Just in time for SD30, David Putnam’s third Bruno Johnson novel, The Squandered, is out Feb. 2nd from Oceanview. “[A] shocking and intense tale of brotherly love and redemption realized in the midst of moral decay. It’s a raw and gritty story I couldn’t put down,R[Click For The Rest...]

Of her latest Booklist attests, “The collection spans time and geography and encompasses politics, the arts, and finance to offer a fascinating look at the sisterhood of the women behind famous men.” Daily Press effuses, “[She] does more than profile 40 members of th[Click For The Rest...]

New York Times best-selling author of The Prince of Risk, Rules of Deception, Rules of Vengeance, Rules of Betrayal, Numbered Account, The Runner, among other thrillers, Christopher Reich will be joining us as a Special Guest Speaker for SD30. His latest, the standalone Invasion of Pr[Click For The Rest...]

Merely two weeks after a sensational LA13 (Irvine) and we’re full-on into prepping February’s San Diego event, which will make for our 48th conference in 30 years. Wes and I and many long-term staffers reflected on that fact recently. “Whoa,” is about all we could collectively muster.[Click For The Rest...]

Our return to Irvine was more than worth it. Great weather. Great hotel. Great staff. And, most important, exceptionally great writers. So much so that we even introduced a new award just to lend proper recognition of the talent in our midst. A couple other new things debuted at LA13.[Click For The Rest...]

Fresh off the just-announced news of his winning the Gold in Sports Fiction at the 2015 Readers Favorite International Book Awards for his breakout success Game of Love (Curiosity Quills Press), Ara Grigorian rounds out our LA13 Special Guest Speaker slate. It’s been one helluva journ[Click For The Rest...]

Joining SCWC for the first time, Stephanie Kegan, author of Golden State (Simon & Schuster), will be our Friday evening Special Guest Speaker. Named a Top Ten Must by Entertainment Weekly and declared “Riveting” by Kirkus, Stephanie’s haunting literary drama explores the extraordi[Click For The Rest...]

Whether found in print or online, short stories remain a popular way for writers to reach new readers. In fact, some of our most memorable stories were written in the short form. But writing a great one can be tricky. So, given all the markets currently available–many of them pa[Click For The Rest...]

Joining the SCWC for her first time is Samantha Bremekamp, a rising star of New York’s Marisa Corvisiero Literary. Very much a hands-on agent, expanding her list, she’s interested in children’s, middle grade, young adult and new adult fiction. While open to any genre within those cate[Click For The Rest...]

Writing can be a long, lonely slog. So often one works in isolation for such extended periods of time–conceptualizing a viable idea, crafting a first draft and winnowing it into a taught pile of pages worthy of submission to those who may be willing to represent and pitch it to [Click For The Rest...]