Jun
28
| June 29, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm |
The Mechanics’ Institute will host a panel discussion Tuesday evening, June 29 at 6 p.m.: Bay Area writers will discuss the dramatically changing directions and paradigms of the book publishing industry. Explore traditional publishing routes and take advantage of innovations like e-books, self-publishing, social media, and the Web. Panelists include writing coach Lisa Alpine (leader of the Self-Publishing Boot Camp), travel writer/journalist Laura Fraser (All Over the Map), internet to print scientist/writer Ransom Stephens (The God Patent) and Twitter to print author Matt Stewart (The French Revolution).
MODERATED by: Constance Hale, book editor and author of Sin and Syntax.
Jun
28
| July 15, 2010 | ||
| 12:00 am |
Photo: Creative Learning
Here’s an organization that’s working to promote peace by supporting American volunteerism in mostly-Muslim parts of the world. That’s a cause worth supporting!
And they have announced an essay contest and a video contest. If I had done anything that qualified, I’d definitely enter this contest. The prizes are real ($2,000 for the 1st place video; $1,000 for the first place essay) and my guess is that there won’t be a huge number of competing entries. Deadline is July 15, 2010.
“America’s Unofficial Ambassadors
Jun
28
Future of Freelancing
June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
I didn’t make it to the Future of Freelancing at Stanford, but the website has already posted conference highlights. Also, here are links to blog posts about the conference:
- David Page’s post on Matador
- C-Monster.net‘s take
- The Writing Coach’s tips from the conference
- More TK (the post is titled Writing for the Screen)
And a perspective on writing for free, this one from Advertising Age.
Check out the comments after the articles, too.
Jun
28
Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Commission
June 28, 2010 | 4 Comments
How is it that the country of Bhutan came to have a Gross National Happiness Commission? What is happiness, how do they measure it, and what do they do to make their people happier? Hear answers from Karma Tshiteem, Secretary of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Commission.
Jun
26
Book Passage Travel, Food & Photography Conference
June 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
| August 12, 2010 12:00 am | to | August 15, 2010 12:00 am |
Time to make your plans for the 19th Annual Book Passage Travel, Food, & Photography Conference. It promises to be better than ever this year, with inclusion of food writing classes and panels, as well as expert advice and instruction for travel writers and photographers. The conference runs from August 12 to 15, 2010. Call Book Passage in Corte Madera (800-999-7909, ext. 239) for more information or to register.
From the website:
The Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference covers
Jun
26
Get Carried Away
June 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This looks like a great idea for visiting out-of-towners: Carried Away offers small, customized tours of the San Francisco Bay Area. “Book an unconventional outing with Carried Away and experience San Francisco and the Bay Area in a completely new and different way. Each outing is designed to surprise and delight. We want you to have fun and feel great – to have the best day ever.”
You’re guaranteed lots of personal attention from Carried Away founders Vikki and Dianne, long-time Bay area residents who are known for knowing — and going! Introductory pricing is good through August, 2010.
Jun
26
Free 3-month Accommodation for Animal Lover in Belize
June 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
From the Volunteer Before You Die Traveler’s Network:
Nola Lee Kelsey, June 13, 2010
Subject: Free Long-Term (3-month) Accommodation for Animal Lover in Belize
Anything people can do to cross-post is much appreciated!
PAW (Protect Animal Welfare) Cat Sanctuary and Humane Society on Caye Caulker (pronounced Key Corker) in Belize Central America needs a long-term volunteer and a long-term veterinary volunteer. Stay three months helping the sanctuary and your beach-side accommodations plus a continental breakfast are provided for the duration of your stay. Check out the PAW website to see these great accommodations right on the ocean. Volunteers work around 2 hours in the morning and 2 in the afternoon with some flexibility in the schedule to explore the great dive sites of the region or work on your own projects, writing, reading…
Jun
26
Thanks to Gayle Keck over at Been There Ate That for sending this link to a Matador article titled “10 Words and Phrases We Never Want to See in Travel Writing Again.” Test yourself: guess what they are before you click.
Jun
26
Celebrate with Joanna Biggar
June 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
| July 12, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm |
Congratulations to journalist, poet, essayist, traveler, and writing instructor Joanna Biggar, whose new novel, That Paris Year, has inspired a lively west coast debut. All are invited to celebrate with food, music, and Paris-style ambiance at the reading.
SF Book Passage at the Ferry Building, Monday, July 12, beginning at 6 p.m.
Joanna will read from That Paris Year, a “novel in which intellect, eroticism, and art reverberate from the page to the heartbeat of the City of Light, Joanna Biggar has written an American book with the sweep and elegance of French literary tradition.”
Jun
26
Create A “Foodoir” — Inspired Marketing
June 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Here’s a press release from Conran PR that’s an example of inspired marketing: an author and a resort have teamed up to offer a themed “package” experience in the Caribbean. I hope the promotion is a big success:
Create A “Foodoir” Of Your Own at Cap Maison
“The Spice Necklace Experience” Package
Jun
26
| July 22, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Grover Sanschagrin
From our friends at ASMP NorCal:
Join us on July 22nd at Blue Sky Rental Studios as PhotoShelter co-founder Grover Sanschagrin demonstrates how web sites must evolve in order to support photographers’ online business goals.
Grover’s talk draws on 26 years of photo industry and web technology experience as well as the research and findings of five PhotoShelter e-books he has helped to author on online marketing for photographers. (These exhaustive reports are free downloadable guides offering useful tips, expert advice and useful strategies for photographers looking to continue their education and build thriving photo businesses online.)
Apr
26
Travel & Words 2010 Summer Seminar
April 26, 2010 | 2 Comments
| June 26, 2010 | ||
| 8:00 am | to | 6:00 pm |
Save the Date: Saturday, June 26 for Travel & Words 2010 Summer Seminar
Pacific Northwest destinations, attractions, historic sites and all-season recreation are hot topics in travel publishing. In this one day seminar for freelance travel writers, journalists, photographers, editors, and travel and tourism industry professionals, participants will:
Attend workshops and seminars on marketing freelance articles and photography to both print and online publications in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
Gain timely information on changes and trends in the freelance writing world, particularly the use of social media in managing and marketing one’s brand and developing income-producing web sites related to travel writing.
Apr
26
A Thousand and One Words – Find your Writing Setpoint
April 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
| May 29, 2010 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 6:00 pm |
| June 3, 2010 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 6:00 pm |
| June 19, 2010 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 6:00 pm |
Check out this writing workshop with Camille Cusumano, who brings more than 30 years of experience in publishing as researcher, writer, editor, and instructor in a vast array of subject areas including essay, memoir, food, travel, fitness, health, mind/body/spirit, creative non-fiction, fiction, and more.
WRITE WITH CONFIDENCE AND FLAIR
Apr
6
| June 18, 2010 |
April 6 addendum: thanks to Constance Hale for pointing out that “The first 40 people to register get a one-on-one meeting with an editor, so it’s a good idea to register early.”
March 29 addendum: Here’s the link we’ve been waiting for: freelance.stanford.edu. Registration opens April 9th for ASJA members and Knight Fellows, and April 16th for other experienced journalists.
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Thanks to Connie Hale for forwarding this information about an upcoming class at Stanford: June 18-19, 2010 ~Â Stanford University
Sponsored by The Knight Fellowships and the American Society for Journalists and Authors
Nov
16
Writing Class in Abruzzo, Italy
November 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
| June 13, 2010 | to | June 19, 2010 |
Kathryn Abajian will be teaching travel writing in Italy from June 13 to 19, 2010. The week-long writing workshop takes place in the medieval fortified hill town of Santo Stefano di Sessanio, a World Cultural Heritage site located high in the Gran Sasso National Park in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Daily writing instruction and workshops are for both beginning and seadsoned writers; emphasis wil be on memoir, travel, and food writing. Yum! For more information, visit www.ItalyinOtherWords.com.