Are you confused by all the talk about “building your platform,” about “author branding,” or how authors today make money from their work? At our November meeting, Joel Friedlander will walk us through how to establish a following and build a career for your work. You’ll learn how to:

• use your expertise to build a valuable online asset,
• turn your content into an amazing variety of multimedia products using the latest technology, and
• reach the readers just waiting to hear your message.

About Our Featured Speaker, Joel Friedlander

Joel Friedlander is an award-winning book designer, blogger, and writer. He speaks regularly at industry events and is the author of A Self-Publisher’s Companion and coauthor of The Self-Publisher’s Ultimate Resource Guide. The blogger behind TheBookDesigner.com, Joel is a columnist for Publishers Weekly, and was named by Writer’s Digest as one of the 10 people to follow in book publishing. Joel also operates BookDesignTemplates.com, where he provides predesigned interior book templates for Word and InDesign; AuthorToolkits.com, where authors find digital products to help in their marketing and business activities; BookPlanner.com, the only project planning tool specifically designed for indie authors; and TheBookMakers.com, offering full service book production for authors and publishers.

But That’s Not All!

Get Marketing Support, Get Your Craft Questions Answered, and Network with Other Writers…and Check Out Our New Location in the Heart of Oakland

Our featured member this month is Henry Hitz. His latest book combines politics, racial justice and S&M. Rawr! I can’t wait to hear an excerpt. Be sure to arrive early to participate in the Craft and Marketing groups. These are interactive conversations where you can talk to other writers to resolve the issues in your writing and your writers career. Make the commitment to be join us every third Sunday; your writing career is important and you deserve this.

MEETING SCHEDULE

12:00–1:00 – Craft Support Group
1:00–2:00 – Marketing Group

Simultaneously

12:30–2:00 – Social Hour
2:00–2:30 – Break, Book Sale
2:30–3:00 – Announcements

Featured Speakers

3:00–3:15 – CWC Featured member Henry Hitz gives a short reading
3:15–4:30 – Featured Speaker Joel Friedlander
Meetings are $5 for members, $10 for non-members.

We are meeting at Preservation Park

1204 Preservation Park Way, Oakland, CA 94612

Our next meeting will be right off 980 in downtown Oakland, at beautiful Preservation Park. Just off 12th Street, naturally you can get there from the 12th St. BART station. Those with limited ability can use the parking lot off of MLK Way; otherwise there should be plenty of FREE parking within the park and on surrounding streets.

• Preservation_Park_Map (good for printing)
• This map has an arrow to our building
• Here’s another cute map
• Google Map