First off, congratulations to SCWCer Amanda LaPera. Having attended both our San Diego and Newport Beach events, this past week saw the launch of her compelling Losing Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia: A Family’s Search for Hope (Adamo Press). A passionate mental health advocate, Ama[Click For The Rest...]

Boo! We’re back. Despite considerable technical challenges (addressed below the jump), SD28 is shaping up nicely. Our latest Special Guest Speaker to announce is Laurence O’Bryan, winner of the SCWC*SD21 Outstanding Fiction Award for the manuscript that became his debut internat[Click For The Rest...]

Each year the SCWC*LA holds a writing contest in which all conferees are invited to participate. The rules are simple: Write a piece in any form you wish of no more than 250 words based on the topic announced Friday night. The topic for the 8th annual L.A. conference was “Debacl[Click For The Rest...]

Following the whirlwind that was last weekend's LA11 eve[Click For The Rest...]

Each year the SCWC*LA holds a writing contest in which all conferees are invited to participate. The rules are simple: Write a piece in any form you wish of no more than 250 words based on the topic announced Friday night. The topic for the 11th annual L.A. conference was “Bidet[Click For The Rest...]

You really couldn't ask for a more perfect conference. Exceptional writers were found every which way you wandered, the weather was beautiful, and we introduced a shockingly new "Take an Agent Home" session that just might have to become a fixture. Most uncanny? The awesome guy pictur[Click For The Rest...]

Celebrated author and SCWC workshop leader D[Click For The Rest...]

2013 has been a banner year for SCWCers w[Click For The Rest...]

How much good "muse" to repor[Click For The Rest...]

Joining SCWC for the first time, author of t[Click For The Rest...]