Ignite Your Writing Life on April 2 at Book Passage

Pitch agents. Improve your craft. Market your work. Protect your rights.

The California Writers Club–Marin Branch is hosting a day-long writing conference at Book Passage in Corte Madera on April 2. The conference features keynote speaker Constance Hale, travel writer Linda Watanabe McFerrin, legal advice from Robert Pimm, an editors’ panel featuring David Colin Carr, Krissa Lagos, and Tanya Egan Gibson, marketing and promotion with Teresa LeYung-Ryan, and agent pitching sessions with Andy Ross, Peter Beren, and Mary C. Moore. Lunch is provided.

Register by February 8 for $90 for CWC-members, $95 for non-members.

John Byrne Barry

John Byrne Barry is author of two novels — Bones in the Wash: Politics is Tough. Family is Tougher, set during the 2008 presidential campaign in New Mexico, and Wasted, a "green noir" mystery set in the Berkeley recycling world. When he's not writing, he leads bicycle tours in San Francisco. He lives in Mill Valley.