Upcoming IWOSC Events
for Independent Writers
Monthly General Meeting/Panel Discussion:
Getting the Buzz On: Marketing Your Book
Monday, May 21, 2012
7:30 SHARP to 9 p.m.
It's obvious. No marketing, no sales. Your work, will not sell itself. We have assembled a panel experienced in the matters you need to know. Learn from them and resolve to put the time and energy into improving your marketing. Yes, everyone can benefit from improved marketing. Moderated by David Wogahn.
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Free for IWOSC members
$15 non-members
Monthly Seminar:
WRITING DIALOG: Much More than Words
Saturday, May 19, 2012
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Dialog is writing for the ear. It must be more interesting and vital than “He said,” “They said,” “She said.” Is that all each speaker did? In both fiction and non-fiction, characters have distinct personalities. This is even more true for film dialog. In this interactive seminar, exercises and discussion will probe the ways to perfect your "ear" so that your characters ring true.
PRESENTER: MARVIN WOLF, author of 15 books, including the novel, ”The Tattooed Rabbi” (Antenna Books, NY 2011).
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$15 for members
$35 for non-members
Satellites — Informal sessions
IWOSC's monthly drop-in satellite sessions are free and open to all writers — both members and non-members.
Bring your writing, your ideas, problems, questions, and complaints. Receive support, laughs, juicy controversy, and plenty of networking.
Pasadena/Altadena Satellite
Upcoming meetings:
Friday, May 11
Friday, June 8
Friday, July 13th
8:30 a.m.
Free to all
Non-members welcome!
Join writers in the San Gabriel Valley area for an active exchange of ideas at The Coffee Gallery. This is always a joint meeting of the IWOSC Pasadena Satellite and the Alameda Writers Group SIG. We thank Jane Neff Rollins for her support with this satellite.
Details
South Bay Satellite — NEW GROUP
Upcoming meetings:
Monday, May 7
Thursday, June 14
Time:
6:30 p.m. meet and greet
7:00-8:30 meeting
Free to all
Non-members welcome!
Location:
Manhattan Beach Library Conference Room
Free parking in Manhattan Beach City Hall/Library shared parking lot.
IWOSC's new South Bay Satellite is for writers in Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, El Segundo — anywhere the ocean meets the shore. The group meets on varying days the first week of each month
Details
West Valley (Woodland Hills) Satellite
Upcoming meetings:
Wednesday, May 9
Wednesday, June 13
Wednesday, July 11
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Free to all
Non-members welcome!
The Valley Satellite meets the 2nd Wednesday morning from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at the Barnes & Noble in Woodland Hills, offering writers a chance to participate in a free-flowing exchange of ideas about their work and the writing business.
Details
Ventura County Satellite
Upcoming meetings:
Thursday, May 10
Thursday, June 14
Thursday, July 12
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
$2 per person
Non-members welcome!
IWOSC's Ventura County Satellite meets on the 2nd Thursday at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks hosted by Dawn Wood.
Details and RSVP
Westside Satellite
Upcoming meetings:
Thursday, May 10
Thursday, June 14
Thursday, July 12
10 to 11:30 a.m.
Free to all — but attendees must RSVP and order food
Non-members welcome!
IWOSC's Westside Satellite meets on the 2nd Thursday at Ye Olde King's Head in Santa Monica. Vickey Kalambakal hosts.
Details and RSVP
Orange County Satellite
Upcoming meetings:
Thursday, May 17
Thursday, June 21
Thursday, July 19
7 p.m.
Free to all
Non-members welcome!
The opportunity to meet fellow Orange County writers is brought to you by host Kurt Bensworth at the Tustin Library on the 3rd Thursday of each month.
Details
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Special IWOSC events
1st annual LitFest Pasadena
IWOSC will have a booth at this new event.
Sat. May 12
Central Park.
For info please visit
litfestpasadena.org.
We look forward to seeing you at this event.
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
On Saturday April 21 and Sunday April 22 at The LA Times Festival of Books, booth volunteers introduced the many benefits of IWOSC membership to thousands of book lovers and writers, as well as met and mingled with other writers and folks who are interested in writing.
IWOSC Newsletter
The IWOSC newsletter can now be downloaded from our website.
In fact, you can read it in your browser by just clicking right here or download a zipped copy by just clicking here!
IWOSC-related events
UCLA Extension
Writers’ Program
The UCLA Extension Writers' Program is the nation's largest university-related writing program (more than 500 courses annually, with over 140 courses online). Complete info at the program's site.
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For some extra fun for writers, we're sharing a word of the day here.
~ Interested in learning it?
~ Think you know it?
Click the word to open a new window/tab to see, hear, or learn.
It's always nice to build some new pathways in your brain.
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News & Reminders!
IWOSC's Online Community
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IWOSC Events Mailing List
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