  • Questions: Ask Margie Yee Webb via our Contact page.

Pitch To An Agent Process—Pitch to Gordon Warnock or Jennifer Chen Tran. See their website page at Fuse Literary for the type of fiction and nonfiction projects they will consider. Separate fee required to pitch; must be seminar attendee. $15 fee for 5-minute pitch, with 24 slots available for each agent. If interested in pitching, sign up for consideration. If more than 24 attendees have signed up to pitch to each agent, drawings will be held to select the attendees to make the pitch. Those selected must pay the $15 pitch fee with check payable to CWC Sacramento Branch.

California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch—one of 21 branches of the California Writers Club—serves the greater Sacramento region and welcomes all writers and related professions. We offer monthly Luncheon Meetings, Writers Network Meetings and Open Mic For Writers along with special events during the year.

Fuse Literary (http://www.fuseliterary.com/)—founded by Laurie McLean and Gordon Warnock—is a full-service, hybrid literary agency based in the Silicon Valley with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and Vancouver. They blend the tried-and-true methods of traditional publishing with the brash new opportunities engendered by digital publishing, emerging technologies, and an evolving author-agent relationship. The partners launched Fuse following tenures at established agencies, bringing with them experience in writing, teaching, professional editing, book marketing, blogging and social media, running high-tech companies, and marketing new technologies. A boutique, collaborative agency, Fuse provides each client with the expertise and forward vision of the group.

Gordon Warnock is a founding partner at Fuse Literary, serving as a literary agent and Editorial Director of Short Fuse Publishing. He brings years of experience as a senior agent, marketing director, editor for independent publishers, publishing consultant, and author coach. He frequently teaches workshops and gives keynote speeches at conferences and MFA programs nationwide. He is an honors graduate of CSUS with a B.A. in Creative and Professional Writing. For fiction and nonfiction projects Gordon will consider, see: http://www.fuseliterary.com/gordon-warnock/.

Jennifer Chen Tran is an Associate Agent at Fuse Literary acquiring both fiction and non-fiction. She is a lifelong reader, New York native, and experienced member of the publishing industry. Prior to joining Fuse Literary, Jennifer was principal and owner of Penumbra Literary LLC, and served as Of Counsel at The New Press. She has also interned at Zachary Shuster Harmsworth literary agency, was an editorial and publicity intern at Hunter House Publishers (since acquired by Turner Publishing), and editorial intern at Terrain Magazine. Jennifer obtained her Juris Doctor from Northeastern School of Law in Boston, MA, and a Bachelors of Arts in English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis, with a minor in Legal Studies. For fiction and nonfiction projects Jennifer will consider, see: http://www.fuseliterary.com/jennifer-chen-tran-assoc-agent/.

Laura Cummings currently works as an assistant to Laurie McLean and as a production manager for Short Fuse. Although she reads in a wide range of genres, Young Adult and Fantasy works are most likely to steal her heart, and she has a passion for diverse literature. Her favorite books contain strong voices, unique plots, and a healthy dash of snark. Laura has a deep respect for the book community, and she loves interacting with writers and readers on social media.

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Learn From Publishing Experts

 

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Meet To Write Special Event

California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch
proudly presents
Meet To Write

Saturday, April 2, 2016
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Marie Callender’s Restaurant, 5525 Sunrise Blvd., Citrus Heights 95610

Spring into action! Let’s meet to write with abandon, together! Join in for a one hour writing session—we share writing tips before and discuss writing results after.

CWC members and other writers are invited. Coffee and food available to order.

RSVP suggested to Margie Yee Webb. Please use the form below.

Meet To Write Agenda

 9:00 a.m.  Arrive and order coffee, breakfast, etc.
 9:15 a.m.  Introductions
 9:30 a.m.  Writing Tips presentation and sharing
10:00 a.m.  Writing begins
11:00 a.m.  Writing ends; Group Sharing/Discussion
11:30 a.m.  Meet To Write ends

About Meet To Write

Meet To Write was created after an inspiring presentation by Grant Faulkner on “The Power of Writing with Abandon” in September 2014. See his PowerPoint at:

https://www.cwcsacramentowriters.org/2014/luncheon-september-2014-grant-faulkner-the-power-of-writing-with-abandon/.

Praise from Meet To Write Participants

“It was fun and a nice grouping of different flavors of writing. The interactive exchanges added significant value to the overall experience.” –Mike Brandt

“I’ve been off my writing game for a bit, so meeting with like-minded writers really got me going again. . . . Thanks to the great participants at Meet To Write, young and old, newish and seasoned. Gratefully to all involved.” –Jo Chandler

“Good company, good tips, and a good time writing—what was not to like?” –Dennis Mahoney

About California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch

California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch—one of 21 CWC branches throughout California—serves the greater Sacramento region and we welcome all writers and related professions. https://www.cwcsacramentowriters.org/

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CWC Sacramento Meet To Write

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