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Ernest Hemingway had his doubts:
 
“Ernest actually had received a letter from the ambassador commending him for his highly confidential – and risky – intelligence activities. (Hemingway had helped with mine sweeping during WWII.) …. He ought to have been happy, with that honor and with his book (For Whom the Bell Tolls) having sold three-quarters of a million copies, more than any other novel except “Gone With the Wind.” But none of that improved his mood for more than a minute, and then he was back to the foul, berating, blaming, waking-me-up-to-rant brute I no longer recognized.”  

 

 

-From “Beautiful Exiles” by Meg Waite Clayton

SEPTEMBER 2019
My YouTube channel is ready for prime time. Take a look please and “like” & subscribe too!

Thanks and HUGS to Dana Walden who got the ball rolling and Jess Weber.

“Fear to Shred,” my novel set in a Silicon Valley startup was sold to Mastadon Press!

Will launch at AWP in March in Portland! More news coming!

FREE STUFF!
To celebrate the Launch of “You Can Be a Winning Writer” I’ll be donating (2) thirty minute coaching sessions! Be one of the first two subscribers to claim your prize. You may donate to a friend!

NEW NEWS!
 

“You Can Be a Winning Writer" praised!

Check out the reviews on BookMarketingBuzzBlog and Medium.

Thanks for your reviews on Amazon too! CLICK HERE to leave your review.

The launch was a complete success!  


 

UPCOMING EVENTS!

 

  • Bookshop West Portal

80 W. Portal Ave.
Thursday, Sept 27 | 7pm

Join us for a Meet up at Vin Debut
9 W. Portal
5:30  - 6:45
Beautiful wines and tasty bites

  • Jewish Community Library

Oct 10 | 7pm
In conversation with Nanci Cooper
Sponsored by SF chapter of Hadassah
Food and wine

  • Mechanics Institute Library

57 Post St.
12pm  

  • WATERSHED  

Environmental Poetry Festival
Saturday, Oct. 13 | 10am
Creek Walk

 


VIEW OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS BY CLICKING HERE.

NEW REVIEWS:

Fire and Rain : An Eco Poetry Anthology
Published by Scarlett Tanager Press
"Russian River Watershed"


Neworld Review : Published "Peonies and Ferlinghetti"



 

IN THE COMMUNITY: CONGRATULATIONS!

  • Mary Mackey: Jaguars book launch party on September 30th.
     

  • Monica Desai: Will present Myth as Mirror on Oct. 6th at 6pm. FREE event.
     
  • WNBA – hosts National reading group month
    Pushing Boundaries : Stories of Border Crossings, Love and the Indomitable Human Spirit on Oct. 13th at 3pm
    Book Passage, Ferry Plaza
     
  • Kate Greer will host a women’s retreat at the Compound of Joy
    Oct. 24-26th
    Occidental, CA
     
  • Deborah Grossman, contributor to "You Can be a Winning Writer":
    Traveling broadly for stories on food and drink, Deborah Grossman is a freelance writer in the San Francisco area. On upcoming work trips, she’ll explore Porto and the Douro Valley, cruise the Moselle and Rhine Rivers with winemakers, visit Piedmont, Italy, and the under-appreciated Cahors wine region in France. Here is her recent review of a stunning resort on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
     
  • Diane Frank: Blue Light Press is now open for submissions!

 
WNBA:

WNBA – hosts National reading group month
 



 
DONATIONS:

Donations to California Fire victims: CLICK HERE

National Book Critics Circle: CLICK HERE


 
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