“Top 10 Tips for Grant, Fellowship, & Residency Applications” with Lyzette Wanzer—November 17th, 2024
Lyzette is the recipient of 10 artist residencies and 11 grants and fellowships. In this session, Lyzette shares the top tips you need to know to position yourself as a competitive applicant for literary grants, fellowships, and artist residencies. Being a good grant writer is not enough. Did you know that these opportunities do not always go to the most talented writers or the most compell...
“Building Your Author Platform” with Jay Hartlove on May 21st, 2023
You’ve written and published your book. Congratulations! What tools should you use to not only reach your audience, but build a loyal fan base that can translate your efforts into SALES? Come discuss the important business practices of advertising, web sites, email newsletters, social media, and making appearances with genre writer Jay Hartlove.
About Jay Hartlove
Jay Hartlove is the ...
Local Author Showcase at our Annual New Book Celebration on June 18, 2022
On Saturday, June 18th, the Berkeley Branch of the California Writers Club will honor its members who have published a new title in the past year. This is a proud moment for this century-old writing club, highlighting the diverse literary accomplishments and talents of this notable group. A wide range of literary genres will be featured, including historical fiction, mystery, fantasy, non-fict...
Taking Your Book from Unknown Entity to Bestseller – A conversation on May 15, 2022
On May 15th, our annual book marketing panel will feature Quinn Ward (Six-Figure-Selling Author), Keri-Rae Barnum (Director of New Shelves Books), and Jane Ubell-Meyer (BedsideReading.com). The conversation will be moderated by Karma Bennett, Berkeley Branch president. Feel free to join for a chance to meet our panelists.
Board Election this Sunday
Members take note that this Sunday we ...
Learn WordPress: a Workshop with Karma Bennett
At last month's meeting we gave you tips on improving your website, now we'll teach the skills to do it, in a hands-on workshop on WordPress. The workshop will be held over Zoom, so you can beautify your website from the comfort of your own computer.
What Is WordPress?
What is WordPress?
WordPress is a way for you to run a website without having to know a single line of code. Just ...
See You Tomorrow! Start the Year Right with a Marketing Plan.
Is your writing poised for flight this year? There are still a few spots left in tomorrow's Marketing Calendar workshop with Karma Bennett!
Hello Writers,
We're gearing up to start a year of great support for writers! Don't miss tomorrow's planning workshop!
A Workshop for Writers: Create a Marketing Plan with Karma Bennett
A few last minute details:
1) TIME CHANGE - the ...
Interview with Joel Friedlander on Indie Publishing
Berkeley CWC volunteer Cristina Deptula caught up with the speaker of this Sunday's meeting for some questions about independent publishing. If you don't know Joel, he 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. Joel is a columnist ...
Nov 19th: Author Platform, Branding, and Monetization with Joel Friedlander
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 ...
Sept 17th: How to Craft a Book that Sells, with Nina Amir
ATTENTION: NEW VENUE!
****We've moved! See below for our new location!****
The average book today sells only about 250 copies per year and 3,000 in its lifetime. Improve your odds of becoming a successful author by producing a business plan for your book before you write a word. As you do, you develop an Author Attitude, craft a marketable book idea, and evaluate your idea and yourself ...
JUNE 18: How to Turn Your Book into an Audiobook with Howard Van Es
Our June meeting will feature Howard Van Es, president of Let's Write Books, Inc. He's going to talk to us about audiobooks.
The market for audiobooks is exploding due to the growing number of computers, smartphones, and tablets, which make it easy for the consumer to purchase and instantly listen to their favorite books. Interestingly, Amazon has seen this trend and purchased Audible a few years ago. They also own ACX, which is the major distributor of audiobooks to Amazon, Audible, and iTunes, the three big platforms for audiobook sales.
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