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SUMMARY:Publicity and Marketing for Memoir - Julia Wouk Brown and Tricia Hedman
DESCRIPTION:Wondering how the world of author publicity works? Thinking you have to spend a lot of money? Wondering if there are steps you can take on your own? Join expert book publicists Julia Wouk Brown and Tricia Hedman who will present ideas on how to get your book the visibility it needs.  Tips on both working with a professional and how you can independently create publicity/marketing opportunities. There will be a Q & A session – so bring your questions! \nThis is a member-only meeting. Membership is only $50.00 annually\, so join today and join us at our monthly meetings! Join here!
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/publicity-and-marketing-for-memoir/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:How to Write a Winning Memoir Showcase Piece
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in writing a piece for the Memoir Showcase but aren’t sure how to  begin? “How to Write a Winning Memoir Showcase\,” with Tracy and Marni\, can help! These powerhouse editors have all the tips you’ll need to get your story in shape. \nThis class is $7 for non members and FREE for members! \nRegister Now
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/how-to-write-a-winning-memoir-showcase-piece-2/
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SUMMARY:How to Write a Braided Memoir with Madhushree Ghosh
DESCRIPTION:Khabaar is a food memoir and personal narrative that braids the global journeys of South Asian food through immigration\, migration\, and indenture. Focusing on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, the book questions what it means to belong and what does belonging in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country? These questions are integral to the author’s own immigrant journey to America as a daughter of Indian refugees (from what’s now Bangladesh to India during the 1947 Partition of India); as a woman of color in science; as a woman who left an abusive marriage; and as a woman who keeps her parents’ memory alive through her Bengali food.\n\nPurchase your copy of Khabaar here\n\n\nabout the author\nMadhushree Ghosh works in oncology diagnostics\, and is a social justice activist. Her work has been awarded a Notable Mention in Best American Essays in Food Writing and a Pushcart Prize nomination. She lives in San Diego\, California. \n\n\npraise for…\n\n“A seemingly effortlessly wise collection of essays that shows again and again the ways writing about food involves more than a story\, a political history\, or a family legacy\, as Ghosh takes the food essay into entirely new directions. The result is a brilliant book about the past and the present that also feels like the future of the form.”—Alexander Chee\, author\, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays \n“In Khabaar\, Madhushree Ghosh shares her unforgettable story deftly and beautifully\, as only a gifted storyteller can. Like the foods that shape and inform Ghosh’s memories and reflections\, her intimate\, powerful prose is meant to be savored. This memoir\, at once global in scope and deeply intimate\, is a treasure.”—Deesha Philyaw\, author\, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies \n“I have been an enthusiastic follower of Madhushree Ghosh\, and have great admiration for her literary talent. But I was not prepared for this new\, very powerful\, and entrancing work. I highly recommend it. It’s unforgettable.”—Luis Alberto Urrea\, author\, The House of Broken Angels \n“As thought-provoking as it is delicious\, joyful\, and a delight to read.”—Sonia Faleiro\, author\, The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing \n“Wildly original. With her scientific sensibility\, chef’s palate\, and poet’s heart\, Madhushree Ghosh has given us a singular and spectacular read.”—Mira Jacob\, author\, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations \n“Madhushree Ghosh seamlessly blends stories of food and family\, longing and grief\, to reveal the power of food to connect us—to the past\, to one another\, to our appetites and desires\, to that which we wish to say when language fails. A book to read with all your senses\, Khabaar will break your heart and make it swell.”—Lacy M. Johnson\, author\, The Reckonings: Essays \n“Khabaar crackles with energy and passion. This book engages the reader on many levels: it awakens the senses\, heightens awareness of racial and gender disparity\, and perhaps above all is a powerful love story between its author and her family and country of origin. Ghosh has written a book that educates as it entertains\, which is no easy feat. I am enriched for having read it.”—Dani Shapiro\, author\, Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy\, Paternity\, and Love \n“Madhushree Ghosh is a talented and exciting voice in the literary field. I’m looking forward to reading everything that she writes now and in the future. This is one writer to watch.”—Nayomi Munaweera\, author\, What Lies Between Us \n“Ghosh writes especially well through her memories\, from tender (as a child shopping for goat with her father in a bustling Delhi market) to terrifying (desperately escaping a hotel room she was accidentally locked in before a job presentation). . . . A likable food memoir from a self-aware and culturally astute author.”\n— Kirkus Reviews \n\n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/how-to-write-a-braided-memoir-with-madhushree-ghosh/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writing about Secrets\, Drug Use and the Path to Publish Traditionally with Laura Cathcart\, Author of Stash (open to all) ONLINE
DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss “Writing about Secrets\, Drug Use\, and the Path to Publish Traditionally” with Laura Cathcart Robbins\, Author of Stash.\n\n\nPurchase Stash from Warwick’s here\n\nZoom Link:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/82455304639?pwd=QjBxK1E1ZXVKUFZRcU1MbnlCUGFVQT09\nMeeting ID: 824 5530 4639\nPasscode: IMWA2023 \nFacebook LIVE Link: https://fb.me/e/2VwWCRNkD?mibextid=RQdjqZ\n\n\n\n“An irresistibly delicious story.” —Holly Whitaker\, New York Times bestselling author \nA propulsive and vivid memoir—in the vein of Drinking: A Love Story and Somebody’s Daughter—about the journey to sobriety and self-love amidst addiction\, privilege\, racism\, and self-sabotage from the host of the popular podcast The Only One in the Room. \nAfter years of hiding her addiction from everyone—from stockpiling pills in her Louboutins to elaborately scheduling withdrawals between PTA meetings\, baby showers\, and tennis matches—Laura Cathcart Robbins settles into a complicated purgatory. \nShe learns the hard way that privilege doesn’t protect you from pain. Facing divorce\, the possibility of a grueling custody battle\, and internalized racism\, Robbins wonders just how much more she can take. \nNow\, with courage and candid openness\, she reveals how she managed to begin the long journey towards sobriety and unexpectedly finding new love. Robbins harrowingly illustrates taking down the wall she built around herself brick by brick and what it means to be Black in a startingly white world. With its raw\, finely crafted\, and engaging prose\, Stash is the story of just how badly the facade she created had to shatter before Laura could reconnect to her true self. \n\n\nabout the author\n\nLaura Cathcart Robbins is an author\, freelance writer\, speaker\, and host of the popular podcast The Only One in the Room. She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credited for creating The Buckley School’s nationally recognized committee on Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion\, and Justice. Her recent articles in HuffPost and The Temper on the subjects of race\, recovery\, and divorce have garnered her worldwide acclaim. She is a 2022 TEDx Speaker\, and an LA Moth StorySlam winner. Currently\, she sits on the advisory boards of the San Diego Writer’s Festival and the Outliers HQ Podcast Festival. She lives in California. Follow her on Instagram @LauraCathcartRobbins and find out more at TheOnlyOnePod.com. \n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/writing-about-secrets-drug-use-and-the-path-to-publish-traditionally/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:How Writers can Approach Gender\, Trans and the Non-Binary Experience with - A Panel Discussion with Riley Silverman\, Nancy Johnson and Mary Ann Horton (members) ONLINE
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URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/how-writers-can-approach-gender-trans-and-the-non-binary-experience/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230205T150000
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SUMMARY:Shaking the Tree 4 Book Signing and Selling at Diesel IN-PERSON
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URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/shaking-the-tree-4-book-signing-event/
LOCATION:Diesel Bookstore\, 12843 El Camino Real Suite 104\, San Diego\, 92130\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writing Fearlessly with Jesse Leon ONLINE (members)
DESCRIPTION:Jesse Leon\, SDWF memoirist of the year\, will do a short reading from his stellar memoir\, I’m Not Broken and then discuss the path he took to write it all down fearlessly. \nABOUT I’M NOT BROKEN\nIn this unflinching and inspiring memoir\, Jesse Leon tells an extraordinary story of resilience and survival\, shining a light on a childhood spent devastated by sex trafficking\, street life\, and substance abuse. \n“A book for survivors and those who know someone they hope survives\, bodhisattvas all.”  —Sandra Cisneros\, bestselling author of The House on Mango Street\n \nBorn to indigenous working-class Mexican immigrants in San Diego in the 1970s\, Jesse Leon’s childhood was violently ruptured. A dangerous and harrowing encounter at a local gift shop when he was eleven years old left Jesse with a deadly secret. Hurt\, alone\, and scared for his life\, Jesse numbed his pain by losing himself in the hyper-masculine culture of the streets and wherever else he could find it—in alcohol\, drugs\, and prostitution. Overlooked by state-sanctioned institutions and systems intended to help victims of abuse\, neglected like many other low-income Latinos\, Jesse spiraled into cycles of suicide and substance abuse. \n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/writing-fearlessly-with-jesse-leon/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:STT4 Shaking the Tree Launch at Warwick's IN PERSON
DESCRIPTION:For Tickets: https://www.warwicks.com/event/shaking-the-tree-2023 \nThe official launch for Shaking the Tree Four! We will have readings and giveaways as we kick off the official book tour! \nReaders: Jen Laffler “Big Apple\, Big Cherry\, Big Smoke\,”\nLindsey Salatka – “I am Ajumma\,”\nKenny Sucher – “Strength Training”\nKathleen McCabe – “Thirty Bucks\,”\nChili Cilch – “Did That Really Happen?”\nLauren Cross – “Flings”
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/shaking-the-tree-4-book-signing-event-warwicks-bookstore/
LOCATION:Warwick’s Bookstore\, 7812 Girard Ave.\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92037\, United States
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SUMMARY:Awakening the Creative Spirit with Marni Freedman and Tracy Jones
DESCRIPTION: Join Marni and Tracy for a hands-on workshop that will cover how to tackle the 4 myths that may be holding you back creatively\, the laws of the creative source that may help you to break free from self-sabotage\, and ideas to awaken your most creative year yet. \n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/awakening-the-creative-spirit-and-kicking-creative-myths-in-the-ass-with-marni-freedman-and-tracy-j-jones/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221105T143000
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SUMMARY:November Meeting - Wisdom and the Writing Life
DESCRIPTION:Wisdom and the Writing Life (and Pie) \nPerseverance\, inspiration\, revising\, completion\, publishing! \nJoin novelist and memoirist extraordinaire Amy Wallen as she shares insights from her brand new\, delicious book\, “How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies.” \nNovember 5\, 2022 – 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm \nZoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/85745612250?pwd=d2RuSkMwclp6MkhFSGozOWxDYWo0dz09 \nMeeting ID: 857 4561 2250\nPasscode: 898919 \n  \nAmy Wallen\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Amy is the author of When We Were Ghouls\, A Memoir of Ghost Stories. Her essays have been published in The Gettysburg Review\, The Normal School\, Country Living\, and others. Her first novel MoonPies & Movie Stars\, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller.
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/november-meeting-wisdom-and-the-writing-life/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220903T143000
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SUMMARY:September Meeting — Editor’s Panel
DESCRIPTION:Ask an Editor!\nDo you know the difference between a copy editor and a content editor? Do you know what editor to use at the beginning\, middle\, and end of your writing journey? \nBring all your editing questions to the International Memoir Writers Association’s September meeting!Saturday\, September 3 at 2:30 p.m. on Zoom and Facebook LiveModerated by Tracy J. Jones and featuring editors Nadia Geagea Pupa\, Erin Willard\, and Chris Zook. \nZoom LinkTime: Sep 3\, 2022 02:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/88157033175?pwd=R0REczNJb1c5MXVIdmpNVHpwWGl5QT09 \nMeeting ID: 881 5703 3175Passcode: 908580 \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Tracy J. Jones is a professional content writer\, editor\, and writing coach. She’s co-runs the San Diego Memoir Showcase and co-edits the Showcase anthology\, Shaking the Tree: brazen. short. memoir. Tracy runs several read and critique groups\, teaches at San Diego Writers\, Ink\, Oasis San Diego\, and hosts the Warwick’s + San Diego Writers Festival Book Club. She’s a freelance editor for Acorn Publications. She can be reached at tjjones1@gmail.com. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Chris Zook brings more than 25 years of professional copywriting and editing experience to every project. He writes and edits online content\, blogs\, e-newsletters\, grants\, reports\, press releases\, and marketing materials for various nonprofits. He also edits full-length books for self-publishing authors\, yoga manuals\, as well as scholarly articles and dissertations for academics. \nHe holds a master’s degree in art history from the University of California Santa Barbara\, where he advanced to Ph.D. candidacy\, and holds a bachelor’s degree from Occidental College. He’s the former president of the San Diego Professional Editors Network (2015–2018) and a member of ACES: The Society for Editing. His business website is TheConsciousWriter.com. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Erin Willard is a copy editor whose past projects have included editing manuscripts of award-winning novels\, short stories\, and memoirs. Working with independent authors and small publishers is her specialty\, giving a light polish to the voices of new writers\, seasoned professionals\, and those in between. Erin received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from San Diego State University and her certificate in copyediting from UC San Diego Extended Studies. She is a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA); ACES\, the Society for Editing; the Association of Independent Publishing Professionals (AIPP); and the San Diego Professional Editors Network (SD/PEN)\, where she served as secretary in 2017 and 2018 and co-president in 2019 and 2020. More information about her business\, Erin Willard\, Copy Editor\, can be found on her website\, ErinCopyEditor.com. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Nadia Geagea Pupa\, president of the San Diego Professional Editors Network (SD/PEN)\, has worked as an editor and graphic designer for more than 15 years. She works with both corporate clients and self-published authors to assist in developing\, editing\, and designing content. Nadia provides in-depth book evaluations and cohjfgaching sessions to help writers create a solid framework for their books. She is passionate about helping authors stay true to their mission and to publish with personality. For more information about her company\, Pique Publishing\, visit piquepublishing.com. 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/september-meeting-editors-panel/
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SUMMARY:August Meeting- Local Author Spotlight
DESCRIPTION:Our August monthly meeting will be an in-person meeting at the Coronado Library Saturday\, August 6\, 2022\, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the Winn Room.  We would love to see you there! \nFeatured Authors\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Anastasia Zadeik is a writer\, editor\, and narrative nonfiction performer. She lives in San Diego\, CA\, where she serves as Director of Operations for the San Diego Writers Festival and as a mentor and board member for the literary nonprofit So Say We All. When she isn’t reading or writing\, you will find her hiking\, practicing yoga\, playing tennis\, swimming\, or hanging out with her husband and their empty-nest rescue dog\, Charlie. Blurred Fates is her first novel. Visit her website at www.anastasiazadeik.com \n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Janet Hafner born and bred in Queens\, New York\, married her high school sweetheart after graduating college in Maryland. As a military wife\, she was always on the move with her husband and their three sons. \nShe doesn’t have a long history of writing accomplishments. Her passion and strength have always been teaching. A thirty-year career teaching English and Spanish at Palomar College was followed by a second career as a communication/language trainer for international corporations. So . . . when did writing enter the picture? Late in life. A dream\, complete with plot\, characters\, setting and lots of conflict compelled her to write it down. That became her first middle grade novel\, Peter Poppin and the Lost Emerald. The decision to self-publish gave her an opportunity to learn more about writing and the art and science of putting a book together.   \nAs if by fate\, Janet met Marni Freedman whose infectious drive for engaging story telling stimulated her to write scenes from her life which she shares with other memoir writers in Marni’s memoir critique group. Her life episodes have been published in Shaking the Tree anthologies and have been selected twice as winners for the Memoir Showcase. A desire to learn more about writing led her to join the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild where she served on the Board of Directors for four years.  \nShe is now honored to be a member of the San Diego Memoir Writers Association board. She is currently working on her second middle grade novel about a dog named Tessa who loves being an author. Her website is www.jrhafner.com  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Laura L. Engel\, born and raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast transplanted to San Diego over 50 years ago. She is married to the love of her life\, Gene\, and the mother of five beloved grown children and an adored golden retriever\, Layla Louise. Laura is the proud Grammy of 10 cherished grandchildren. In 2016 Laura retired from a 35-year career in the corporate world with plans to quietly catch up on hobbies and travels with her husband Gene. In October of that year her plans changed when a miracle happened in her life. She soon found herself busier than ever taking writing classes and writing up a storm about a secret she thought she would take to her grave.  \nAlong with writing her memoir\, Laura holds the office of President of San Diego Memoir Writers Association and is an active member of the International Women Writers Guild. She is also a member of San Diego Writers Ink and San Diego Writers and Editors Guild.  \nToday finds Laura fulfilling her life-long dream having written her first book\, a memoir she never dreamed she would write\, You’ll Forget This Ever Happened -Secrets\, Shame\, and Adoption in the 1960s published by She Writes Press in may May 2022 and is now available wherever books are sold. Visit Laura’s website at www.lauralengel.com \n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Lindsey Salatka is an author\, ghost-writer\, and editor. She is best known for her debut novel\, Fish Heads and Duck Skins. Her writing has been featured at Blog Her and in Shanghai Family Magazine\, Urbanatomy: Shanghai\, and Volumes 3 and 4 of Shaking the Tree: Brazen. Short. Memoir. She is on the advisory board of the San Diego Writers Festival and serves as Director of the KidsWrite! Children’s Writing Contest. You can find Lindsey at www.lindseysalatka.com\, on Instagram @mywhatlovelygillsyouhave\, on Facebook @fishheadsandduckskin\, or on Twitter @lindseysalatka. \n  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Madonna Treadway is an award-winning author. She is also a mentor and speaker passionate about helping others learn to move beyond grief after losing a loved one. Her first book\, Six Healing Questions: A Gentle Path to Healing Childhood Loss of a Parent\, walks readers through gentle healing steps\, current research\, and her own powerful story.The loss of her parents at age eight inspired a life-long quest investigating the meaning of grief and loss in her life and the lives of others.  \nHer new book\, due out in late 2022\, Grief Hack\, A Creative Process for Coping with Everyday Loss\, is a short\, inspirational guide that walks readers through a creative process that can transform the pain of grief and loss into profound\, life-altering realizations. Dedicated to ongoing research and creative discovery\, Madonna wants to change the narrative around grief and loss from one of avoidance to sharing\, embracing\, and\, ultimately\, transformation. Visit her website www.madonnatreadway.com \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Nancy Johnson is a retired high school English teacher\, writer\, wife\, mother\, and grandmother. She published articles in La Mesa Courier Newspaper\, Discovering My City La Mesa Magazine\, and English Literature Journal. Her short stories appear in Sunshine Noir II (Working and Walking the Boulevard)\, Shaking the Tree II (Glass Shards)\, and Shaking the Tree III (The Sky is Falling). Her blog is Slightly Squinting. She had a blast writing and performing “The Armpit Years” for So Say We All. She volunteers for San Diego Writers Festival and San Diego Writer’s Ink. Her book\, Things My Mama Never Told Me\, will be launched in 2020. She is a student of Marni Freedman\, V.A.M.P.\, Writer’s Elements\, all the writers who have gone before her\, and the amazing teenagers who have shared their lives with her and who will remain part of her forever. Visit her website at www.nancypantsjohnson.com \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Who am I? Suzanne Spector asked herself as she stripped off the bonds of marriage and conventional suburban life. Her adventurous journey of discovery led her from a nude beach on Ibiza at 41\, to a banya in Siberia at 55\, and into a hot love affair at 80. \nThese probably would not be the tales your mother or grandmother would tell about her life\, but this 85 year old’s ebullient memoir of the second half of her life will move you to weave some rich new yarns into the tapestry of your own story. Her message: It’s never too late. Visit her website at www.suzannespector.com \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Leslie Ferguson is an accomplished educator\, editor\, and writing coach. As a youth in foster care\, she dreamed about becoming a teacher. After earning her teaching credential from the University of Redlands\, she taught high school English at her alma mater for nearly two decades. During that time\, she obtained a master’s degree in English literature and an MFA in creative writing from Chapman University. She lives with one husband and two cats in the greater San Diego area\, where she binge-watches dark character dramas and reminisces about her glory days as an All-American basketball player and collegiate Hall-of-Fame athlete. When I Was Her Daughter is her first book.Visit the author at LeslieFergusonAuthor.com
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/august-meeting-local-author-spotlight/
LOCATION:Coronado Public Library\, 640 Orange Ave\, Coronado\, CA\, 92118
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SUMMARY:Vulnerable and Brave with Dr. Michelle Zive
DESCRIPTION:Are you ready for an interactive writing workshop that will help you to disrupt the stories you’ve been told and get empowered to express long buried parts of your authentic self? \nHow to participate?\nBring a photo – or an image from the internet to the session that says something about your vulnerability or bravery. \nTHERE IS NO WAY TO DO THIS WRONG. ANY PICTURE WORKS (we will also have some images to choose from on the day of the workshop). Zoom link will be emailed prior to the event. \n Register Here \nHere is your Zoom invite for SDMWA July 2022 meeting:\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/83851830772?pwd=R0lIamZEcW5mdGZCdHFxT05XUmpiZz09 \nMeeting ID: 838 5183 0772\nPasscode: 632035 \nMichelle Zive\, PhD\nMichelle Zive has a PhD in leadership from the University of San Diego.  She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in nutritional sciences and is a registered dietitian. For over 30 years\, she’s worked at UC San Diego as a Principal Investigator on large-scale community health projects focusing on access to healthy foods\, physical activity\, and food security.  Based on her excellency for writing grants and telling the story\, she’s brought in over $20 million dollars into UCSD.  Zive has authored or co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles.  She was the recipient of the SD Book Award for best unpublished memoir in 2009.  Her focuses are on middle-aged women\, feminism\, equity\, and social justice. \nHere’s the vulnerable and brave bio: \nMichelle Murphy Zive considers herself a suburban hippie.  She grew up half of her formative years in Pacific Beach (a party and “progressive” town) and the other half in Alpine (a bedroom community with 3\,000 people) which is 29 minutes from downtown San Diego. She created two kickass and vulnerable daughters from her first husband.  She is a divorcee (such an antiquated word) and remarried to a man who sees her. Together they have a son. The mere fact that she married a wonderful man and had a son means she cannot hate 49% of the population.  Instead\, she is finding ways to create a world where women have a voice.  She is the founder and disruptor of Representation Rebellion (RR).  The mission of RR is to disrupt the stories they sell and tell about us by telling our own. \nHere is the RR About page https://www.representationrebellion.com/our-rebellious-team/ \n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/vulnerable-and-brave-with-dr-michelle-zive/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:How to Write a Winning Memoir Showcase Piece
DESCRIPTION:Free online workshop on zoom. Register Here \nHere is the zoom Info: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/88397281090?pwd=NWs0V1RITURZS1A0ZTdTNzRoQ21Bdz09 \nMeeting ID: 883 9728 1090\nPasscode: 655040
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/how-to-write-a-winning-memoir-showcase-piece/
LOCATION:CA
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220612T130000
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SUMMARY:Memoir\, Mentors\, and Mimosas Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:Join us June 12th at San Diego Writers\, Ink for an in-person fundraiser event. Bring your questions! \nCost: $75- General Admission\n$100- Right to sell books at the event\nTickets are tax-deductible\nPurchase your Tickets Today:\n\n \n\n\n\nAdmission Levels\n\n\nGeneral Admission $75.00 USDOption to sell books $100.00 USDStar Donor $500.00 USDAngel Donor $1\,000.00 USD\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nJust a sample of the topics you can ask about:\n\nWhat are some trauma-reducing tools for memoir writing?\nWhere should I start my memoir?\nDo I need an author video?\nHow should I publish?\nHow can I tackle procrastination?\nHow should I approach publicity?\nHow should I handle social media?\nWhat’s the difference between marketing and publicity?\nCan I make a documentary about my life?\nCan breathing and centering improve my writing?\nHow should I end my memoir?\nHow do I find an agent?\nHow do I publish a memoir writing about people who are still alive?\nHow do I overcome self-doubt?\nHow can I make my first five pages the best they can be?\nShould I use flashbacks?\nHow can I turn my memoir into a movie?\nDo I need an author website?\nDo I need an editor?\nHow do I write about family?\n\nMentors: \nAmy Wallen: Author\, Teacher\, Pie Maker\nTracy J. Jones – Editor\, Writing Teacher Writing Coach\nJennifer Coburn: Author\, PR Specialist for Authors\nJeniffer Thompson: Author Branding Expert\nVin Schroeter PhD: Bioenergetic Therapist\nCarlos de los Rios – Filmmaker\, Author Video Specialist\, Documentarian\nMarni Freedman: Author\, Editor\, Writing Teacher\, Writing Coach\nMadhushree Ghosh: Author\, Memoirist\, Social Justice Advocate
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/memoir-mentors-and-mimosas-fundraiser/
LOCATION:San Diego Writers\, Ink\, 2730 Historic Decatur Rd. #202-204\, San Diego\, CA\, 92106\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220604T163000
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SUMMARY:Laura Engel Talks About Her Debut Memoir\, You'll Forget This Ever Happened
DESCRIPTION:Join us June 4th when guest speaker Laura Engel talks about her debut memoir\, You’ll Forget This Ever Happened – Secrets\, Shame\, and Adoption in the 1960s \nYou Got This!  \nLaura walks us through the ups and downs of writing her book about secrets\, trauma\, and incredible joy.  As she takes us along on her writing\, editing\, and publishing journey we will learn how writing her memoir healed her in ways she never dreamed. Laura will read passages from her book and answer your questions and she promises that you too have a book inside of you. \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/86079642954?pwd=c1hhZ095UGQzek1tSy9uYWNTNndmZz09 \nMeeting ID: 860 7964 2954\nPasscode: 158468 \nAbout Laura: \nMany of you know Laura as President of the San Diego Memoir Writers\, a fellow writer and friend. What you may not know is that five years ago she never dreamed she would write and publish a memoir about the darkest secret in her life. Writing her book started by accident in a Writers Ink\, Artist’s Way class that segued into walking into her first Memoir 101 classwith Marni Freedman and Tracy Jones in January 2017.  \nCheck out Laura’s website for more information: https://www.lauralengel.com
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/laura-engel-talks-about-her-debut-memoir-youll-forget-this-ever-happened/
LOCATION:CA
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T233159Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Hybrid Publishing – Get Your Story Out! with Holly Kammier
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nIntroduction to Hybrid Publishing – Get Your Story Out!  \nHolly Kammier\, Co-Founder of Acorn Publishing\, will discuss the pros and cons of your 5 main publishing options today:  \n\nTraditional Publishing \nSmall Publishers\nSelf-Publishing \nVanity Press \nHybrid Publishing\n\nAbout the Author\nHolly Kammier is co-founder of Acorn Publishing\, a highly selective hybrid publishing imprint to a large collective of best-selling\, award winning authors. Holly\, the international\, best-selling author of Kingston Court\, Choosing Hope\, and Lost Girl\, is also an accomplished writing coach and a former journalist who has worked everywhere from CNN in Washington\, D.C. and KCOP-TV in Los Angeles\, to the NBC affiliate in small-town Medford\, Oregon. Holly teaches at several writers conferences across Southern California. The UCLA honor grad and mother to teenage boys lives in her hometown of San Diego\, close to family and friends.    \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/85459178203?pwd=a1kzTzFNRFFBZ3JmcEVrVlVSa3plQT09 \nMeeting ID: 854 5917 8203\nPasscode: 411466
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/introduction-to-hybrid-publishing-get-your-story-out-with-holly-kammier/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Food Writing in Memoir and Social Justice with Madhushree Ghosh
DESCRIPTION:Food Writing in Memoir and Social Justice \nKhabaar is a food memoir and personal narrative that braids the global journeys of South Asian food through immigration\, migration\, and indenture. Focusing on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, the book questions what it means to belong and what does belonging in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country? These questions are integral to the author’s own immigrant journey to America as a daughter of Indian refugees (from what’s now Bangladesh to India during the 1947 Partition of India); as a woman of color in science; as a woman who left an abusive marriage; and as a woman who keeps her parents’ memory alive through her Bengali food.  \nThe talk will focus on what food means in memoir writing\, how can we use it to talk about our own experiences\, and also about social justice issues.  \n  \n  \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/86131957629?pwd=ZkdURjBrMkM3MVBubk9yckRnWTBMQT09  \nMeeting ID: 861 3195 7629\nPasscode: 956012  \n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/food-writing-in-memoir-and-social-justice-with-madhushree-ghosh/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Social Media for Writers
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our March 5th meeting for a presentation on Social Media for Writers with Caroline Gilman.  Everything writers need to know about Facebook\, Instagram\, and Twitter.  Tips galore for networking with fellow writers and how to promote your own work on your social channels! \nZoom invite: \nTopic: SDMWA March Meeting for Members\nTime: Mar 5\, 2022 02:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/85022797292?pwd=SFBSMVNjcStzQzNtRDJjbXY1M1BZQT09 \nMeeting ID: 850 2279 7292\nPasscode: 609189
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/social-media-for-writers/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Warwick’s + SDWF Book Club & SDMWA Meeting - House of Sticks: A Memoir with Author Ly Tran
DESCRIPTION:February Book Club Pick: House of Sticks\n\nThis beautifully written “masterclass in memoir” (Elle) recounts a young girl’s journey from war-torn Vietnam to Queens\, New York\, “showcas[ing] the tremendous power we have to alter the fates of others\, step into their lives and shift the odds in favor of greater opportunity” (Star Tribune\, Minneapolis). Ly Tran is just a toddler in 1993 when she and her family immigrate from a small town along the Mekong river in Vietnam to a two-bedroom railroad apartment in Queens. Ly’s father\, a former lieutenant in the South Vietnamese army\, spent nearly a decade as a POW\, and their resettlement is made possible through a humanitarian program run by the US government. Soon after they arrive\, Ly joins her parents and three older brothers sewing ties and cummerbunds piece-meal on their living room floor to make ends meet. As they navigate this new landscape\, Ly finds herself torn between two worlds. She knows she must honor her parents’ Buddhist faith and contribute to the family livelihood\, working long hours at home and eventually as a manicurist alongside her mother at a nail salon in Brooklyn that her parents take over. But at school\, Ly feels the mounting pressure to blend in. A growing inability to see the blackboard presents new challenges\, especially when her father forbids her from getting glasses\, calling her diagnosis of poor vision a government conspiracy. His frightening temper and paranoia leave a mark on Ly’s sense of self. Who is she outside of everything her family expects of her? An “unsentimental yet deeply moving examination of filial bond\, displacement\, war trauma\, and poverty” (NPR)\, House of Sticks is a timely and powerful portrait of one girl’s coming-of-age and struggle to find her voice amid clashing cultural expectations. \n\nOne of Vogue and NPR’s Best Books of the Year.\nThe Details:\nBuy the Book: Click here to buy from Warwick’s\nWhen: Feb 5\, 2022\, 02:30 PM Pacific Time (U.S. and Canada) \nWhere: A Facebook Live Event. Click here to Watch\nJoin Us: Click here to join us on Zoom.\nMeeting ID: 883 6389 6322\nPasscode: 144210\n\nMeet The Author\n\nLY TRAN graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Creative Writing and Linguistics in 2014. She has received fellowships from MacDowell\, Art Omi\, and Yaddo. House of Sticks is her first book.\n\nCheck out this video of Ly talking about her book from her publisher’s site.\n\nSocial Media/Website:\n\n@LyTranWrites (Twitter)\nVisit Ly Tran on her website \n\n\n\n\nReviews:\n“Tran fluctuates between tenderness and quiet rage … [Tran] honor[s] these complexities\, tell[s] us we were not meant to swallow our pain and survive in this world without support systems.” —New York Times Book Review\n\n“[An] unsentimental yet deeply moving examination of filial bond\, displacement\, war trauma\, and poverty. Ostensibly an immigrant success story\, Tran’s narrative power lies in its nuanced celebration of filial devotion that withstands the enormous cost of the American dream … The dilapidated nail salon in a racially volatile Brooklyn neighborhood that Tran’s parents came to own after the end of their sweatshop era — with its filing sticks as tools of the trade — witnessed their stark tribulations as well as the wondrous resilience of their immigrant selves. In the end\, Tran’s empathy and her parents’ appreciation of her filial love cemented the emotional bricks that steady their seemingly tenuous hold on this unaccustomed earth.” —NPR\n\n“Powerful … showcases the tremendous power we have to alter the fates of others\, step into their lives and shift the odds in favor of greater opportunity” —Minneapolis Star Tribune\n\n“House of Sticks is a book that will assault and warm your heart at the same time—a classic immigrant tale\, told from the perspective of a Vietnamese child who settled with her family in New York City in the early ’90s with little to no knowledge about life in America… But it is also much more: a coming of age story\, A New York hustle\, a battle with a father who not only maintains an ironclad sense of filial duty\, but also\, fueled by his paranoia\, exercises irrational control over things like vision correction. (In another elegant examination of absence\, the book recounts what a fundamental challenge it is to move through the world without basic ability to see.)” —Vogue\, Best Books to Read 2021\n\n“Graceful but unflinching\, Ly Tran’s House of Sticks follows the author’s immigration from Vietnam to New York as a toddler\, and the subsequent identity shaping and re-shaping she undergoes throughout her youth and early adult years. Resettled in Queens through a humanitarian program—her father is a former POW—Tran attempts to honor her family through faith and labor\, only to find herself yearning for something that exists outside of their home. Intimate yet universal\, this is a masterclass in memoir.” —Elle\, Best Books of Summer 2021\n“A moving recount of how Tran and her family immigrated from a small town in Vietnam to a two-bedroom railroad apartment in Queens\, and how she forged her path in a new culture.” —Marie Claire\, 20 New Books by Asian Authors to Get Excited About
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/warwicks-sdwf-book-club-sdmwa-meeting-house-of-sticks-a-memoir-with-author-ly-tran/
LOCATION:Facebook Live
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SUMMARY:Manifest Your Writing Dreams with Marni Freedman (Online Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:ZOOM Link: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/96745452627?pwd=VURKUURUT05MSW9LQjNZOEtqQW8rUT09 \nMeeting ID: 967 4545 2627\nPasscode: 068262
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/manifest-your-writing-dreams-with-marni-freedman-online-workshop/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Shaking the Tree Volume 3 Book Signing (Diesel\, A Bookstore )
DESCRIPTION:Shaking the Tree Volume 3 Book Signing  \n\n\nDiesel\, A Bookstore\n\nSunday\, November 7\, 2:00PM – 3:30PM\n\nDiesel\, A Bookstore\n12843 El Camino Real Suite 104\nSan Diego\, CA 92130
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/shaking-the-tree-volume-3-book-signing-diesel-a-bookstore/
LOCATION:Diesel Bookstore\, 12843 El Camino Real Suite 104\, San Diego\, 92130\, United States
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SUMMARY:Learn from Local Authors - Memoir Panel
DESCRIPTION:Learn from Local Authors – Memoir Panel on November 6 \nJoin us for a dynamic panel of local authors who will discuss their process – from writing to revising to publishing and marketing. Bring your questions!\nJoin Zoom Meeting:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/96745452627?pwd=VURKUURUT05MSW9LQjNZOEtqQW8rUT09\nMeeting ID: 967 4545 2627\nPasscode: 068262
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/learn-from-local-authors-memoir-panel/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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UID:1519-1634997600-1635003000@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Shaking the Tree Volume 3 Book Signing (Downtown Library)
DESCRIPTION:Shaking the Tree Volume 3 Book Signing \n\n\nLibrary Shop at the Downtown Library\n330 Park Blvd\, San Diego\, CA 92101\nSaturday\, October 23\, 2:00PM – 3:30PM\nOutdoor courtyard\, next to the Library Shop\, Downtown library\n\nRegistration required as this event is limited to 100 attendees:\nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/shaking-the-tree-volume-3-book-signing-downtown-library/
LOCATION:San Diego Public Library\, 330 Park Blvd\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211002T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211002T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T234202
CREATED:20210928T173834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T200906Z
UID:1492-1633185000-1633192200@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Savory Senses: From Detail to Metaphor to Art with Sue William Silverman (Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:**Facebook Live** \nJoin us for a SDMWA Workshop: Savory Senses: From Detail to Metaphor to Art with Sue William Silverman \nPlease RSVP here.\nLink to join workshop (click here) \n\nAristotle writes\, “Place is a vessel that holds us.” And\, indeed\, it is. As writers\, we need to draw upon our physical surroundings for sensory images and details to embody our complicated and compelling interior lives. By doing so\, we also discover the metaphors of our narratives\, thus turning experience into art. We will explore how these essential aspects of craft can help transform our personal stories and open them up to a universal audience. During this presentation\, there will be time for Q&A and a generative exercise \n\n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/savory-senses-from-detail-to-metaphor-to-art-with-sue-william-silverman-workshop/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210911T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210911T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T234202
CREATED:20210903T192238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210903T194310Z
UID:1455-1631370600-1631377800@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Shaking The Tree 3 Book Launch and Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The September SDMWA meeting and Shaking The Tree 3 Book Launch is Sept 11\, at 2:30-4:30 PM\nJoin us for our monthly meeting and for fun\, readings\, book giveaways and swag! \n\nJoin Zoom Meeting:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/83187571821?pwd=T29PN21QU29QNmNySG1RcllUYzZNdz09\nMeeting ID: 831 8757 1821\nPasscode: 533593 \nDon’t forget to save the date AND RSVP HERE: Ask friends and family to RSVP at the Eventbrite link above so they can join us too. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/shaking-the-tree-3-book-launch/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210807T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210807T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T234202
CREATED:20210719T194228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210719T194330Z
UID:1432-1628346600-1628353800@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:The Joys and Perils of Writing Anonymously (Plus 7 Practical Tips if You Do) with Marijke McCandless
DESCRIPTION:About Marijke: \nMarijke McCandless is an award-winning author and long-time awareness practitioner. Her memoir\, More…Journey to mystical union through the sacred and the profane (written under a pen name) has won awards every year since it was published in 2016. She leads a popular online writing practice called Write Now Mind and awareness practice sessions called Juicy Practices for Getting Present plus other immersion workshops. Her recipe for enlivenment? Listen. Play. Write. https://marijkemccandless.com \nJoin Zoom Meeting (FREE)\nhttps://zoom.us/j/99586470334?pwd=NEgwUzdOTDRSQWVCUTQ1UWdmdW1odz09 \nMeeting ID: 995 8647 0334 \nPasscode: 046046
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/the-joys-and-perils-of-writing-anonymously-plus-7-practical-tips-if-you-do-with-marijke-mccandless/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210619T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210619T130000
DTSTAMP:20260606T234202
CREATED:20210603T233850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T233920Z
UID:1370-1624100400-1624107600@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:How to Write a Winning Memoir Showcase Piece (Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:Join SDMWA for a How to Write a Winning Memoir Showcase Piece (Workshop)\n\nJune 19\, 2021 11:00 AM PST\nZOOM (Free) \n  \n \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89491407470\nMeeting ID: 894 9140 7470
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/how-to-write-a-winning-memoir-showcase-piece-workshop/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210605T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210605T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T234202
CREATED:20210518T200442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T234151Z
UID:1361-1622903400-1622910600@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:How Travel Writing Created the First Memoir with Lenore Greiner
DESCRIPTION:****FREE — ZOOM **** \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/96745452627?pwd=VURKUURUT05MSW9LQjNZOEtqQW8rUT09 \nMeeting ID: 967 4545 2627\nPasscode: 068262 \n \nHow Travel Writing Created the First Memoir \nDid you know that travel writing created the first memoir? \nThis ancient relationship began in 400 BC when a Greek named Herodotus began traveling and writing letters home\, forever conjoining the arts of travel writing and memoir. \nAward-winning travel writer and memoirist\, Lenore Greiner\, will show you how to enrich your writing with travel writing as a powerful prism through which to view the self. \nThe craft of travel writing allows a writer explore the world outside and the world inside herself. Learn how travel writing will help you: \nCapture a place as a character as in Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast\nShare a healing journey as in Eat\, Pray\, Love\nMake your reader laugh out loud as in Incontinent on the Continent: My Mother\, Her Walker and Our Grand Tour of Italy \nLearn a basic overview of travel writing within the craft of memoir: \nThe definition of travel memoir\nTravel memoirs throughout history\nTypes of travel memoirs\nTips on incorporating travel writing into your own memoir \nA passionate travel storyteller\, Lenore Greiner won a 2021 Gold Solas Travel Writing award for her travel narrative\, “From Mill Valley\, With Love.” She was honored in Best American Travel Writing 2013\, edited by Elizabeth Gilbert. Her piece “Translating Respect” appeared in the Shaking the Tree memoir anthology after earning her Memoir Writing Certificate at San Diego Writers Ink. Her travel writing has appeared in print and online; she’s authored a Las Vegas guidebook and has contributed to 17 guidebooks for Fodor’s Travel Publications. To learn more\, visit www.LenoreGreiner.com.
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/how-travel-writing-created-the-first-memoir-with-lenore-greiner/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210501T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210501T160000
DTSTAMP:20260606T234202
CREATED:20210427T003335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210427T005341Z
UID:1346-1619879400-1619884800@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Editor's Panel - SDMWA May Presentation (Panel)
DESCRIPTION:Editor’s Panel – SDMWA May Presentation – May 1st – ZOOM \nEver wonder how and why you should hire an editor? Wondering what the difference is between a developmental editor\, a copy editor\, and a proofer?\nCurious how to decide who to hire or how long the editing process takes?\nBring every question you have to this highly interactive editor’s panel hosted by editor and SDMWA board member\, Tracy J. Jones with editors Chris Zook\, Erin Willard and Nadia Geagea Pupa. \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://zoom.us/j/92082722498?pwd=cjYzR3FvSlJwOEhJdjUyTlU2dnVDZz09\nMeeting ID: 920 8272 2498\nPasscode: 198014 \n\nModerator and Panel:  \nModerator:\n\nTracy Jones is a professional content writer and editor\, ghostwriter\, and copy editor with more than 25-years experience writing and editing for private clients\, non-profits\, and corporations. She’s a producer\, head judge\, writing coach\, and co-director of the San Diego Annual Memoir Showcase. She’s the co-editor for Volume One\, Two and Three of Shaking the Tree: brazen. short. memoir. She’s also a writing coach for SDWI’s Certificate in Memoir Writing\, a board member of the San Diego Memoir Writers Association\, volunteer director for the San Diego Writer’s Festival\, and has been a featured writer/performer in So Say We All’s V.A.M.P. showcase. She also runs two successful read and critique groups; one that meets at San Diego Writers\, Ink on Saturdays and another on Tuesday nights in La Jolla. For more information\, email Tracy at tjjones1@gmail.com. \n\n  \nPanel: \nChris Zook has worked as a freelance copyeditor and copywriter for nearly 15 years. He edits books and articles in a variety of fields\, including history\, philosophy\, social welfare\, yoga\, natural health\, and relationships. He currently writes and edits online content\, e-newsletters\, grant narratives\, and marketing materials for various nonprofits. He is the former president of the San Diego Professional Editors Network and a member of ACES: The Society for Editing. For more information\, visit Chris’s website TheConsciousWriter.com \n  \nErin Willard is a professional copy editor whose past projects have included manuscripts of award-winning novels and nonfiction and creative nonfiction books. Working with independent authors and small publishers is her specialty. Her professional memberships include the Editorial Freelancers Association; ACES\, the Society for Editing; and the Association of Independent Publishing Professionals; and she is past co-president of the San Diego Professional Editors Network (SD/PEN). More information about her business\, Erin Willard\, Copy Editor\, can be found on her website\, ErinCopyEditor.com. \n  \nNadia Geagea Pupa has worked as an editor and graphic designer for more than 15 years. She got her start as the editor in chief of her college student newspaper\, while pursuing her journalism degree. Overtime\, she discovered her passion for editing and designing books\, journals\, magazines\, and a variety of publications. She is the current president of the San Diego Professional Editors Network. For more information about her company\, Pique Publishing\, Inc.\, visit piquepublishing.com.\nAlso\, my middle name (maiden name) is pronounced “Jah-Jah” and my last name “Pew-Pah.”
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/editors-panel-sdmwa-may-presentation-panel/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
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