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June 19, 2021                                                                            
 

Registeration for this meeting is required.

Much as we have enjoyed temporarily offering our meetings to all comers for no charge, the time has come for the return of meeting fees.
We are appealing to people’s inclination to do what’s right. Instead of requiring payment before registration, we respectfully request upon confirmation of your registration that you pay $5 (CWC members, any branch), $10 (non-members), or an amount of your choosing.
Thank you for your commitment to our continuing existence and your contribution to our community.
 
— Agenda —
 
10:00 AM – Mingle in breakout rooms with fellow writers
Breakout rooms open at 10… join when you want.
Note that our main meeting and Think Tank are shifted slightly later to accommodate speaker availability.
 
10:30 AM – Club business
 
11:00 AM – Laurie McLean,  Founding Partner, Fuse Literary
presents Book Publishing in the New Normal
 (see below for more information)
 
We are suspending our Think Tank program until we are “live” again.

Much as we have enjoyed temporarily offering our meetings to all comers for no charge, the time has come for the return of meeting fees. We are appealing to people’s inclination to do what’s right. Instead of requiring payment before registration, we respectfully request upon confirmation of your registration that you pay $5 (CWC members, any branch), $10 (non-members), or an amount of your choosing.

Thank you for your commitment to our continuing existence and your contribution to our community.
 
Whether you were super productive with your writing during 2020 or couldn’t eke out a word because of the pandemic, we’re beginning to emerge from those dark days now. So what’s next? Laurie will share with us what exactly the “new normal” in publishing will become. Is nonfiction still going to be popular with readers and if so which areas? Where will fiction take off once again? And what are some of the new areas of growth? Find out about innovations and old standbys as publishing re-opens for business.
 
Laurie McLean spent 20 years as the CEO of a multi-million-dollar marketing agency and 8 years as an agent/senior agent at Larsen Pomada Literary Agents before co-founding Fuse Literary in 2013 with her business partner Gordon Warnock. At Fuse Lit Laurie specializes in middle grade, young adult and adult genre fiction including romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, suspense, thrillers, and westerns. Laurie is also the Director of the San Francisco Writers Conference, in its 18th year, and co-founded two ePublishing companies that she eventually sold: Joyride Books for romance, and Ambush Books for tween and teen books. Find out more at FuseLiterary.com or on Instagram @fuseliterary, and on Twitter @FuseLiterary and @AgentSavant.