August 8th: Membership Meeting
The Short Story Contest winners will be presented at this meeting.
Visit the Contest Page to find out who the winners are!
Click here!
Don’t miss hearing judges, Stefanie Freele and Dan Coshnear, talk about each of the winning pieces.
Also, we will be honoring Marianne Ware, our member who passed away recently, and we’ll have copies of her book, Meaning Of Water, for sale. You can learn more about her book on the Co-Publishing Page or by clicking here.
Our Speaker will be Gordon Burgett 
His topic will be:
“How to Get Your Book Published Free in Minutes and Marketed Worldwide in Days”
Gordon will explain the easy seven-step process that can quickly make you a proud published author, with a book to prove it. A book that your friends, family, and potential fans can buy at bookstores, on the web, through Amazon.com, or even directly from you, if you wish.
It’s a new publishing world, new technology, new business models for publishers. Eager to take part? Gordon will explain the few new steps you need to know to dance the new dance—in print! Visit his website.
A veteran speaker and journalist, Gordon currently speaks nationwide, mostly about publishing. He has offered over 2,000 presentations, and in Sonoma County has spoken at Santa Rosa Junior College for 20 years, including this fall (2010).
With a long career as a magazine and newspaper writer (with 1,700+ freelance articles in print), Gordon just had his 39th book published. As a publisher since 1981, he has published another 75+ products. He is a long-standing member of the National Speakers Association, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the Independent Book Publishers Association.
Gordon’s best known books are The Travel Writer’s Guide, How to Sell 75% of Your Freelance Writing,and Niche Publishing: Publish Profitably Every Time.
