If the thought of Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior fascinates you and you've been pondering Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji for some time, then this is the book club for you! Slice of Mooncake is based in San Francisco and will focus on literature primarily by Asian American authors, but will also embrace stories centered on Asian culture, history, and icons. Selection of readings will be suggested by both the Organizer and members, and include current fiction, nonfiction, classics …
Welcome! We are a co-ed group that discusses non-fiction business related books on a monthly/bimonthly basis on Sunday afternoon at in the Marina district in San Francisco. Check out our current list of potential books candidates in the Message Board section of the website. Members nominate books & vote online. Come with questions & thoughts to share! The specific meeting dates are chosen based on the member's availability for certain dates. For more information, here's a link to our page at B …
We are a group of writers who are seriously dedicated to the process and content of our writing. Some of us work professionally as writers and also have different creative genres of writing that we are working on (novels, scripts, essays, memoirs, travel writing, and more). Others work in different professions but have writing projects they are deeply committed to. We encourage, inspire, critique each other, and also network. We meet at least once a month, so far on Saturday afternoons, for abou …
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… Beth has also written several nonfiction book proposals for clients that have generated interest in the publishing industry. Beth has published, contributed to, and/or edited five books: Author, The Writer's Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book Author, Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity Contributor to, and managing editor of Writing Romance: The Ultimate Guide to Craft, Creation and Industry Connections Contributor to Creativity Coaching Success Stor …
WELCOME We're looking for other folks who, like us, have been bitten by the 'memoir bug' and would benefit from the outlet and support offered by a writing circle. Our group meets in the East Bay -- right now in South Berkeley -- twice a month. We start with a prompt (or jump-off) exercise, then read work we’ve brought and give each other feedback. We welcome the interest of anyone who is willing to: (1) Attend each of the sessions between now and June 3rd. (2) Begin writing, if you haven't a …
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Children’s Book Writers Group: This group is for authors and people that dream of being authors. It is a place to meet and discuss everything related to becoming a children’s book author. We will meet to critique each others writing so that we can get published. We will meet to learn about publishing, self publishing, E-book publishing, what publishers to run from, what to negotiate in a publishers contract, market your book so that people will buy it. We will discuss what is important to …
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