Writers' Wings

Monday, July 8, 2013

UPCOMING EVENT FOR LOCAL WRITERS

BAY AREA INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION

SATURDAY JULY 13TH in San Rafael*, 9am-12pm

Topic - Traditional vs. Indie Publishing

I am a BAIPA member and am so impressed with the generosity of the members, who freely share their wealth of knowledge with one-another, navigating the complicated waters of self-publishing. In addition to the excellent presentation, the morning Q&A session beforehand is a wonderful opportunity to learn and share your own experiences with getting your work out into the world.

The guest presenter this month will be author Lee Foster:

"One possible part of the strategy for independent publishing, from my perspective, is that you might want to get your book content up on your website, for all to see, so that you benefit from ads (potentially) and more people might buy your print or ebook product.

However, another benefit of a website presentation of your book is that editors may see your work and may want to license it or commission you for parallel work. This has just happened to me again. I have the 30 chapters of my recent book Northern California Travel: The Best Options up on my website at http://www.fostertravel.com/category/norcal/.
*Join us at the San Rafael Corporate Center, 750 Lindaro Street in San Rafael, Saturday, July 13, 2013."

About Marleen

Marleen Roggow founded Writers' Wings because she recognized that her talented writer friends were unable to maintain the consistent submission schedule necessary to get works published. The experience of rejection sent them into periods of despair so the process would come to a grinding halt. As a friend and an admirer of their work, this was frustrating to Marleen. She wanted them to share their writing with the world. She wished there was something she could say or do to help alleviate their suffering.

One day having lunch with one writer friend, she was encouraging her to keep putting the work out there even though it was disheartening. Then the friend asked if Marleen would be willing to send out the work to publications and not tell her about any rejections, only acceptances. She just wanted to be free to focus on writing and forget about the rest. But she knew that having work read is an important part of the writing process.

In that moment Marleen found her calling. She saw clearly how her organizational skills and deep appreciation of writing could combine to provide a valuable service to her talented friends and other writers of short works who had similar challenges. She now has a large client base of authors who are regularly published and who just love getting Marleen’s emails or phone calls that spark celebration while remaining blissfully oblivious to all the rejections along the way.

If that sounds good, contact Marleen to see if her services are right for you.

Here is what one client has to say...

"Thanks to Marleen at Writers' Wings, I've had my poems accepted at three publications over the past three months. Before I started using her services, that's about how many poems I had published in the past three decades, due to some serious procrastination issues. Oh, Marleen, where have you been all my life?"
-- Stephanie Noble

Monday, July 8, 2013

UPCOMING EVENT FOR LOCAL WRITERS

BAY AREA INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION

SATURDAY JULY 13TH in San Rafael*, 9am-12pm

Topic - Traditional vs. Indie Publishing

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