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OUR LIFE STORIES, a cross-generational writers’ conference at Cosumnes River College will feature nationally-recognized writers Jennifer Basye Sander and Todd Walton on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Cosumnes River College.
Ethel Hart Senior Center
915 27th Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 808-5462
Jennifer Basye Sander and Todd Walton will serve as keynote speakers for the fifth anniversary “Our Life Stories” writers’ conference Saturday, April 28 at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento. The conference will focus on memoir writing. All aspiring writers are welcome. The conference includes lectures by Sander and Walton and several workshops moderated by celebrated authors from the Sacramento region, including non-fiction writers David Weinshilboum, Kerstin Feindert, and Kakwasi Somadhi, poets Kathryn Hohlwein, Susan Kelly-DeWitt and Emmanuel Siguake, and storyteller Valerie Fiorvanti. The all-day event, sponsored by the Hart Senior Center and CRC, runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The conference fee of $35 covers the workshops, materials and lunch. The registration deadline is April 22. Space is limited! To register or to obtain additional details on the conference, call the Hart Center at (916) 808-5462, email hartcrcwritersconference@yahoo.com or visit the website www.Hart-CRCwritersconference.org.
Additional information on Jennifer Basye Sander
Jennifer Basye Sander creates books that sell. In her twenty plus years in the publishing business her ideas have generated more than forty million dollars in retail sales. A long-time book packager and a former Random house senior editor, she has personally developed and launched more than 75 titles. The book she co-authored with agent Sheree Bykofsky, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Published, is now in its fifth revised edition.
A New York Times bestselling author herself, Jennifer continues to work with writing and publishing clients to develop their ideas. She teaches non-fiction writing and publishing at UC Davis Extension, and runs two writing retreats, Write By The Lake, a women’s weekend retreat in Lake Tahoe, www.writebythelake.com, and her newest, Write at The Farm in Washington’s Skagit Valley, www.writeatthefarm.com.
Additional information on Todd Walton
Todd Walton’s novel Inside Moves, was made into a major motion picture in 1980. He has published seven works of fiction including Forgotten Impulses and Ruby & Spear. His non-fiction books are The Writer’s Path, a collection of original writing exercises, and Open Body: Creating Your Own Yoga. His books Buddha In A Teacup (2009) and Under the Table Books (2010), each won the Bay Area Independent Publishers Award for best book in those years, and each won National Indie Excellence Awards for Best Fiction in those years. Todd is also a pianist, playwright, essayist, and artist. His web site is underthetablebooks.com.
Fifth Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Our Life Stories, join us for a special reading and reception on Friday, April 27, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Hart Senior Center, 915 – 27th St. Hear a selection of conference faculty reading from their own work and enjoy refreshments and conversation with other conference participants.
Workshops
Painting with words: creating atmosphere in settings – Kerstin Feindert
The unfolding moment: on writing scene – Valerie Fioravanti
The power of metaphor – Kathryn Hohlwein
Your life as a list of ten – Susan Kelly-DeWitt
Who said that? Voice and point of view in fiction – Kakwasi Somadhi
Memoir structure that generates intrigue and tension – David Weinshilboum
Publishing panel – Maryellen Burns, Wesley Jones, Emmanuel Sigauke
Ethel Hart Senior Center
915 27th Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 808-5462
Jennifer Basye Sander and Todd Walton will serve as keynote speakers for the fifth anniversary “Our Life Stories” writers’ conference Saturday, April 28 at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento. The conference will focus on memoir writing. All aspiring writers are welcome. The conference includes lectures by Sander and Walton and several workshops moderated by celebrated authors from the Sacramento region, including non-fiction writers David Weinshilboum, Kerstin Feindert, and Kakwasi Somadhi, poets Kathryn Hohlwein, Susan Kelly-DeWitt and Emmanuel Siguake, and storyteller Valerie Fiorvanti. The all-day event, sponsored by the Hart Senior Center and CRC, runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The conference fee of $35 covers the workshops, materials and lunch. The registration deadline is April 22. Space is limited! To register or to obtain additional details on the conference, call the Hart Center at (916) 808-5462, email hartcrcwritersconference@yahoo.com or visit the website www.Hart-CRCwritersconference.org.
Additional information on Jennifer Basye Sander
Jennifer Basye Sander creates books that sell. In her twenty plus years in the publishing business her ideas have generated more than forty million dollars in retail sales. A long-time book packager and a former Random house senior editor, she has personally developed and launched more than 75 titles. The book she co-authored with agent Sheree Bykofsky, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Published, is now in its fifth revised edition.
A New York Times bestselling author herself, Jennifer continues to work with writing and publishing clients to develop their ideas. She teaches non-fiction writing and publishing at UC Davis Extension, and runs two writing retreats, Write By The Lake, a women’s weekend retreat in Lake Tahoe, www.writebythelake.com, and her newest, Write at The Farm in Washington’s Skagit Valley, www.writeatthefarm.com.
Additional information on Todd Walton
Todd Walton’s novel Inside Moves, was made into a major motion picture in 1980. He has published seven works of fiction including Forgotten Impulses and Ruby & Spear. His non-fiction books are The Writer’s Path, a collection of original writing exercises, and Open Body: Creating Your Own Yoga. His books Buddha In A Teacup (2009) and Under the Table Books (2010), each won the Bay Area Independent Publishers Award for best book in those years, and each won National Indie Excellence Awards for Best Fiction in those years. Todd is also a pianist, playwright, essayist, and artist. His web site is underthetablebooks.com.
Fifth Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Our Life Stories, join us for a special reading and reception on Friday, April 27, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Hart Senior Center, 915 – 27th St. Hear a selection of conference faculty reading from their own work and enjoy refreshments and conversation with other conference participants.
Workshops
Painting with words: creating atmosphere in settings – Kerstin Feindert
The unfolding moment: on writing scene – Valerie Fioravanti
The power of metaphor – Kathryn Hohlwein
Your life as a list of ten – Susan Kelly-DeWitt
Who said that? Voice and point of view in fiction – Kakwasi Somadhi
Memoir structure that generates intrigue and tension – David Weinshilboum
Publishing panel – Maryellen Burns, Wesley Jones, Emmanuel Sigauke
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