NOrCal Admin Can “commercial fiction” also be excellent fiction? Jeff Deaver says YES, and will tell us how to do just it. Writing is a business, MWA President Deaver says. Yes, it’s satisfying, and creative, and challenging—but if it doesn’t sell, it’s not going anywhere. Plot and pacing, character and dialogue, tension and detail, outlining and revisions: … Read more
MWA NorCal member Claire Ortalda has won a place in Anne Perry’s upcoming anthology with her story “Oglethorpe’s Camera”– Congratulations, Claire! Odd Partners will be out in April 2019, with stories from ten writers chosen by Anne herself and ten MWA members who won the blind-submission contest. It’s going to be a really fun anthology. … Read more
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In an experiment to crawl towards the 21st century, MWA NorCal is putting up some podcasts of events–including all five panels of our recent Self-Published Writer workshop. Two are up now (who knew these things took so much editing and fiddling with?) including the initial Options discussion and the second one on how to edit … Read more
Saturday’s MWA NorCal Indie/self pub workshop went really, really well! One packed room, five packed panels, a selection of packed lunches–more about the event in the newsletter, but if you missed it, you missed out, this time.