Upcoming IWOSC Events
for Independent Writers
Monthly General Meeting/Panel Discussion:
MARKETING FOR THE WRITER: How to get the biggest bang for your buck — and your time
Monday, May 20
7:30 SHARP to 9 p.m.
Your work will not sell itself. But, regardless of the enormous competition out there, if you are savvy, creative, and energetic, your work will have an edge — if you know how, where, what's new and creative, and how to do it inexpensively and time-efficiently.
What has changed recently?
What is all of this new buzz about Amazon and short stories?
In this yearly panel, we have assembled veterans who are very experienced in those matters. Learn from them and resolve to
put the time and energy into improving your marketing. Yes, everyone can benefit from improved marketing.
Read more about it.
Free for IWOSC members
$15 non-members
Monthly Seminar:
METHOD WRITING: An Organic Approach to Writing
with Presenter Jack Grapes
Saturday, May 18, 2013
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“Method Writing” is an organic approach to writing, consisting of various concepts that take the writer through techniques designed to make the writing more compelling and more effective, publishable and productive. Jack Grapes, author of “METHOD WRITING,” will present this overview of the writer's creative process, a technique he's developed and used in his writing workshops for 35 years.
Read more about it.
$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, June 14
Friday, July 12
Friday, August 9
Friday, September 13
Time: 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
IWOSC's South Bay Satellite is for writers in Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, El Segundo — anywhere the ocean meets the shore in California. This group gets together on the third Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. at the Marmalade Cafe in El Segundo.
Upcoming meetings:
Tuesday, June 18
Tuesday, July 16
Tuesday, August 20
Tuesday, September 17
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Free to all
Non-members welcome!
Location:
Marmalade Cafe
2014 Park Place, El Segundo
Details
West Valley (Woodland Hills/SFV) Satellite
Upcoming meetings:
Wednesday, June 12
Wednesday, July 10
Wednesday, August 14
Wednesday, September 11
Time: 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Free to all
Non-members welcome!
The West Valley (Woodland Hills/SFV) Satellite meets monthly at Marie Callendar's each 2nd Wednesday at 10 a.m. offering writers a chance to participate in a free-flowing exchange of ideas about their work and the writing business.
Location:
Marie Callendar's
14743 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
(between Van Nuys Bl and Kester)
Details
Ventura County Satellite
Upcoming meetings:
Thursday, June 13
Thursday, July 11
Thursday, August 8
Thursday, September 12
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
$2 per person
Non-members welcome!
IWOSC's Ventura County Satellite meets on the 2nd Thursday and is hosted by Dawn Wood.
Details and RSVP
Westside Satellite
Upcoming meetings:
Thursday, June 13
Thursday, July 11
Thursday, August 8
Thursday, September 12
Time: 10 to 11:30 a.m.
There is a fee of $3 per meeting, which goes to charity.
Non-members welcome!
IWOSC's Westside Satellite meets on the 2nd Thursday at the Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club. Vickey Kalambakal hosts.
Details and RSVP
Orange County Satellite
Upcoming meetings:
Thursday, June 20
Thursday, July 18
Thursday, August 15
Thursday, September 19
Time: 7 p.m.
Free to all
Non-members welcome!
The opportunity to meet fellow Orange County, California writers is brought to you by host Kurt Bensworth at the Tustin Library on the 3rd Thursday of each month.
Details
IWOSC Reads Its Own
Sunday July 14, 2013
2 to 4 p.m.
Join us for a spellbinding afternoon of eclectic, eccentric, and exemplary works — from poems to true stories to hilarious monologues and beyond, read aloud by distinguished IWOSC scribes. We’ll be regaled with their wit, have our emotions stirred, or be plunged into deep thought as these talented member writers read short excerpts from their published, unpublished, or in-progress works at the beautiful independent bookstore, Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, California.
We'll announce our selected readers as we set the line-up.
Free to all
Plenty of parking on Colorado and neighboring streets.
Read more about it.
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Special IWOSC events
In addition to producing our own events for Southern California writers, we also participate in other writer-related events.
LitFest Pasadena 2.0
On Saturday, May 11, 2013 IWOSC participated in the second annual LitFest Pasadena at Central Park in Old Town Pasadena.
LitFest Pasadena is a celebratory day of readings and panel discussions featuring well-known California authors, hands-on activities, gourmet food trucks, and great fun — all promoting the literary arts.
LitFest Pasadena 2.0 featured over 75 authors, storytellers, performers, and exhibitors creating a day that explored an eclectic mix of subjects such as Southern California surf culture, local history, children’s and young adult literature, and more.
See litfestpasadena.org for details.
Los Angeles Times
Festival of Books
IWOSC was proud to once again be a participant of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the USC university park campus the weekend of April 20-21, 2013. Admission is always free and it's a fabulous community event.
If you met us there and weren't yet a member of our writer's group, we hope you'll come join us at one of our upcoming meetings. If you are a member of IWOSC, we hope you came and said hello.
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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It's always nice to build some new pathways in your brain.
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News & Reminders!
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