Click here to make a donation. Amy Wallen is the author of bestselling novel MoonPies & Moviestars and the memoir When We Were Ghouls: A Memoir of Ghost Stories. She is currently working with editors in New York on a book proposal titled How to Write a Novel in Twenty Pies: Sweet & Savory Secrets […]

Event: FREE SDMWA Lunch & Learn with Editor Tracy Jones Topic: Tips and Techniques When Editing Your Own Writing Time: May 20, 2020, 12:00 PM to 1 PM PST Link to Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7326499549 To call in: (669) 900 6833 Meeting ID: 732 649 9549

Please join us for SDMWA business, fun (another raffle), and an educational and important presentation. This meeting is Free. There will not be a regular $5 charge for the meeting, but your community of SDMWA will benefit from any donation you would like to give. ZOOM Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7326499549 Tracy Jones will be moderating an Editors Panel.  Learn why […]

“What’s your book about?” We get asked that question all the time, but most of us spend very little time figuring out how to effectively answer it. Pitching your book idea is key to selling it—whether you are pitching to agents or publishers. Once you know how to summarize your story in a quick “elevator […]

Online — ZOOM, Saturday, September 12th at 2:30 pm PST. https://zoom.us/j/98287493413?pwd=VkVrSjdsWVlJQmRaUDdzakVYUmJndz09 Meeting ID: 982 8749 3413 Passcode: 735483 FREE!! Donations accepted. Click here to donate.   Lucy Rose tells how and why she decided to "ghost write" her brother's memoir: The Journalist: Life and Loss in America's Secret War by Jerry A. Rose and Lucy Rose Fischer (Spark […]

Join attorney Amy Cook on [October 3 at 2:30)  for a discussion on the legal issues for memoir writers. Make sure you're on legally-solid ground as you write about real-life situations. We'll cover defamation, invasion of privacy, rights of publicity, use of trademarks, releases, nondisclosure agreements and more. Amy Cook - Publishing Attorney A joint […]

As writers, we work to establish a practice of engaging deeply with our inner and outer lives in the service of writing compelling work. Ideally, we put ourselves in front of the blank page on a regular basis and this practice means we live in an ongoing conversation with our muse and our projects. While […]