Young Writers to Meet at Sacramento State University
California's Capitol City Young Writers, a group whose operations are similar to the Budding Writers Association of Zimbabwe, are meeting at Sacramento State University on December 5. The Discussion topic is on the art of non-fiction writing. The young writers will attend workshops by the following writers:
JENNIFER BASYE SANDER
Jennifer has been creating successful book products since 1983. She has worked in all aspects of the book publishing business, everything from book retailing to book publicity, from authoring New York Times bestselling books herself to acquiring them for a large trade publisher. She is also the author, co-author, or ghostwriter of more than a thirty books herself, including the recent gift book hits Wear More Cashmere and The Martini Diet. Along with the New York agent Sheree Bykofsky, Jennifer authored The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published, which is now in its 4th revised edition and has over 100,000 copies in print. A graduate of Mills College in Oakland, California, she has also attended professional publishing programs at Stanford University and the University of Chicago.
KOULA GIANULIAS
Koula is thrilled to be reporting in her hometown of Sacramento. Her first news internship was right here at KOVR when she was a senior in college. After graduating from UC Davis and working in public relations, Koula went back to school to pursue journalism. She interned at Fox 11 in Los Angeles and Sky News London as she worked towards her masters degree at USC. Koula also picked up some print experience writing for the Los Angeles Business Journal. Her first television news job took her to Northern California where she worked for KRCR-TV as a "one-man-band" reporter, shooting and editing her own stories. Then she was off to Nevada to report for the ABC affiliate in Reno. She covered everything from wildfires to politics - her favorite topic. Koula joined the CBS 13 team in October of 2006. Her gigantic Greek family welcomed her home with open arms and a lot of food.
JT LONG
JT Long is a freelance editor and reporter for business, political and financial publications. Her work has appeared in Fortune, Engineering News-Record and Comstock's magazines. She started in community newspapers and has launched six magazines in her career for audiences as diverse as school administrators, real estate agents and stay-at-home mothers. As Director of Content for a group of publications, she led the movement to digital content including adoption of social media and variable content creation.
WRITING WORKSHOP
JT LONG
"The Write Audience"
Did you know that you can pitch journalistic story ideas in a multitude of ways? In this workshop, JT will help you brainstorm magazine story topics and then create different leads for different publications based on an understanding of the audience. You'll understand the importance of The hook, The voice, and The spin.
LOCATION: Sacramento State University, Student Union, Hinde Auditorium.
PARKING: Parking in designated lot during the course of the event and you will incur no charge during the course of the event. Park in Structure II, adjacent to the Student Union and the University Bookstore.
JENNIFER BASYE SANDER
Jennifer has been creating successful book products since 1983. She has worked in all aspects of the book publishing business, everything from book retailing to book publicity, from authoring New York Times bestselling books herself to acquiring them for a large trade publisher. She is also the author, co-author, or ghostwriter of more than a thirty books herself, including the recent gift book hits Wear More Cashmere and The Martini Diet. Along with the New York agent Sheree Bykofsky, Jennifer authored The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published, which is now in its 4th revised edition and has over 100,000 copies in print. A graduate of Mills College in Oakland, California, she has also attended professional publishing programs at Stanford University and the University of Chicago.
KOULA GIANULIAS
Koula is thrilled to be reporting in her hometown of Sacramento. Her first news internship was right here at KOVR when she was a senior in college. After graduating from UC Davis and working in public relations, Koula went back to school to pursue journalism. She interned at Fox 11 in Los Angeles and Sky News London as she worked towards her masters degree at USC. Koula also picked up some print experience writing for the Los Angeles Business Journal. Her first television news job took her to Northern California where she worked for KRCR-TV as a "one-man-band" reporter, shooting and editing her own stories. Then she was off to Nevada to report for the ABC affiliate in Reno. She covered everything from wildfires to politics - her favorite topic. Koula joined the CBS 13 team in October of 2006. Her gigantic Greek family welcomed her home with open arms and a lot of food.
JT LONG
JT Long is a freelance editor and reporter for business, political and financial publications. Her work has appeared in Fortune, Engineering News-Record and Comstock's magazines. She started in community newspapers and has launched six magazines in her career for audiences as diverse as school administrators, real estate agents and stay-at-home mothers. As Director of Content for a group of publications, she led the movement to digital content including adoption of social media and variable content creation.
WRITING WORKSHOP
JT LONG
"The Write Audience"
Did you know that you can pitch journalistic story ideas in a multitude of ways? In this workshop, JT will help you brainstorm magazine story topics and then create different leads for different publications based on an understanding of the audience. You'll understand the importance of The hook, The voice, and The spin.
LOCATION: Sacramento State University, Student Union, Hinde Auditorium.
PARKING: Parking in designated lot during the course of the event and you will incur no charge during the course of the event. Park in Structure II, adjacent to the Student Union and the University Bookstore.
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