Writers Forum has moved to a new location. Meetings are now held in the Memorial Hall of All Saints Episcopal Church, 2150 Benton Drive, Redding. The church is located at the corner of Benton Drive and Quartz Hill Road. All meetings are from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
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Biff and Nancy Barnes
|  Redding editors and book designers Nancy and Biff Barnes of Stories To Tell will present Your Book in Print: Editing, Design and Publishing. They will explore a step-by step process to complete and publish a book, focusing on oOvercoming common obstacles to complete your manuscript, creating an interesting read,
the benefits and challenges of illustrated books, the three roles of an editor, book design costs and options, traditional publishing and self-publishing options. |
| Sep. 11, 2010 | |
Charlie Price
|  A Tale of Three Cities: The Aftermath of Changing Editors
At a previous WF program, Charlie talked about changes in the publishing industry and the difficulties in changing editors mid-book. His new presentation chronicles that transition. He will discuss working with a new editor, withdrawing an already sold book, Hotel Oblivion, and looking for a new publishing house. He’ll talk about his new book, Interrogation, which has received excellent reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist. He’ll also discuss the dealings involved in selling text and translation rights overseas.
Dead Connection, was published in 2006. Lizard People came out in 2007. His third, The Interrogation of Gabriel James, arrived in bookstores August 17 of this year, and his fourth, Desert Angel, will follow in 2011. All four will be published in French. Dead Connection and Desert Angel and are being translated for world distribution through Random House,
A graduate of Stanford University, Charlie has lived in Italy, New York City, Oakland, Mexico, and northern California. He taught high school drop-outs in Brooklyn, graduate students at San Francisco State, adults in management programs, and he has been a program director in psychiatric units, and an administrator in schools and hospitals. |
| Oct. 9, 2010 | |
7th Annual Authors Fair
| The Authors Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m in the Mt. Shasta Mall. The Fair is also WF's November meeting. For more details and an author application please click here. |
| Nov. 6, 2010 | |
Read Around
| Members read their original work on a first come first served basis. Reader's are allowed up to five minutes for their session. Limited spots for non-members are also available. |
| Dec. 11, 2010 |
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