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SUMMARY:Writing the Page-Turning Novel with Jeniffer Thompson
DESCRIPTION:Join festival co-founder and host of The Premise podcast\, Jeniffer Thompson\, as she moderates this lively discussion about secrets and questions\, pacing and plot twists\, riveting yet relatable characters\, and chapter-ending hooks that force your hand to turn “just one more page” until you find yourself at the end of the book. \nFeaturing: \n\nBill Clegg\, author of The End of the Day\nJoe Ide\, Shamus\, Macavity and Anthony Award-winning author of the IQ series\, including the latest installment\, Smoke \nLisa See\, 2020 Tucson Festival of Books Founders Award-winning author of The Island of Sea Women\nKatherine Seligman PEN/Bellwether Prize winning author of At the Edge of  the Haight\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Event Sponsor: Captain Lew Maurer\, author of Herman and The Princess Gull\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				Meet Our Sponsor\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Meet the Speakers\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Jeniffer Thompson is a personal branding expert\, digital marketing strategist and host of The Premise podcast. She is an author and speaker who delivers strategy-rich content and actionable tools that educate and empower authors. With a BA in Journalism from SDSU\, Jeniffer is an ardent believer in the power of storytelling—she is always looking for\, or telling\, a story. She believes that story has the power to develop a greater sense of empathy\, transform us\, and build community. \nJeniffer is passionate about helping authors establish highly visible brands. She and her husband\, Chad\, co-founded Monkey C Media in 2004 and have been creating award-winning book cover designs and author websites ever since. They specialize in author services that integrate digital marketing strategies and engage readers all over the world. \nShe is a co-founder of the San Diego Writers Festival\, serves on the board of the San Diego Memoir Writers Association\, and is currently writing her own coming of age memoir. \nJeniffer is a rock climber and thrill seeker. She and Chad live in San Diego with their persnickety Manx cat\, Mishka\, and three fluffy chickens who love to follow her around and give her delicious eggs almost everyday. \nFor author services\, visit MonkeyCMedia.com; for actionable brand strategy techniques and digital marketing strategies\, subscribe to her blog at JenifferThompson.com. Listen to her podcast at ThePremisePod.com. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Bill Clegg is a literary agent in New York and the author of the bestselling memoirs Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days. His first novel\, Did You Ever Have a Family\, hit the New York Times bestseller list and was longlisted for the National Book Award\, Man Booker Prize\, PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize\, and Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. Bill has also written for The New York Times\, Lapham’s Quarterly\, New York magazine\, The Guardian\, and Harper’s Bazaar. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Joe Ide is of Japanese American descent and grew up in South Central Los Angeles. Joe’s favorite books were the Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories. The idea that a person could face the world and vanquish his enemies with just his intelligence fascinated him. Joe went on to earn a graduate degree and had several careers before writing his debut novel\, IQ\, inspired by his early experiences and love of Sherlock. Joe lives in Santa Monica\, California. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Lisa See’s new novel\, The Island of Sea Women\, is about the free-diving women of South Korea’s Jeju Island. Booklist called The Island of Sea Women“stupendous… enthralling…and engrossing.” Jodi Picoult has given her praise: “Lisa See excels at mining the intersection of family\, friendship and history\, and in her newest novel\, she reaches new depths exploring the matrifocal haenyeo society in Korea\, caught between tradition and modernization. This novel spans wars and generations\, but at its heart is a beautifully rendered story of two women whose individual choices become inextricably tangled.” Independent booksellers honored the novel by selecting it as an Indie Next pick\, while Barnes & Noble chose the novel for its nationwide March 2019 Book Club. \nMs. See lives in Los Angeles. You can also follow her adventures on Instagram\, Twitter & Facebook \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Katherine Seligman is a journalist and author who lives in San Francisco. She has been a writer at the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine\, a reporter at the San Francisco Examiner\, and a correspondent at USA Today. Her work has appeared in Redbook\, Life\, Money\, California Magazine\, the anthology Fresh Takes\, and elsewhere.
URL:https://sandiegowritersfestival.com/event/writing-the-page-turning-novel/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:2022 Writers Festival,Keynote Author,On Writing
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SUMMARY:Discussing The Craft of Writing with Tayari Jones
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning NYT bestselling author\, 2021 Guggenheim Fellow\, and Festival  Keynote Tayari Jones discusses her unique approach to the craft of writing with festival co-founder Marni Freedman\, followed by the presentation of the 2021 SDWF Writer of the Year Award. \nA NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK \nA 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR  * TIME  * BUSTLE  * O\, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE  * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS  * AMAZON.COM \nWINNER OF THE 2019 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK—FICTION \n“A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.” —Barack Obama \n“Haunting . . . Beautifully written.” —The New York Times Book Review \n“Brilliant and heartbreaking . . . Unforgettable.” —USA Today \nNewlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive\, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together\, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit. Though fiercely independent\, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored\, taking comfort in Andre\, her childhood friend\, and best man at their wedding. As Roy’s time in prison passes\, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years\, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned\, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together. \nThis stirring love story is a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control. An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling\, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward—with hope and pain—into the future.\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Event Sponsor:\nMarlena Fiol and Ed O’Connor\, authors of Called\, A Novel\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				Meet The Sponsor\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Meet The Speakers\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				New York Times best-selling author Tayari Jones is the author of four novels\, most recently An American Marriage. Published in 2018\, An American Marriage is an Oprah’s Book Club Selection and also appeared on Barack Obama’s summer reading list as well as his year-end roundup. The novel was awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Orange Prize)\, Aspen Words Prize and an NAACP Image Award. It has been published in two dozen countries. \nJones\, a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow\, has also been a recipient of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award\, United States Artist Fellowship\, NEA Fellowship\, and Radcliffe Institute Bunting Fellowship. Her third novel\, Silver Sparrow\, was added to the NEA Big Read Library of classics in 2016. \nJones is a graduate of Spelman College\, University of Iowa\, and Arizona State University. She is an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University and the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Creative Writing at Emory University. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Marni Freedman is a screenwriter\, playwright\, award-winning author\, writing coach\, and co-founder of the San Diego Writers Festival. After graduating from USC film school\, Marni began her career bringing her play\, “Two Goldsteins on Acid\,” to the stage\, after which it was made into the film\, “Playing Mona Lisa\,” produced by Disney. She co-authored the play\, A Jewish Joke\, about a 1950s comedy writer facing the Hollywood Blacklist\, which won the NY Solo Show for best drama\, critics’ choice for the San Diego Union-Tribune\, and was recently produced Off-Broadway. Marni leads the Memoir Certificate Program for San Diego Writers\, Ink\, produces the San Diego Memoir Writers Association’s theatrical Memoir Showcase\, and is an editor of Shaking the Tree: short. brazen. memoir. She is also a writing coach and a therapist for artists and writers. Her first book\, 7 Essential Writing Tools: That Will Absolutely Make Your Writing Better (And Enliven Your Soul)\, is an Amazon Bestseller. Her second award-winning book is Permission to Roar: For Female Thought Leaders Ready to Write their Book. You can find Marni at www.marnifreedman.com\, a writing hub to help writers find their authentic voice.
URL:https://sandiegowritersfestival.com/event/discussing-the-craft-of-writing-with-tayari-jones/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:2022 Writers Festival,Keynote Author,On Writing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210717T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210717T184500
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SUMMARY:8-Minute Agent PitchFest
DESCRIPTION:Sign Up Here\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Writers pitching agents one-on-one in a “live” Zoom room\nParticipating agents include Elise Capron\, BJ Robbins\, and Jill Marr \nTop San Diego literary agents Elise Capron and Jill Marr (Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency) and Los Angeles-based agent BJ Robbins (BJ Robbins Literary Agency) will listen to 8-minute author pitches. Writers will be pitching agents one-on-one in a “live” private Zoom room. Writers should plan a 4-5 minute pitch\, leaving time for questions and follow-up. Feedback may be given on pitch presentation\, and successful pitches may culminate in a request for material. \nPre-registration is required. Sign-up will open on July 12 @ 9 AM (PT).  Check www.sandiegowritersfestival.com homepage for a sign-up link. \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Meet the Agents\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Elise Capron is an agent at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. In addition to handling her own list\, she oversees the daily operations of the SDLA office. She is most interested in well-written narrative non-fiction (particularly trade-friendly history\, cultural studies\, and science) as well as character-driven literary fiction. \nA graduate of Emerson College\, Elise holds a BFA in Writing\, Literature and Publishing. She has been with the Dijkstra Agency since 2003. \nElise is interested in fiction that has unforgettable writing\, a distinctive narrative voice\, and memorable characters. She loves novels with an unusual or eccentric edge and is drawn to stories she has never heard before. She aims to work with writers who are getting their work published regularly in literary magazines and who have a realistic sense of the market and their audience. Some of Elise’s representative fiction titles include Tiphanie Yanique’s upcoming Monster in the Middle (Riverhead)\, Land of Love and Drowning (Riverhead) and How to Escape from a Leper Colony (Graywolf); Howard A. Rodman’s The Great Eastern (Melville House); Courtney Brkic’s The First Rule of Swimming (Little\, Brown); Rachel Toor’s On The Road to Find Out (FSG); Jonathon Keats’ The Book of the Unknown (Random House); Rikki Ducornet’s Netsuke (Coffee House Press); Maureen McHugh’s After the Apocalypse (Small Beer Press)\, which was picked as a “Top 10 Best of the Year” by Publishers Weekly; Ali Liebegott’s The IHOP Papers (Carroll & Graf); and more. \nOn the non-fiction front\, Elise is looking for fascinating true stories told in a compelling way. She is especially interested in working with up-and-coming scholars (particularly historians) who are looking to transition from the academic market to a trade readership\, as well as journalists. Some of Elise’s representative non-fiction titles include Cynthia Barnett’s Rain: A Natural and Cultural History (Crown)\, which was long-listed for the National Book Award and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award; Meera Subramanian’s A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis\, from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka (Public Affairs); Jack Shuler’s The Thirteenth Turn: A History of the Noose (Public Affairs); Jonathon Keats’s You Belong to the Universe: Buckminster Fuller and the Future (Oxford University Press); Leo Braudy’s Haunted; Jane Vandenburgh’s The Wrong Dog Dream: A True Romance (Counterpoint); Billy Smith’s Ship of Death: The Voyage That Changed the Atlantic World (Yale); and more. \nPlease note that Elise is specifically not interested in: Young-adult/middle-grade\, picture books\, romance\, fantasy\, sci-fi\, business books\, cookbooks\, poetry\, religious/spiritual books\, screenplays\, or self-help. And while she will consider memoir\, please note that she is very selective in this genre. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Jill Marr is an agent at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. She graduated from SDSU with a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing and a minor in history. She has a strong Internet and media background and nearly 20 years of publishing experience. She wrote features and ads for Pages\, the literary magazine for people who love books\, as well as book ads for publishing houses\, magazine pieces\, and promotional features for television. \nAfter writing ad copy and features for published books for years\, she knows how to find a project’s “hook” and sell it. Jill is looking for fiction and non-fiction by BIPOC and Latinx writers\, disabled persons\, and people identifying as LGBTQ+\, among others. She  is interested in commercial fiction\, with an emphasis on mysteries\, thrillers\, and horror\, book club\, and historical fiction. She is also looking for non-fiction by authors with a big\, timely\, smart message as well as historical projects that look at big picture issues. Jill is looking for non-fiction projects in the areas of current events\, science\, history\, narrative non-fiction\, sports\, politics\, health & nutrition\, pop culture\, humor\, music\, and very select memoir. \nSome of Jill’s recent and soon-to-be-published non-fiction includes the New York Times best-selling The Vagina Bible (Citadel Press) by Dr. Jennifer Gunter; Big Dirty Money (Viking) by Jennifer Taub; Use the Power You Have (The New Press) by Congresswoman\, Pramila Jayapal; White Women\, We Need to Talk (Sounds True) by Karen Fleshman; Keep Marching (Hachette) by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner\, the co-founder of MomsRising; Aurora (Berkley Press) by Dr. Lynne Fenton; Ali on Ali (Workman) by the daughter of Muhammad Ali\, Hana Ali; Being Heumann (Beacon Press) by American disability activist Judith Heumann; Building a Business with a Beat (McGraw Hill) by the founder and CEO of Jazzercize\, Inc. Judi Sheppard Misset; The Trigger Trap (Chicago Review Press) by August McLaughlin and Jamila M. Dawson; Walking Through Anger (Sounds True) by Dr. Christian Conte\, the host of USA Networks’ The Secret Life of Kids; paranormal investigator Nick Groff’s Chasing Spirits (NAL);  The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure (Pegasus Books) by Gerald Easter and Mara Vorhees;  Escaping the Rabbit Hole (Skyhorse) by science writer and professional debunker Mick West; The Chosen Few (Da Capo) by USA Today writer Gregg Zoroya; Teaching Kids to Think (Sourcebooks) by Darlene Sweetland\, PhD and Ron Stolberg\, PhD; Mission High (Nation Books) by journalist Kristina Rizga; Don’t Lick the Minivan (Skyhorse) by Leanne Shirtliffe; and Spitting in the Soup (VeloPress) by Mark Johnson. \nPlease note that Jill is specifically not interested in: YA\, children’s books\, sci-fi\, screenplays\, poetry\, novellas or anything involving unicorns. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				BJ Robbins opened her Los Angeles-based agency in 1992 after a multifaceted career in book publishing in NY. She started in publicity at Simon & Schuster and was later Marketing Director and then Senior Editor at Harcourt. Her agency represents quality fiction\, both literary and commercial\, and general nonfiction\, with a particular interest in memoir\, biography\, narrative history\, pop culture\, sports\, travel/adventure\, medicine and health. \n A member of AAR and PEN America\, Ms. Robbins has led workshops at UCLA Extension\, UC Irvine Extension\, the Writer’s Pad\, and at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers Fiction Workshop. On behalf of PEN\, she has been a guest speaker in numerous cities in the West as part of their Writers Toolbox program\, including Seattle\, Portland\, Santa Fe\, Dallas\, Las Cruces\, Flagstaff\, and Oakland. She was profiled in Writer’s Digest and mediabistro.com.
URL:https://sandiegowritersfestival.com/event/8-minute-agent-pitchfest/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:2022 Writers Festival,On Publishing,On Writing
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SUMMARY:SDWI Presents PromptFest
DESCRIPTION:Community PromptFest with SDWI – hosted by SDWI writing teachers\, Rich Farrell and Tracy J. Jones \nJoin two of San Diego Writers\, Ink’s most popular teachers\, editor Tracy J. Jones\, and author Rich Farrell as they lead a fun\, interactive prompt-writing session. It’s a prompt party full of entertaining and inspiring one-liners to spark your creativity and get you writing. Have pen and paper (or a computer)\, and you’re ready to go! \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Event Sponsor: San Diego Writers ink\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				San Diego Writers\, Ink\, nurtures writers and fosters a literary community by \n\nServing as a hub for the literary community\nPromoting literature\nProviding artistic development for writers at all levels\, and\nFacilitating artistic collaboration\n\nLearn More \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Meet The Speakers\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Tracy J. Jones is a professional content writer and editor\, ghostwriter\, and copy editor with more than 25-years’ experience writing and editing for private clients\, non-profits\, and corporations. Her writing and editing clients include novelists\, screenwriters\, memoirists\, bloggers\, and self-help and nonfiction writers. Tracy is the content editor and a featured writer at TheFeistyWriter.com. She’s a head judge\, writing coach\, and co-director with the San Diego Annual Memoir Showcase. She teaches at San Diego Writers. She’s a board member of the San Diego Memoir Writers Association and has been a featured writer/performer in So Say We All’s VAMP showcase. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Richard Farrell is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. His work\, including fiction\, memoir\, essays\, interviews and book reviews\, has appeared or is forthcoming in Potomac Review\, Hunger Mountain\, New Plains Review\, upstreet\, Descant\, Contrary\, Newfound\, Numéro Cinq\, and elsewhere. His first novel\, The Falling Woman\, was recently acquired by Algonquin Books\, and will be published next year. He teaches creative writing at Grossmont College in San Diego\, where he lives with his family.
URL:https://sandiegowritersfestival.com/event/sdwi-presents-writing-prompts/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:2022 Writers Festival,On Writing
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SUMMARY:The Power of Nonfiction: How Books Can Help Us Through Life Crises
DESCRIPTION:Facing a pandemic or life-threatening illness\, tackling coming-of-age issues in rapidly changing times\, getting a divorce\, losing a loved one—though life crises are universal\, people often sweep the pain under the rug and refrain from discussing its impact on our lives. For many of us\, however\, a book can be a lifeline; reading an account of another’s journey or professional advice in written form can be a saving grace.  \nJoin moderators Marni Freedman and Anastasia Hipkins for a discussion with four bold\, powerful writers who are tackling myths\, misconceptions\, and falsehoods; bravely sharing their own truths; and providing paths to acceptance\, understanding\, and healing. \nFeaturing:\n\nNancy Johnson – Things My Mama Never Told Me\nGina Simmons\, Ph.D. – Frazzlebrain\nMadonna Treadway – Eric Hoffer Award winner – author of Six Healing Questions\nSue William Silverman – Multi-award-winning author of four memoirs – author of How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Event Sponsor: Sally W. Buffington\, author of A Place Like This\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				Meet Our Sponsor\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Meet the Speakers\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Marni Freedman is a screenwriter\, playwright\, award-winning author\, writing coach\, and co-founder of the San Diego Writers Festival. After graduating from USC film school\, Marni began her career bringing her play\, “Two Goldsteins on Acid\,” to the stage\, after which it was made into the film\, “Playing Mona Lisa\,” produced by Disney. She co-authored the play\, A Jewish Joke\, about a 1950s comedy writer facing the Hollywood Blacklist\, which won the NY Solo Show for best drama\, critics’ choice for the San Diego Union-Tribune\, and was recently produced Off-Broadway. Marni leads the Memoir Certificate Program for San Diego Writers\, Ink\, produces the San Diego Memoir Writers Association’s theatrical Memoir Showcase\, and is an editor of Shaking the Tree: short. brazen. memoir. She is also a writing coach and a therapist for artists and writers. Her first book\, 7 Essential Writing Tools: That Will Absolutely Make Your Writing Better (And Enliven Your Soul)\, is an Amazon Bestseller. Her second award-winning book is Permission to Roar: For Female Thought Leaders Ready to Write their Book. You can find Marni at www.marnifreedman.com\, a writing hub to help writers find their authentic voice. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Anastasia Zadeik Hipkins is a freelance writer\, editor\, and writing coach. She regularly performs in narrative non-fiction showcases\, including So Say We All’s VAMP and the San Diego Memoir Showcase\, and her work has appeared in The Literary Vine Review and Shaking the Tree. \nHaving received a BA in psychology from Smith College\, Anastasia worked for an international neuropsychological research firm before and while raising her children\, living overseas from 1991-2000. After returning stateside\, she and her family settled in the San Diego area where\, over the last nineteen years\, she has volunteered and served as a board member for a variety of nonprofit organizations dedicated to health\, education\, and the arts. She currently lives in Mission Hills with her husband and empty-nest rescue dog\, Charlie. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Nancy Johnson is a retired high school English teacher\, writer\, wife\, mother\, and grandmother. She published articles in La Mesa Courier Newspaper\, Discovering My City La Mesa Magazine\, and English Literature Journal. Her short stories appear in Sunshine Noir II (Working and Walking the Boulevard)\, Shaking the Tree II (Glass Shards)\, and Shaking the Tree III (The Sky is Falling). Her blog is Slightly Squinting. She had a blast writing and performing “The Armpit Years” for So Say We All. She volunteers for San Diego Writers Festival and San Diego Writer’s Ink. Her book\, Things My Mama Never Told Me\, will be launched in 2020. She is a student of Marni Freedman\, V.A.M.P.\, Writer’s Elements\, all the writers who have gone before her\, and the amazing teenagers who have shared their lives with her and who will remain part of her forever. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Sue William Silverman is an award-winner author of “How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences”; “Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey through Sexual Addiction”; “Because I Remember Terror\, Father\, I Remember You”; “The Pat Boone Fan Club: My Life as a White Anglo-Saxon Jew”; and “Fearless Confessions: A Writer’s Guide to Memoir.” She teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider is a licensed psychotherapist\, certified coach\, corporate trainer\, and codirector of Schneider Counseling and Corporate Solutions. She has more than 25 years’ experience helping individuals\, couples\, and organizations manage difficult emotions and conflicts. Her book Frazzlebrain: Break Free from Anxiety\, Anger\, and Stress Using Advanced Discoveries in Neuropsychology\, published by Central Recovery Press\, launches February\, 2022.  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Madonna Treadway was born in rural North Dakota\, the youngest of four children. Being the only girl with three older brothers and loving parents\, life seemed perfect.  Little did she know that her life would soon change drastically when both her parents died before she turned eight years old. \nStill\, life went on. Her family did not dwell on the past. In fact\, it was not really talked about at all. The feeling was that nothing could be done about the past\, so why bring it up? Best to move on and do what you can today. And so\, as a child\, Madonna learned to ignore her emotions and do what was needed without much drama. \nThis was her way of life until she reached her forties. It was at this point that she decided to explore what happened to her and how it had impacted her life. As she explored she remembered that as a child\, after the death of her parents\, she had often felt different from her peers\, like she was on the outside looking in. She didn’t tell anyone about how she felt\, because on some level\, she felt a sense of shame about feeling so different. No matter what she might have shared with anyone\, her truth was that her parents had died\, that still she had “been left.”
URL:https://sandiegowritersfestival.com/event/the-power-of-nonfiction-how-books-can-help-us-through-life-crises/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:2022 Writers Festival,On Writing
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SUMMARY:Discovering New Voices - Writing About Culture 
DESCRIPTION:Join Laura Cathcart Robbins\, host of the popular podcast\, The Only One in the Room\, as she moderates an unflinching discussion about the challenges and rewards inherent in writing about culture. \n\nGabriel Bump\, author of Everywhere You Don’t Belong\nAnisha Bhatia\, author of The Rules of Arrangement\nCarlos De Los Rios\, author of Kids in Cages\nLindsey Salatka\, author of Fish Heads and Duck Skin\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Event Sponsor: The SDWF LOCAL AUTHOR PROGRAM\nAt the San Diego Writers Festival\, we are passionate about supporting writers and lifting up voices. Check out our local author spotlight for a peek at what’s happening with San Diego’s local writing talent and support local!! \nSupport our Local Authors  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Meet The Speakers\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Laura Cathcart Robbins is an author\, freelance culture writer\, and host of the popular podcast\, The Only One In The Room\, living in Studio City\, California.  She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credited for creating The Buckley School’s nationally recognized committee on Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion. Her recent articles in Huffpo and The Temper on the subjects of race\, recovery\, and divorce have garnered her worldwide acclaim. She is a 2018 LA Moth StorySlam winner and currently sits on the advisory board for the San Diego Writer’s Festival and the Outliers HQ podcast Festival.  Laura is also a monthly contributor for The Tempest and a founding member of Moving Forewords\, the first national memoirist collective of its kind. Find out more about her on her website\, or you can look for her on Facebook\, on Instagram\, and follow her on Twitter.  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Gabriel Bump grew up in South Shore\, Chicago. He received his MFA in fiction from the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. His debut novel\, Everywhere You Don’t Belong\, was a New York Times Notable Book of 2020 and has won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence\, the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award for Fiction\, the Heartland Booksellers Award for Fiction\, and the Black Caucus of the American Library Association’s First Novelist Award. Bump teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Born and brought up in Mumbai\, India\, Anisha Bhatia now lives in San Diego\, California with her husband and their two children. She loves tea\, biryani\, books and beaches\, not necessarily in that order. THE RULES OF ARRANGEMENT is her first book. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Carlos de los Rios has written and published six books of prose and poetry. He is also a working filmmaker who has written/produced seven acclaimed films for Academy Award-winners Lauren Bacall and Harvey Fierstein\, Academy Award-nominee Elliot Gould\, Emmy Award-winners Johnny Galecki\, Golden Globe-nominee Hayden Panettiere as well as movie stars such as Scott Eastwood (“Texas Chainsaw 3-D”) and Josh Hutcherson (Peeta from the blockbuster hit\, “The Hunger Games”). Carlos has worked on more than 20 books\, 30 films and has written and or produced seven films. Carlos lectures throughout California and is a sought-after script doctor\, writing coach and story consultant. Carlos’ clients include top Hollywood screenwriters and New York Times best-selling writers. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Lindsey Salatka is a mother\, author\, ghost-writer\, and editor. Her writing has been featured on blogher.com\, ewriterscoach.com\, In The Loop\, Shanghai Family Magazine\, Urbanatomy: Shanghai\, and thefeistywriter.com\, where she also served as managing editor for two years. A non-fiction essay she wrote was recently chosen to be in the Shaking the Tree Anthology\, volume 3. She is on the Advisory Board of the San Diego Writers Festival and served as a judge for the KidsWrite Children’s Writing Contest in 2020. Her debut novel\, Fish Heads and Duck Skin\, will be available in the summer of 2021. She is currently in-process on several projects including a sequel to her novel and a non-fiction collection. Most nights (both pre- and during Covid) find Lindsey curled up with her family or musing about life\, love\, and culture on her blog\, fishheadology or on Instagram\, @mywhatlovelygillsyouhave.
URL:https://sandiegowritersfestival.com/event/discovering-new-voices-writing-about-culture/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:2022 Writers Festival,On Writing
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