California Writers Club - Berkeley Branch

Interesting company that's offering special editions: Inkfluence - Literary Agent Laurie McLean #writerSky #publishing #writing

New "Maverick" imprint is looking for self-published books that have never done audio, to do audio-only publications. Expects other publishers to follow suit. - Literary Agent Laurie McLean #writerSky #publishing #writing #audiobooks

Q: Have you noticed a trend since the rise of conservatism hat political books have gone down in sales? A: Yes. Political books are way down. And Trump has been going after books and publishers are very risk averse. - Literary Agent Laurie McLean #writerSky #publishing #writing

Q: How many sales would make a publisher interested in my indie book? A: 20k copies sold, maybe fewer if you have a big audience. - Literary Agent Laurie McLean #writerSky #publishing #writing

Vertical dramas AKA microdramas: episodes are 60-90 seconds and ends on a cliff hanger. Already huge in Asia and this trend is coming to Western publishing. Only a quarter to keep reading and end up costing about $30 to read in full. - Literary Agent Laurie McLean #writerSky #publishing #writing

Literary Agent Laurie McLean says her husband reads a lot of Kindle Unlimited books and most of them are self-published ("99%"). #writerSky #publishing #writing

If you use Grammarly and don't like AI, you should know that it trains its AI model on your writing. As long as you use their product there is no way to opt out. - Literary Agent Laurie McLean #writerSky #publishing #writing #AI

Audible is changing their payment structure. Rather than paying for a book, authors will be paid similar to Kindle Unlimited, based on number of pages listened to. - Literary agent Laurie McLean #writerSky #publishing #audiobooks

Where do people listen to audiobooks? 51% are listening on YouTube! That's 5 times the number of people listening on Audible. Spotify has more marketshare as well, over 30% - literary agent, Laurie McLean #publishingTrends #publishing #writersky

Memoir sells well for famous people, but if you're not famous you'd likely do better self-publishing it. - litrary agent Laurie McLean #publishing #writersky #memoir

Literary Agent Laurie McClean says the two biggest trends not slowing down are: LitRPG and romantasy. She gives Dungeon Crawler Carl as an example of the former. #writerSky #writers #publishingTrends

Literary agent Laurie McClean says that because of the tariffs publishers are looking for shorter works that are less expensive to produce. #writerSky

The song Debi chose was the Civil Rights anthem "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round."

Larry Ebert summarizing the seduction of #AI for #writers @cwc-berkeley.org

"Make what you're writing allergic to fads." - Ross J. Farrar on #writing #poetry and #Faulkner 's literary concept "The Magnitude of Failure." For @cwc-berkeley.org

Today's speaker for the @cwc-berkeley.org is not only a poet,he's the singer in the band Ceremony. Perfect for him to speak at Gilman Street Brewery, next to the legendary punk venue. #BayArea

If you don't know the CWC, it's completely run by volunteers, authors helping authors. They could really use your help in boosting this to author communities. #signalBoost @authorspublish.com @paulcormanroberts.bsky.social @wgawest.bsky.social @authorsguild.org @authorsalliance.bsky.social

"I think I'm in love again, but if not you're the prototype." Great line from New Blue, the #jazz band that plays at #OMCA during the @cwc-berkeley.org monthly #writein. #writersky #writingEvents #EastBay #music #Oakland #lyrics

Come on out to to Clio's Books - 253 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610- for our annual Author Showcase. Our readers: Bob Haus Rocky Leplin Lenore Weiss Terry Tierney Dickson Schneider Paul Corman-Roberts Victoria Zackherim Before our reading, we'll induct our newly elected 2025 - 2026 Board.

Come on out to to Clio's Books - 253 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610- for our annual Author Showcase. Our readers: Bob Haus Rocky Leplin Lenore Weiss Terry Tierney Dickson Schneider Paul Corman-Roberts Victoria Zackherim Before our reading, we'll induct our newly elected 2025 - 2026 Board.

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Don't miss out on this exciting panel discussion. Details here: tinyurl.com/CWC-Panel

BUY YOUR TICKET NOW! bit.ly/cwcspeakerse... Bring your questions about writing, resistance, and shaping the future with these electrifying panel renowned authors and activists. Please see the CWC Blog for more information on our panelists: cwc-berkeley.org/writing-to-r...

Be honest, you don't have a better way to spend this weekend than hopping down B street and bonding with Bay Area literati. #BayArea #events #poetryreadings #literary #EastBay #Hayward #stuffToDo #signalBoost

Smallest protest in the world but @cwc-berkeley.org showed up! #literaryavengers #writetoresist #findingjoyinteapocalypse

BUY YOUR TICKET NOW! bit.ly/cwcspeakerse... Next month at the California Writers Circle in Joaquin Miller Park, you don't want to miss Bay Area-based performance poet, author, comedian, vocalist and emcee, Nazelah Jamison's presentation "Finding Joy in the Time of the Apocalypse."

BUY YOUR TICKET NOW! bit.ly/cwcspeakerse... Next month at the California Writers Circle in Joaquin Miller Park, you don't want to miss Bay Area-based performance poet, author, comedian, vocalist and emcee, Nazelah Jamison's presentation "Finding Joy in the Time of the Apocalypse."

BUY TICKETS NOW bit.ly/43gzMjZ Liam O’Donoghue is the host and producer of the East Bay Yesterday podcast, which airs on 94.1 KPFA-FM, and the Oakland columnist for SF Gate.

Should hiring an editor be part of your 2025 writing journey? Join Gala Russ—book coach, author of eight romance novels, and mentor to emerging writers—as she demystifies the editorial process. BUY YOUR TICKET NOW! bit.ly/cwcspeakerse...

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Since I've been working in the San Francisco publishing scene for a decade (or more...who's counting?) I thought I should make a starter pack! Get yer literati here. go.bsky.app/QPLs7sv #SanFrancisco #Publishing #books #writers #writing #publishers