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Beware the Impossible Book Project

by Joel Friedlander on February 19, 2018 12 Comments

Don’t try to create an “impossible” book.

Filed Under: Book Production, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book production, San Francisco Writers Conference

F-r-e-e Writing Workshop Comes to the San Francisco Writer’s Conference

by Joel Friedlander on January 30, 2017 7 Comments

Years ago I wrote an article for my blog titled, “How Freewriting Saved My Life.” Does that sound over the top? I assure you it wasn’t. I had suffered through many years of being—as my free-writing teacher put it—a “crushed creative.” There were many things I wanted to write, but I felt cut off from […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: free-writing, Orna Ross, San Francisco Writers Conference

2012: Best of Times for Writers, or the Worst?

by Joel Friedlander on February 22, 2012 75 Comments

2012: Best Time for Writers, or the Worst? How will the requirements of technology influence the choices of writers who are not comfortable with it?

Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: book marketing, eBooks, San Francisco Writers Conference, self publishing, social media, technology

SFWC: Roles of Authors and a Sticky Situation

by Joel Friedlander on February 20, 2012 13 Comments

Author, Publisher, or Both? Some thoughts on the shifting roles in publishing after a day at San Francisco Writers Conference

Filed Under: Self-Publishing Tagged With: author services, book publishing, indie author, San Francisco Writers Conference, self publishing, subsidy publishers, writers conference

San Francisco Writers Conference: Publishing Illustrated Books

by Joel Friedlander on February 17, 2012 6 Comments

San Francisco Writers Conference: Publishing Illustrated Books describes a presentation at the upcoming event with Peter Beren

Filed Under: Self-Publishing Tagged With: Michael Larsen, Peter Beren, San Francisco Writers Conference, self publishing, speaking

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