Parents, Imagine your teen being in a well-lit room full of aspiring writers, where everyone is talking excitedly and laughing. Some people are reading their stories out loud; others are asking for feedback on their blog posts and college essays. Everyone is working on a special piece for the Annual Teen Writers Anthology. The energy is contagious. Is your teen curious about joining a group of Teen Writers who share their passion for writing? As a parent, would you like to encourage their writin …

If you've always wanted to get a book published and didn't know how, this meetup group will teach you the steps. · Learn how to pitch your book at a conference · Demystify the query letter and get steps on how to write one · Develop your author platform before you are even published We'll explore traditional publishing and self-publishing, and everything in between, and break down the right publishing steps for you into manageable chunks so you can integrate writing and publishing into your dail …

The San Francisco Writers Community is a group of: -Writers -Editors -Publishers -Local book store owners/managers -Designers We are working together to help one another create and market our work in the new world of writing and publishing.

BABS was founded to foster the local community of content creators, bloggers, authors, web experts, ebook creators, publishers and online marketing professionals. Our in-person meetings go deep and wide into the culture and tools of digital connection. Members share tips & tricks, hear new concepts by local start-up owners, brainstorm blog elements, and network for mutual success. Attending our meetings, you will find new blogging buddies, support for your ideas, and answers to your technical qu …

SFAdPub is a monthly event that brings together the different parts and pieces of the San Francisco online advertising community. Whether you're on the buy side, sell side or the tech that's making the magic happen in the middle, SFAdPub is a place where you can network, build relationships and keep up with the always changing landscape of the online ad world. Each month we select a relevant topic that we focus on as a group and usually bring in a local expert (or experts) to present about it. T …

In an effort to form a community of expertise and help authors learn not just tips to improve their writing but build a successful writing career, 3L Publishing hosts this free group Writers Who Mean Business. All published and non-published authors, fiction and non-fiction writers are welcome to join this FREE group. The group hosts author events and meets the last Thursday of each month. Michelle Gamble-Risley wants to create more than a mastermind group, but a collective mind of busine …

Visit our site at www.macrochef.org. Our primary activity is putting on a Gourmet Vegetarian Dinner every Monday night in Palo Alto, at the First Baptist Church, 305 North California Avenue at Bryant, 1/4 mile East of Alma. This is a full vegan dinner which includes soup, grain, beans or bean products, vegetables, dessert, and beverage, prepared by expert natural foods Chef Gary Alinder, our Chef since our inception in 1987. Dinner price is $15, reservations requested by Monday, 9:30 AM, If you …

A group for: 1 Writting as startup 2 Entrepreneurs who plan to publish book

The purpose of this group is to allow people who like to write to share their work and get inspiration. Fiction/ non-fiction. Prose, poetry. Prolific/ published/ non-published/ stuck in writer's block...Anything goes. You are welcome so long as you enjoy writing as a form of self-expression. Bring a sample of your own work (or idea if you are really stuck) to share and be prepared to listen to others read what they have written. The idea is that we can help one another through constructive criti …

A place to share tips and tools for independent publishing on screens. How to publish your work on ebooks, or on iPads, or tablets, or phones, or desktop screens. Mostly book and magazine-like content, but anything with words as well as images. Come tell us what is working for you, and what has not worked.

I'm starting this group to discuss current news. I'm reading challenged to understand news and current affairs. I tried to understand news on TV and cable channels, but most news is presented as views, not as facts. The choices media make, as to what will be in headlines and how they decide to present facts, are interesting. Then came news aggregators like google news. They do a better job of presenting everything that is published, but they are still struggling to get the facts out of new eve …

The California Writers Club is one of the oldest writers' organizations in continuous operation in the nation. Our members are writers, poets, journalists, essayists, editors, publicists, booksellers, and others involved in related fields, all joined together for the common goal of educating ourselves and the community on the craft of writing and the realities of getting our work published. California Writers Club® and its logo are registered trademarks of the California Writers Club. - South Ba …

ORIGINAL FOUNDERS: Sandy Shaller: Current Chair Alessandro Baktyar Ramon Sevilla MISSION STATEMENT: It is the Mission of the WCWG to provide honest, thoughtful, considerate and supportive feedback to its members and to facilitate the goal of improving and publishing their writing. PLEASE CHECK "PAGES" FOR OUR MISSIONS STATEMENT, ROLES AND GROUP RULES.

This group is for independent publishers, authors, and agents on the West Coast who publish ebooks or want to learn more about ebooks and digital change. Get together with other publishing professionals to mix, mingle and discuss industry developments. Our first meetup will be held in conjunction with eBooks for Everyone Else San Francisco which will take place on Wednesday, November 2 at the Parc 55 Hotel in Union Square. For more information and the full conference program, visit PublishersLau …

We are writers  seriously dedicated to the process and content of our writing. Some of us work professionally as writers (I'm a developmental editor) and also have different creative genres of writing that we are working on (novels, scripts, essays, memoirs, travel writing, and more). Others work in different professions but have writing projects they are deeply committed to. We also consider the publishing industry and marketing. As your organizer, I have many years in the publishing industry ( …

We gather online and in-person to discuss all aspects of the eZ Publish Enterprise Content Management System. All skill levels (from beginner to expert) and roles (from end user to marketer to developer to purchase decision maker) are welcome. We are an extension of the broader, global community, focused on North and South America. We have two regularly scheduled monthly conference calls: one about the eZ Ecosystem in general, usually featuring an eZ Systems employee as a guest attendee; and one …

As of September 22, 2012, this meetup group is on hold. Feel free to contact me regarding further meetings or activities. A group of writers seriously interested in creating, refining and publishing fiction, non-fiction, poetry, lyrics, screenplays, etc. Meeting biweekly for mutual support, critique and developing their writing/editing skills. Each member who RSVPs and whose membership dues are current gets an allotted time for reading and critique at each meeting. Please, when you join, do not …

Wanted: San Francisco Bay Area Authors Interested in Self Publishing! Hello and welcome! I'm looking to meet with other indie authors in the San Francisco Bay Area interested in Self Publishing and Book Marketing. If you're an author who is self published or is getting ready/interested in self publishing please join us to talk shop; however, the purpose of this club is to share ideas/strategies on self publishing and marketing our books. This is not a writing/critique club and we're not focusin …

The free and official community-based InDesign user group sponsored and hosted by Adobe at their office located at 601 Townsend Street, San Francisco. Meetings include a presentation from members like you, networking, and a raffle with prizes such as Adobe software, special event tickets, and instructional materials.

Digital distribution and the proliferation of reading devices are bringing great changes to what we think of as books, and their attendant industries. This meetup is about exploring all aspects of this change, from cultural, professional, technical, and experiential points of view. We welcome fans, critics, innovators, and skeptics, as we bring some thought and exploration of where we are headed.

This group is for anyone who cares about the evolution of books in any form, including eBook, HTML5, print, app, or daydream. If it's packaged, paginated content with words, pictures, media, connectedness, or interactivity in any combination, this is the place.

This group will be a writer's support group. We will meet once a month (or more depending on the group size and needs) and discuss our works in progress. While this won’t be an official “workshop critique group” I hope that members can swap work and get familiar with each other’s writings for when we meet up. The idea here is for all of us to be familiar with other’s works so that when we meet up we can offer insightful comments, support, feedback, and motivation. We will also give suggestions o …

Want to learn the art, the craft, and the business of professional writing? This is your group! Want to sip tea and discuss 19th Century literature -- this is not your group. We are all about the art, the craft, and the business of being a professional writer. If your goal is to get published, or continue being published, THIS is the group for you. We work hard, laugh hard, and are hugely passionate about being published authors, screenwriters, poets, and playwrights. Join us!

WISPER (Writers, Independent Small Press, Editors Resource)>Forming an active independent, small press, self publishing writers and resource community to provide resource services and an exchange of ideas for those who want to connect with other independent writers, editors, proofreaders, printers in order to improve their craft, self publish, and help sustain the small press community.We will be establishing a Community Facebook page and gathering resources throughout the Greater Sacramento are …

The goal of Oakland Authors is to create a virtual and physical place for East Bay writers to gather, exchange ideas, and help each other in any way needed. The publishing industry as a whole is struggling. It’s up to us to decide if it dies or reinvents itself. The modern author doesn’t have the luxury of being able to retreat to write, letting others do the work of editing, producing and distributing books, coding e-books, or marketing him or herself. We at Oakland Authors hope that by banding …

The goal of this meetup group is to develop an interesting community of web publishers Join this group if you like: Publishing websites (blogs, forums, wikis, etc.) Web programming Tech meetups Startups

TC Camp is an Unconference focused on Technical Communications issues, skills, challenges, and the various applications used by technical communicators. The purpose of TC Camp is to provide a local bay area conference for technical communicators that is driven by the members of that community–writers, editors, designers, and the people who support them.

The Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA) is a network of people in all aspects of the independent publishing industry. We are a non-profit educational organization linking writers with the services they need to publish and sell their work. Our meetings are an opportunity to gather information, exchange ideas, share successes and challenges, meet supportive professionals, and ask questions about the rapidly changing industry. Openness and enthusiasm have been the hallmark of the gr …