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Writing Mamas Salon Speakers 2006
February 26
Alison Biggar, editor of The San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine, takes you inside the newspaper/magazine editorial process.
Alison reveals how she decides which stories to publish, what makes a great essay and how to create a strong story arc.
March 26
Sarah Malarkey, executive editor of Chronicle Books, is responsible for publishing 150 books a year. Sarah shares how she and her
editorial staff pick books, what they're looking for and how for this editorial house a would-be author's strong non-fiction book
proposal can often hold greater weight than having a known platform.
April 23
Ayelet Waldman, author of the Mommy Track mystery series, including Nursery Crimes and A Playdate with Death, and the novels,
Daughter's Keeper and Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, and Salon essayist, talks about building a writer's confidence, how to
become a better writer and why it's important to sometimes leave spilled milk on the floor, the kids with your significant other
and slip away to a café so you can write.
June 25
Peggy Rathmann, Caldecott Medal Winner of Officer Buckle & Gloria and best-selling children's book author of Goodnight, Gorilla and
10 Minutes till Bedtime shares with you her intricate process for creating children's books. While for her it was a long road to getting
published, she'll reveal her inspiring story of how persistence, dedication and a bit of serendipity resulted in her first book contract.
July 30
Tucker Malarkey, author of An Obvious Enchantment and Resurrection, which some believe may be the next Da Vinci Code
will demystify the writing process for you. She will speak about perseverance, how a writer, even after publishing a successful book,
may still need to work to work to find a home for your novel and therefore needs to stay true to your writing goals, even when you
have kids!
Sept. 24
Janis Cooke Newman is the author of the new novel, Mary, about Mary Todd Lincoln. She also wrote the memoir,
The Russian Word for Snow, about her son's adoption from a Moscow orphanage. The book was written while her son napped. She also writes for the
travel sections of the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, and her essays have appeared in Salon.
October 22
Kimberley Cameron, literary agent with Reece-Halsey, will talk about what makes a wonderful, attention-getting query letter, how to
create a strong book proposal that sells, the kinds of books that publishers eagerly want to publish today and once you get an agent
and your book is bought, how to be the ideal client and author.
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