ASJA PANEL: BOOK EDITOR INSIGHTS: PROPOSE, PUBLISH, PUBLICIZE:
HOW TO MAKE YOUR BOOK SUCCEED
NOV. 2 Â 7PMÂ Â MECHANICS INSTITUTEÂ Â SAN FRANCISCO
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Pitching book ideas to publishers is easier now than it ever has
been. So says, Alan Rinzler, who will address ASJA members Nov. 2
in San Francisco. Yet, he adds, most book proposals fall wide of
the mark. Rinzler, executive editor at Jossey-Bass — along with
Roger Freet, senior editor at HarperSanFrancisco — will reveal
how writers can make use of new information and technologies on
their route to successfully publishing, and publicizing, their
books.
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Where: The Mechanics Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco
Location:Â Half a block from Post and Market and the Montgomery
Street BART
When:Â Nov. 2, 2006; 7 p.m.
Cost:Â $5 nonmembers, ASJA members free
Information: Email Nancy — info@SFWritersGroup.com
Head count: Please send an e-mail to laird_harrison@hotmail.com
if you’re coming.
Dinner:Â Schmooze before the panel at 5 p.m. at Cafe Metropol,
168 Sutter
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Roger Freet is a senior editor at HarperSanFrancisco publishers,
the religion and spirituality division of HarperCollins trade
publishers in New York. Recent acquisitions include provocative
titles on religion and politics, popular works by scholars on
early Christian origins, atheist arguments concerning doubt and
happiness, and leading religion journalists writing on American
culture. Before joining the editorial department, he served for
five years as the associate director of Marketing and Publicity
at Harper. Roger holds a Masters of Divinity degree from
Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Alan Rinzler, executive editor of Jossey-Bass, has served as
associate publisher and vice president of Rolling Stone magazine.
He has worked with such authors as Toni Morrison, Hunter
Thompson, Tom Robbins, Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Shirley MacLaine,
and Erica Jong, while at Simon and Schuster, Bantam, and the
Grove Press. At Jossey-Bass, the West Coast imprint of John Wiley
& Sons, his acquisitions focus on trade psychology, human
behavior, criminal narrative psychology (true crime),
relationships, marriage, parenting, child development, education,
conflict resolution, and Jewish non-fiction. He is also academic
director of the Stanford University Professional Publishing
Program.
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MICHAEL SHAPIRO CLASS AT BOOK PASSAGE:
MAKING A LIVING AS A FREELANCER
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2006Â 10:00AM – 4:00PM
BOOK PASSAGEÂ Â Â Â Â CORTE MADERA
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MICHAEL SHAPIRO, LCW member and author of highly acclaimed, “A
Sense of Place,” will teach you essential tips and strategies for
breaking into magazines and newspapers and making a living as a
freelancer. He’ll describe how to find your niche, develop
relationships with editors and get your stories placed in top
publications. Michael’s tips work. He quit his job seven years
ago and made the leap. So can you. Visit his website at:
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AUTHOR OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE AND SELL YOUR BOOK:
SHARE AN AUTHOR BOOTH AT ORINDA HOLIDAY BAZAARÂ
NOVEMBER 4 & 5Â Â Â Â ORINDA
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SUSAN ALCORN will be sharing an authors’ table with other local
authors. If you are interested in sharing a booth with Susan,
call her at (510) 339-3441, or email backpack45@yahoo.com  Â
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PAMELA ALMA BASS CLASS at The Writing Salon:
Humor Writing — Transforming Life’s Disasters into Laughter
5 SATURDAYS, NOV. 11 – DEC. 16Â 10:30am – 1:00pm
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Have you ever noticed that your most neurotic traits make for
funny stories? Have you found yourself laughing at the
recollection of past personal disasters? In this class you’ll
explore ways to craft these “downers” into “uppers! in the form
of humorous personal essays. “Director Mike Nichols once said,
‘The great thing about being an artist is that for most people a
shitty day is just a shitty day, but for us it’s all material,’â€Â
notes instructor Pamela Bass.
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DETAILS:
Five Saturdays, Nov. 11 to Dec. 16 (no class Nov. 25) 10:30am –
1pm plus one Thursday evening student reading, 6:30 to 8 p.m,
date TBA
San Francisco
FOR INFO: http://www.writingsalons.com
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DIANE LEBOW LECTURE – “GLOBAL TOURISM:
PERSPECITVES FROM A TRAVEL WRITER AND PHOT-JOURNALIST”
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30Â Â 7:30PM INTERNATIONAL HOUSEÂ Â UC BERKELEY
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Today, technology, knowledge, and resources permit large numbers
of people to explore the furthest corners of the globe: the
Libyan desert, Tuva, the Mongolian steppes, the Amazon
rainforests, Antarctica, and even into “the final frontier,â€Â
outer space. How are these journeys affecting our world, each
other, and ourselves?
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DIANE LEBOW, global traveler and a freelance travel writer and
photo-journalist with credits in Salon.com, VIA Magazine, Chicago
Sun-Times, Travelers’ Tales, and Seal Press anthologies, will
share her perspective on this important issue.
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Thursday, November 30Â Â 7:30pm
International House
UC Berkeley Campus
Berkeley
Cost: Free to alumni. $5 – General public
For Info: http://www.dianelebow.com
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