by Web Editor | Jan 12, 2018 | Event, Writing
Emotion is one of the most important, and most difficult, elements to capture in writing. You know you’ve succeeded when you feel it in the process of writing, and your readers tell you they’ve felt it too. Well-written, emotionally driven scenes allow...
by Web Editor | Dec 23, 2017 | Event, Workshop, Writing
Come for our next workshop on how to improve your writing such that it leaves an impression on an agent! Take your prose to the next level. Stretch new muscles, disabuse bad habits, and duke it out in a war of words. Cultivate that most elusive of literary elements:...
by Web Editor | Nov 21, 2017 | Event, Workshop, Writing
Publishing has never been easier. Barriers to entry are lower than ever before. But how exactly does one go about setting up an American small press with a vast reach? Get the inside scoop from Ed Sams on January 8, as he shares his experiences of twenty-five years...
by Web Editor | Sep 13, 2017 | Event, Workshop, Writing
We have all had that unforgettable experience: buried in a riveting read, turning one page after another, immersed in the world of the story, oblivious to the hours flying by. Such fleeting moments are undoubtedly among the happiest of our lives. How can we make that...
by Web Editor | Sep 12, 2017 | Event, Workshop, Writing
How does one become a master storyteller? A good first step is to learn from other masters, with an expert teacher as your guide. Laurie Ann Doyle teaches creative writing at two of the Bay Area’s most distinguished institutions: the San Francisco Writers Grotto and...
by SBW Webmaster | Mar 9, 2014 | Writing
This week I’m publishing a new novel, The Last Enchantments, about an American abroad at Oxford (kind of a Brideshead Revisited remix). It will be the eighth book of mine released by a big New York publishing house, but I think it was only somewhere around the fifth...
