As part of the "Going to See the Elephant" World Tour, I have scheduled three new readings at Bay Area bookstores in the next few months, so if you’ve missed me so far, check out...
Books Inc. (on Chestnut Street) in the Marina March 2nd
Bookshop West Portal on March 25th
And
Great Good Place for Books March 26th
You can see all information on my “Coming Events” calendar which is updated every day
LEARN FROM THE EXPERTS – WEEKEND WORKSHOPS ON GETTING YOUR NON-FICTION PUBLISHED AND TRAVEL WRITING WORKSHOPS THIS MONTH!
There is still some space left in our two non-fiction workshops this month: How to Break Into Travel Writing, THIS Saturday, February 7, with Janis Cooke Newman (travel writer for LA Times, SF Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, Miami Herald)
How to Get Your Non-Fiction Writing Published, Saturday, February 21, with Ethan Watters (The New York Times Magazine, Men's Journal, Outside, Esquire, Discover, Spin, Mother Jones, GQ, Details, HG, and San Francisco Magazine)
Both classes are $150/each. Visit http://www.sfgrotto.org/classes.html for more details, and to sign up.
**How to Break into Travel Writing**
Instructor: Janis Cooke Newman
Contact: j-newman@...
Number of sessions: 1
Meeting times: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 10:00 am until 4:00 pm
Course fee: $155.00
This one-day workshop is designed to turn writers into travel writers. We'll cover how to come up with story angles that travel editors will love, the best way to break into newspapers and magazine, and where to publish on the web and actually get paid for it. You'll even get strategies for making your travel writing as profitable as possible.
