In-person, fervent interaction is not replicated online by Zoom. What makes the difference for writers in the wild? Eyeballs and earwells on their work. Up close, with accomplished professionals providing keen, kind, yet critical feedback in effort to elevate quality and settle only f[Click For The Rest...]

As much business gets done at the bar, over a drink, as in any given SCWC workshop. Over some 37 years it’s been that way. It’s sort of how I view email. While many respond to email in declaritive statements seemingly intent on fending off further engagement, I’ve always felt email an[Click For The Rest...]

Dates for our 38th annual winter event in San Diego are Presidents’ Day Weekend, February 16-18, 2024. Steeply discounted pre-registration is now open. Even this far out, it’s already shaping up to be another great gathering. While regular updates will begin in October, here’s a[Click For The Rest...]

In a recent survey, The Authors Guild reported that 69 percent of authors believe their careers are threatened by generative AI. Another 70 percent believe that publishers will use AI to generate books in whole, or at least in part, in effort to replace meat writers (human authors). T[Click For The Rest...]

In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls it “[An] ambitious and poignant debut.” Booklist affirms, “It is a strong testament to her writing that the threads of the story are clear, the characters fleshed out, and the history seamlessly tied into what is otherwise a deeply affectin[Click For The Rest...]

Viewed as a young adult novel that’ll be all the rage with fans of J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, Ryan Steck (author of Fields of Fire & Editor-in-Chief of The Real Book Spy) calls it, “A blistering, high-stakes, fast-paced supernatural thriller that’s impossible to [Click For The Rest...]

There’s a scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 The Godfather in which semi-retired mafia don Vito Corleone discloses to Michael, now reluctant acting-head of the family business, what aspirations he had for his son … VITO: I never wanted this for you. I lived my own life. I don’t apol[Click For The Rest...]

Following the roller coaster of February’s San Diego conference, discounted Early “Bard” Pre-registration is now open for our 20th annual autumn event. We have so much more to explore, including the emerging clash of emerging Artificial Intelligence tools vs. Emotional Intelligence ac[Click For The Rest...]

There’s nothing quite like sharing a few days – and nights – with a plot of writers immersed in the work, aspiring for excellence and determined to settle only for exceptional. And what a weekend it was. So many fascinating stories came through; so many new friends made. Wes, Rick, Li[Click For The Rest...]

Longtime SCWC workshop leader and all around especially good egg Gayle Carline will be our Sunday afternoon Special Guest Speaker, replacing the previously announced. Having successfully transitioned from traditional press to full-on indie, Gayle is the author of the popular Peri Minn[Click For The Rest...]