2010 SFO Convention

February 12, 2010 The San Francisco Writers Conference will be at the fabulous Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel perched high atop Nob Hill with spectacular views of San Francisco. A special SFWC rate of $139 per night could be shared with your best buddy writer. The fee to attend for three days is $650.00. Lectures, Publishers, Authors network with them all! Get inspired, hang out with word masters!REGISTER TO ATTEND SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS CONFERENCE:
http://www.sfwriters.org

DATE TO SAVE: FRIDAY February 12, 2010

7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Registration
Sign up for Kevin Smokler consultations
Sign up for freelance editor consultations

8:45 a.m. WELCOME Michael Larsen

***UPPING YOUR PLATFORM:
Building Your Visibility Online and Off
Elisa Southard, Break Through The Noise;
Teresa LeYung Ryan, Love Made of Heart

***SOLUTIONS FOR AUTHORS:
The Print-on-Demand Option
Keith Ogorek, Author Solutions

***BOOMTOWN: Jumping on the Young Adult Bandwagon
Kristen Tracy, Lost It, and agent Regina Brooks

THE NEW FACE OF FICTION
Caitlin Alexander, Senior Editor, Random House;
Jaime Levine, Executive Editor, Grand Central Books;
Daniela Rapp, Editor, St. Martin’s Press. Moderator:
agent Rebecca Oliver

TWITTERPOWER: The 140-Character Connection
Matt Stewart, The French Revolution; Dom Sagolia,
140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form

***BRANDING YOURSELF: How You Can Leverage the
Power of Hollywood, Publishing, and Publicity
Philippa Burgess, Entertainment Professional
and Partner, Creative Convergence

***NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME FOR WRITERS
Alan Rinzler, Executive Editor,
Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons; Independent Editor

***FROM YOUR LIFE TO THE PAGE:
Writing Memoirs That Sell
Adair Lara, Naked Drunk and Writing

***HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Kevin Smokler, editor, Bookmark Now!


***USING PUBLICITY & MARKETING TO LAUNCH BOOK
Publicists Lynda and Jim O’Connor

MEET THE NONFICTION AGENTS:
Regina Brooks, Verna Dreisbach,
Wendy Keller, Jill Marsal, Andy Ross,
Katharine Sands, Robert Shepard,
Ken Sherman, Ted Weinstein.

KEYNOTERS:
Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of Deep End of the Ocean
Steve Berry, author of The Charlemagne Pursuit
Dan Poynter, author of The Self-Publishing Manual

Hotel reservations:
click into: www.san-francisco.intercontinental.com or call 1-415-392-3434.