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IWOSC’S ANNUAL AGENTS PANEL
Agents Update 2012:
What Writers Must Know About Finding & Working with Representation Today
Monday, April 30, 2012
In a changing marketplace, it’s more important than ever to have an advocate to fight for you when going the route of traditional publishing. Our April program will present a panel of stellar Southern California agents and a prominent literary attorney who will provide a look at their world today. We’ll cover what you need to know to find the right representative, how to get their attention, and the steps you should take to create the strongest relationship. In addition, we’ll look at the ebook factor, transitioning from self-publishing to traditional publishing, book-to-film deals, and phone apps. We also have a top manager of scriptwriters and directors, as well as a veteran author/screenwriter to share their insider insights. Come join us!
Our panelists include:
SUSAN FINESMAN, FINE LITERARY
, is a literary agent who now specializes in introducing great writers first to publishers, and then as part of a coordinated plan pursuing film, TV, and Internet opportunities. She began scouting books, plays, and narrative nonfiction for Tri-Star Pictures in 1986. Five years later, she moved on to Savoy Pictures, followed by a long and award-winning stint at HBO, where highlights included an Emmy for Ernest Gaines’s A Lesson Before Dying. For fiction, she looks for characters she cannot shake. For nonfiction, she is interested in lifestyle and cookbooks.
FineLiterary.com
PAUL S. LEVINE, PAUL S. LEVINE LITERARY AGENCY
, is a lawyer and a literary agent. He has practiced entertainment law for over 30 years, representing authors, writers, producers, actors, directors, composers, musicians, artists, photographers, publishers, in the fields of publishing, motion pictures, television, interactive multimedia, live stage, recorded music, concerts, and the visual arts. Levine has sold over one hundred fiction and nonfiction books and has had many books developed as movies-for-television and feature films. His biggest successes have been with self-published authors with impressive sales who wanted to have their books republished by a major publishing house.
paulslevinelit.com
JILL MARR, SANDRA DIJKSTRA AGENCY
, is an acquiring associate agent. She graduated from San Diego State University with a BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing and a minor in History. Marr is interested in voice-driven, commercial fiction, with an emphasis on mysteries, thrillers, and horror, women’s commercial fiction, and historical fiction. Jill is looking for nonfiction projects in the areas of self-help, inspirational, cookbooks, memoir (she especially loves travel and foodie memoirs), history, sports, current events, health and nutrition, pop culture, humor and music. Jill’s recent nonfiction includes Douglas A. Wissing’s Funding Our Enemy: How the US Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban. Her fiction includes Bloodman by Robert Pobi and Prayers of an Ibo Rabbi by Richard Cummings.
dijkstraagency.com
JENNIFER ROFÉ, ANDREA BROWN LITERARY AGENCY
. As a literary agent, Jennifer handles children's fiction projects, from picture books to young adult. Middle grade is her soft spot; she's open to all genres in this category, especially the tender or hilarious. For YA, Jennifer’s drawn to contemporary works; dramatic or funny romance; and urban fantasy/light sci-fi. For picture books, early readers, and chapter books, she’s interested in character-driven projects and smart, exceptional writing. Jennifer’s clients include Kathryn Fitzmaurice, Barry Wolverton, Nick James, Samantha Vamos, gMeg Medina, and Crystal Allen. Jennifer is co-author of the picture book Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch.
andreabrownlit.com
JEWERL ROSS, of SILENT R MANAGEMENT
, grew up in Los Angeles and left Southern California to study political philosophy at Yale. After graduating in 1997, he returned to LA to work in entry-level positions at ICM and Paradigm before joining APA as an agent in early 1999. Three years later, after he had made a name for himself selling spec scripts, Marathon Entertainment hired Ross to be a manager. In January 2006, Ross left to form his own company, Silent R Management. Today, after 12 years in the business, Ross can boast a hot slate of writer and director clients as a manager. In 2011, Ross sold one of the biggest specs of the year: Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses by long-time client Matthew Aldrich. Matt Damon is attached to star and Warner Bros. purchased it in a bidding war that concluded with sale price of $500,000 against $800,000.
silentrlit.com
MARVIN J. WOLF, AUTHOR/SCREENWRITER
, is a charter member of IWOSC as well as a four-term IWOSC president. Wolf is the author of 15 books, including his first novel, The Tattooed Rabbi, published in 2011. He sold his first book, The Japanese Conspiracy, in 1983 without an agent. Since then, usually with the services of an agent, he has written on his own or collaborated as co-author or ghostwriter to produce several critically acclaimed autobiographies as well as five true-crime books and several ghostwriting projects. In 2001, he turned to screenwriting; his script Ladies Night aired on the USA Network in March 2005. The network connection was made not by an agent but a literary manager. His literary agent is based in New York.
marvwolf.com
ROBIN QUINN, MODERATOR
, is an award-winning book editor, book coach, and ghostwriter. She specializes in health, nutrition, spirituality, self-help, business, and the media, and she also works with fiction and memoir. Quinn has been in the book publishing business for more than two decades and regularly produces and moderates book panels. Her editorial projects include the small press best-seller The Detox Solution by Patricia Fitzgerald, the inspirational The Conscious Catwoman Explains Life on Earth by actress Julie Newmar (Catwoman on the TV series Batman), and the metaphysical novel Ultimaya 1.0: The Trouble with the Wishes of Leopold Stokes by Saniel Bonder.
writingandediting.com
Writer Beware!
Monday, March 26, 2012
"Don't trust anyone," goes the longtime maxim of Hollywood and New York publishing. Yet today, writers have to trust their material and ideas to dozens of people -- agents, acquisitions editors, self-publishing and marketing professionals, and more. How can a writer tell "the wheat from the chaff"? How can we be sure that we won't get ripped off? And how can we best present ourselves -- and avoid common mistakes -- in the first place? In this intensive panel seminar, we'll be giving advice on the successful practices -- and dangerous pitfalls -- that await writers, especially in the current Brave New World of publishing and marketing. We've drawn a stellar panel from all aspects of the publishing business, from conventionally published authors who have worked with agents and trade houses, to self-publishing experts and gurus, to grammar and publicity coaches, to a top LA attorney specializing in contract and business law.
Among other topics, we'll be discussing things like:
Grammar, Email, and query letter dos and don'ts How best to present and comport yourself -- and how NOT to -- with agents, editors, and in marketing your book What to expect -- and what NOT to -- from editors, book coaches, publicists, and literary agents Books and intellectual property in the online world -- what are the "can's" and "can'ts"? And what about the scourge of "idea theft?" The publishing process -- what happens AFTER the book is sold? Contract and legal do's and don'ts -- what to look for, and what to AVOID -- in contracts with agents, publishers, and in self-publishing/POD. Legitimate agents and editing services vs. scam artists (fee chargers, "Edit Ink" type fraud editing "services", and the like.) How can you tell if an agent or editor is "legit"? And what about self-publishing and print-on-demand (POD)? How can a writer tell what venues are "for real," and which ones are just scam "vanity publishing houses" with no plans for their authors -- except to take their money?
And while we cannot offer "free legal advice" on individual cases, we'll be featuring all that and much more, plus Q&A and networking with our expert panelists.
The panel includes:
Our own FLO SELFMAN and ROBERTA EDGAR, principals of the premier editing and consulting service, Words à la Mode (www.wordsalamode.com), in addition to being President and Vice President, respectively, of IWOSC.
Serving an unprecedented eighth term as IWOSC President, FLO is a seasoned public relations consultant, creating and implementing a wide variety of PR campaigns. She consults on publishing, marketing, and publicity for self-published authors and small presses, and has copyedited/proofread dozens of books, including several written by IWOSC members. At Selfman & Others PR her client list has included: authors Hank Rosenfeld (“The Wicked Wit of the West”), Dean Koontz, bodybuilder Franco Columbo, and Nancy Zi (“The Art of Breathing”). Events include: West Adams Heritage Association tours, the Festival of Jewish Artisans, the West Coast Brecht Centennial Festival, and dozens of theatre productions. Professional affiliations include: IWOSC, Entertainment Publicists Professional Society; Book Publicists of Southern California (IRWIN Award Winner 2005, Best Book Tie-in Campaign), and Publishers Association Los Angeles.
Aside from her duties as IWOSC Vice President, ROBERTA co-authored “Think Yourself Smokeless” and “The Perfect Play: The Day We Broke the Bank in Atlantic City.” For over twenty years, besides writing screenplays, she has been ghostwriting and editing books such as “Textiles Matter” for Prentice Hall Publishing and numerous memoirs and autobiographies. Currently, she is ghostwriting four projects simultaneously, including a guide for divorcing fathers, a collection of essays on science and religion, an untitled book on immigration reform, and another on Korean calligraphy. Roberta has also consulted and coached on numerous manuscripts. After graduating from UCLA, she wrote editorial promotion for Mademoiselle, worked in production for the late David L. Wolper and for the TV producers of “Star Trek.” Roberta is also a member of the Writers Guild of America, West.
ERIKA FABIAN has been published in 23 books and nearly 200 photo-illustrated articles (many with her late husband) -- from photography and travelogues of the world's most beautiful and glamorous locales, to thrilling Harlequin romances! Her career includes many years of on-assignment travel and work with her late husband, the photographer and artist Albert Moldvay), for “National Geographic” magazine, “Westways,” and the “Los Angeles Times," and she has taught college-level photography at UCLA.
ELLEN REID earned her reputation as one of the nation's premiere book shepherds and book consultants by working with authors in establishing their own independent venues as well as producing files of the books, which can be self-published or published by others. She also consults on maximizing Kindle applications, including eBooks on the iPhone and the Sony Reader, etc. Ellen is the author of “Putting Your Best Book Forward,” which has won several literary awards — as have many of her author clients. Her website is: BookShep.com
IWOSC’s own Legal Counsel, MICHAEL S. KLEIN, Esq., is a senior partner in the noted law firm of Klein & Weisz. After graduating Summa Cum Laude and elected to Phi Beta Kappa from Indiana University, he received his law degree at Yale, and has served as a Board Member for both the Beverly Hills Bar Associaton, the State Bar of California, and the First Amendment commission of the ACLU. He has spoken on the subject of civil liberties and the First Amendment on CNN, PBS, Pepperdine University, Loyola University Law School, and Southwestern University Law School. He has been an IWOSC member since its founding in 1982 and has offered special prices and reduced rates for IWOSC members' legal work and consultation.
MODERATOR: TELLY DAVIDSON is the author of the award-winning book “TV's Grooviest Variety Shows” and is working on several novel and biography/memoir writing projects. His entertainment and culture articles have appeared in Guitar Player, Entertainment Today, FilmStew, Yahoo Movies, and for two years, he was lead film/TV critic for the highly popular FrumForum. He has worked on NBC's Most Outrageous Game Show Moments and PBS's Emmy-nominated Pioneers of Primetime, was Supervising Producer of Season Two of the interview series The WRITE Environment, and is an active member of IWOSC and PEN.
ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING: It’s not your father’s publishing world
Monday, February 27, 2012
The changing world of publishing has struggled with the yin and yang of traditional vs. avant garde. Now the newer forms of publishing are gaining a foothold in an ever-increasing percentage of the market.
Electronic publishing and POD (Print on Demand) have provided smaller publishers with low-cost alternatives and a new marketplace. The big publishers are agonizing over this, trying to cope, and playing catch-up with the smaller concerns.
It's easier than ever to get onto the bandwagon, and even though the changes are still upon us daily, once you're in the electronic market, it is increasingly simple to upgrade to accommodate the new rules and methods and navigate the growing competition.
We will discuss the ins and outs, the methods, marketing and reasons to go electronic. And we will endeavor to keep it simple and show you a real, creative, and inexpensive way to get your word out.
Our panelists will include:
JIM AZEVEDO is the marketing manager at Smashwords, the world’s largest distributor of indie ebooks. Since 2008, Smashwords has helped over 36,000 authors around the world publish and distribute more than 97,000 ebooks. Jim’s expertise is in high-tech public relations, where he has spent 16 years working with companies of every size: from two-person startups to multi-billion-dollar, publicly traded companies. He’s delighted to help carry the indie torch on behalf of writers.
STEVEN SANCHEZ is founder and CEO of the Los Angeles-based internet agency, INEXUS. For the past 19 years, Steven has helped large and small companies start web businesses and publish digitally online. He has worked on several web design books such as Homepage Usability, “Web Design on a Shoestring,” and The Unusually Useful Web Book. His current book, Author Website Essentials: Connect With Readers, Grow Your Marketing and SELL MORE BOOKS! is available this month on Amazon.com and at AuthorWebsiteEssentials.com. He can also be reached at BookPlatform101.com, an upcoming online community designed to help authors build successful book platforms.
ELAINE WILKES, PhD, is a published and self-published award-winning author. Her highly acclaimed book, Nature’s Secret Messages: Hidden In Plain Sight (Hay House), was awarded the rare star recommendation from Publishers Weekly. She’s been interviewed on numerous radio and TV shows such as CNN Headline News, and E! Entertainment, and has been quoted in major media including Forbes, CNN, Chicago Tribune, and Woman's World. Her company formats ebooks and creates Internet video for individuals and small businesses. She also speaks on book marketing, ebooks and writing effective emails. Elaine created an insider’s secret course about getting your book into all types of stores — Internet, book and retail. See YourBookInStores.com.
DAVID WOGAHN is a 25-year publishing veteran and founder of digital media consultancy Sellbox.com. He also cofounded Times Mirror Multimedia and the FANSonly Network (now part of CBS Sports). David published his first e-books in 1991 and has since worked extensively in both business and consumer media publishing, utilizing a variety of delivery methods including websites, CD-ROM, syndication, e-Books, e-Mail and print.
PAUL S. LEVINE is a lawyer and a literary agent. He has practiced entertainment law for over 30 years, representing writers, producers, actors, directors, composers, musicians, artists, authors, photographers, publishers, in the fields of motion pictures, television, interactive multimedia, live stage, recorded music, concerts, the visual arts, and publishing. Mr. Levine has sold over 100 fiction and non-fiction books and has had many books developed as movies-for-television and feature films. His biggest successes have been with self-published authors who wish to have their books republished by a major publishing house.
MODERATOR: GEMINI ADAMS is a multiple award-winning author whose works have been translated into Japanese and Spanish. Her titles include the Mom’s Choice Gold award winner, Your Legacy of Love: Realize the Gift in Goodbye, and bestselling nutritional cookbook, The Top 100 Recipes for Happy Kids. She is the founder of Live Consciously Publishing and the educational program Finish Your Book, through which she has helped hundreds of students to better navigate the complexities of the modern publishing world. Her works have received the Mom’s Choice Gold Award 2010, The National Best Book Award 2009, Dad’s Seal of Approval 2009, the Elevate Audience Award for Best Documentary 2007, and the Winston Churchill Fellowship Award 2006. Please visit LiveConsciouslyNow.com.
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Opportunities: Taking advantage of the Book Industry Changes
with Renowned Author-Publisher-Speaker DAN POYNTER
Monday, January 30, 2012
Where is book publishing going and how do we take advantage of the changes?
What opportunities are emerging as the Book Trade evolves into new forms?
The large publishers are downsizing, the traditional brick and mortar stores are closing, and readers are embracing ebooks. These and other changes are affecting literary agents, wholesalers, distributors, reviewers, printers, truckers and everyone in the book trade. The winners will be the authors and smaller publishers who embrace the changes.
The Bad News: The book publishing industry is changing.
The Good News: The Book publishing industry is changing.
Because, with change comes opportunity—if you know what to do.
Some changes we like. Some we fear. Discover what is happening so you can take advantage of the changes rather than be buried by them.
Your customers have moved and renowned author-publisher-speaker Dan Poynter will reveal where they are now—and he will show you how to reach them.
Presenter:
Dan Poynter is an author (100+ books), publisher (since 1969), and a speaker (Certified Speaking Professional). His seminars have been featured on CNN, his books have been pictured in The Wall Street Journal and his story has been told in The New York Times.
The media come to Dan because he is the leading authority on book publishing. As a professional speaker, he travels more than 6,000 miles each week to share his book plan. Dan is a past vice-president of the Publishers Marketing Association. He lives in Santa Barbara.
Read about Dan on Wikipedia or visit Dan's website, ParaPublishing.com.
~~~~~~~ Past 2012 Seminars ~~~~~~~
IWOSC SATURDAY SEMINAR
Itching To Pitch
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Most writers are afraid to pitch. This workshop is about taking the fear out of pitching and presenting your project as a best-seller, no matter what it is.
A pitch is a writer’s audition, and presentation is just as important as the material. “Itching to Pitch” is geared for the petrified pitcher. Writers will learn what they need to know for a successful interview.
Pitches need to be clear and concise. Presenter Dee J. Adams endorses using five index cards and will delineate what should be on each card. Ms. Adams will also talk about rehearsal beforehand and what to wear.
Body language of both writer and editor is extremely important, and she will explain how it affects a pitch. Finally, she will cover strategies for handling unexpected situations, like the not-so-enthusiastic editor, getting tongue-tied, limited pitch time, etc.
This workshop, geared toward fiction, is also beneficial to writers of memoirs, nonfiction, or anyone pitching a project. The four-page handout includes the contents of the five cards; examples; a complete list of “Do’s and Don’ts,” elevator pitches, and appointment etiquette. This pitch structure also helps in creating a brief synopsis or blurb for your project.
With “Itching to Pitch,” anyone can get a request for a submission. It’s all in the execution.
OUR PRESENTER: DEE J. ADAMS:
With a background in acting and dialogue coaching in Hollywood, Dee J. Adams writes romantic suspense about ordinary people in extraordinary danger. Her first book, "Dangerous Race," was released by Carina Press in September 2011. The follow up, "Danger Zone," which she also narrated for Audible.com, was a February 2012 release. Both books landed on the Amazon top 100 list. The highly anticipated third book in the Adrenaline Highs Series, "Dangerously Close," is due out in July 2012. You can find more information about her at www.deejadams.com.
IWOSC SATURDAY SEMINAR
Organizing Your Life, Your Work, and Your Taxes
with Mishele Vieira, Certified Professional Organizer
Saturday, March 24, 2012
In this interactive session, Mishele Vieira, CPO®, will provide strategies for managing the chaos that can show up in our schedules, space, and life. Some of the areas we will discuss include:
Paper, Paper, Paper - How to handle the accumulation and find what you need when you need it! Includes discussion on organizing documents for taxes. Maximizing your Schedule - Time and Productivity strategies for the self- employed. Making Systems work for you – whether it’s paying the bills, or following up with prospects, learn tips for streamlining those things we do on a regular basis. Some easy tips to help you organize your writing.
Attend this valuable seminar and learn Mishele's practical tips for productivity and peace of mind.
PRESENTER:
MISHELE VIEIRA has been organizing individuals, families, and companies since 1983. After years in corporate America creating systems and solutions for greater productivity, she founded Away with Chaos in 2002 where she now helps individuals and companies make room for what matters most. She was one of the first in history to receive the Certified Professional Organizer (CPO®) designation
IWOSC SATURDAY SEMINAR
PUBLICISTS: When, How and Why?
Saturday, February 18, 2012
It is increasingly easy to do your own publicity, up to a point. The problem is that there really are not enough hours in the day to learn and research all of the possibilities, and definitely not enough time in the day to implement in an optimized fashion.
Successful placement of publicity is never a guarantee, but if you use a professional, a person who is known by the target media, you have an advantage. And this is one area where the time saved can be translated into dollars saved.
We will discuss what publicists do, what they cannot do, why they help, and how to work with them today.
Presenters:
LUCY POLLAK has been providing publicity services to the Los Angeles arts community for the past 21 years. Her clients include The Antaeus Company, Circle X Theatre Co., Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA, The Fountain Theatre, L.A. Theatre Works, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, The Matrix Theatre Company, Rogue Artists Ensemble, The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum; numerous independent theater and dance productions; individual performers like author and pop culture "histo-tainer" Charles Phoenix; and large events and festivals such as the annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the NoHo Scene. From 1981 to 1990, Ms. Pollak was production manager/staff producer at the Odyssey Theatre, where she co-produced all productions with artistic director Ron Sossi. Her credits at the Odyssey included over 100 productions. For the 1993 Los Angeles Festival, she line-produced Reza Abdoh’s controversial “Quotations From A Ruined City.” She is the recipient of an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award (“Master Class”), an L.A. Weekly Award (“Mary Barnes”), 4 Drama-Logue Awards, and a Women in Theatre Recognition Award. During her tenure at the Odyssey, Ms. Pollak also served on the boards of directors of the Los Angeles Theatre Alliance (now LA Stage Alliance) and Women in Theatre, and on the Advisory Board of P.A.T.H. (Performing Arts Theatre for the Handicapped).
IRWIN ZUCKER is probably the senior independent book publicist in the U.S., having gone out on his own in 1955 in Hollywood, promoting thousands of authors over his 50-plus-year career. His first major client, Prentice-Hall Publishing Co., assigned him to handle the West Coast PR for the legendary Rev. Norman Vincent Peale, author of a landmark book, "The Power of Positive Thinking." Zucker also PR'd Peale's sequel, "Minister to Millions." Among the major names he has worked with are Jacqueline Susann, Helen Gurley Brown, Miss "J" (The Sensuous Woman), Steve Allen, Burl Ives, Dinah Shore and Veronica Lake. Members of his literary family are among his current "in-house" clients--wife Devra Hill, the author/movie critic, and twin daughters, Judi & Shari, co-authors of five health books.
In 1976, he founded Book Publicists of So. Calif. and was its leader for the first 18 years. He still guides the group, mapping all the bimonthly meetings. He's working on his own book, "Greats & Ingrates—and You're In It!" The IRWIN Award (Industry Recognition of Writers In the News) was created 18 years ago to honor the BPSC founder. His PR firm is called Promotion in Motion.
FLO SELFMAN (Moderator and Presenter) has more than twenty years experience in public relations and marketing in the entertainment, corporate, and literary fields. Her company, Selfman & Others PR, has handled overall public relations and marketing for a wide variety of clients, including books and authors, nonprofit associations, personalities, and events. She is often asked to proofread or copyedit a manuscript, then advises the author on publishing matters, and often continues into publicity consultation. She has handled dozens of books including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, entertainment, psychology, children’s, and more. Author clients have included Hank Rosenfeld (“The Wicked Wit of the West”), Dean Koontz (four books), bodybuilder Franco Columbu, and Nancy Zi (“The Art of Breathing”); events including West Adams Heritage Association tours, the Festival of Jewish Artisans (ten years), the West Coast Brecht Centennial Festival, and dozens of theatre productions, from solo shows to original musicals. Selfman's professional affiliations include the Entertainment Publicists Professional Society; Book Publicists of Southern California (IRWIN Award Winner 2005, Best Book Tie-In Campaign), Publishers Association Los Angeles, and the Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC), currently eighth-term president. She is a frequent guest speaker on public relations topics, and teaches lively on-site grammar and punctuation workshops.
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IWOSC SATURDAY SEMINAR
Grammar for Grownups: Painless Grammar and Punctuation Review for Writers
with Flo Selfman
Saturday, January 21, 2012
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Popular Grammar Seminar Returns!
Back by popular demand is a grammar and punctuation review offered by Independent Writers of Southern California. Presenter Flo Selfman, public relations consultant, proofreader-copyeditor, and IWOSC president, calls herself a "professional nitpicker" who conducts lively on-site grammar workshops for organizations and companies.
 Has the lazy language of email made your professional communications sloppy? Do you agonize every time you prepare an article or a query letter because you're afraid it contains grammar and punctuation errors? Have you forgotten rules you learned in school – and do they still apply?
Participants will gain grammar confidence in a review of few simple rules that can correct dozens of the most commonly made errors in written and spoken communication. Topics to be covered include:
· 10 common grammar and punctuation errors to avoid
· How to error-proof a manuscript
· Why spell-check isn't enough (or, when is a rose not a rose?)
· Why grammar and punctuation matter
· My computer has a dictionary; what else do I need?
· Coping with current trends in language
· And more!
The seminar incorporates class exercises and useful handouts, and the opportunity to have grammar, syntax, and punctuation questions answered.
Presenter:
FLO SELFMAN is a public relations and marketing consultant with more than twenty years experience creating and implementing PR campaigns for celebrities, authors, and events. Her press kits have received awards. She copyedits books and manuscripts and is a consultant on all aspects of publishing, marketing and publicity for self-published authors and small publishing companies.
A native of Ohio, Selfman has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from UCLA, a California Secondary Teaching Credential, and the Instructor Development Certificate from UCLA Extension. This is her eighth year as president of IWOSC.
See WordsalaMode.com.
~~~~~~~ Past 2011 IWOSC Reads Its Own ~~~~~~~
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Twice a year IWOSC holds a special FREE event — “IWOSC Reads Its Own” — 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 at the beautiful independent bookstore, Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena.
Some IWOSC’s talented member writers read short excerpts from their published, unpublished, and in-progress works.
~~~~~~~ Past 2011 Parties ~~~~~~~
We'll have our first party of 2012 in July.
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