Adventures at the Oakland Book Fest – Keeping it Real

I looked forward to attending my first book festival as an “out” writer.  I thought the Oakland Book Fest would be the perfect coming out venue for me.

Fred Soderberg. Oakland, California, 1900. San Francisco: 1900. Color lithograph. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
Fred Soderberg. Oakland, California, 1900. San Francisco: 1900. Color lithograph. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

It’s a one-day festival.  It’s small-ish, it’s local, and the East Bay NaNoWriMo group was in attendance.  The panel discussion I was most interested in attending was chaired by Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of NaNoWriMo.

 

Grant Faulkner, Executive Director, NaNoWriMo
Grant Faulkner, Executive Director, NaNoWriMo Photo credit NaNoWriMo.org

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It’s WWW Wednesday – May 18, 2016

WWW is a meme hosted by Sam A. Stevens at Taking on a World of Words. To participate, answer these 3 questions, and add your blog link to the comments on the linked article above.  If you’d like to participate and don’t have a blog, never fear!  You can visit Sam Stevens’ blog and leave your W’s in a comment on her Wednesday posts.

I’d love to hear about what you are reading, as well, so please leave me a comment, too!

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The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

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Weekly Writer’s Roundup Volume V

For your reading pleasure, here are several articles about writing, publishing and promoting I’ve read this week and found useful, thought-provoking, and otherwise helpful.  In this edition, I’ve focused primarily on the topic of writing, because I ran into several articles on writing that gave me food for thought and tools for improvement. Enjoy!

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It’s WWW Wednesday – May 11, 2016

WWW is a meme hosted by Sam A. Stevens at Taking on a World of Words. To participate, answer these 3 questions, and add your blog link to the comments on the linked article above.  If you’d like to participate and don’t have a blog, never fear!  You can visit Sam Stevens’ blog and leave your W’s in a comment on her Wednesday posts.

I’d love to hear about what you are reading, as well, so please leave me a comment, too!

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The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

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