Are you ready to get serious about your writing career? Whether it’s your first book or your fiftieth, whether you write poems or parables, penny dreadfuls or pensive memoirs, every kind of writer is welcome at the oldest organization for writers west of the Mississippi.
This month in addition to our regular marketing and craft groups, we welcome Constance Hale.
Through remarks that are frank, sometimes funny, and often inspiring, Constance Hale reveals some of the ups and downs of her 30-year career as a writer. She’ll tell you the surprising story of her first piece in print, how she later became an “accidental grammarian,” and how she recently resolved to break out of the pigeon hole she found herself in and write from her deepest passions—the market be damned. Along the way she’ll share some tips on how to make sentences sing and how to make it as a freelance writer.

About Constance Hale

Constance Hale is a San Francisco–based journalist and the author of three books on language and literary style, including Sin and Syntax. She has been called “Marion the Librarian on a Harley, or E. B. White on acid.” Her profiles, essays, and articles have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Afar, and Honolulu. In 2016, she published a book on the evolution of hula, The Natives Are Restless, and a children’s book, ‘Iwalani‘s Tree. She covers the writing life at SinAndSyntax.com.

But Wait, There’s More

As always we offer two interactive groups to boost your writing career. In our craft group, we discuss how to tackle challenges in our writing. In the marketing group we help you spread the word about your books and build your platform. We also provide tasty snacks and plenty of opportunities to network with other writers.

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 Karma Bennett reads
3:15–4:30 – Keynote Speaker Constance Hale
Meetings are $5 for members, $10 for non-members.