Websites for Writers: Winning Tips and Tricks

Writers: Ever Googled yourself and blanched at the results?

It’s time to take charge of how you appear on the Web — to prospective clients, editors, publishers, employers and readers. In this forum, top designers and successful writers will show you the secrets to a productive Web site. You’ll learn whether to hire a designer or do it yourself, how to sell books and articles through your site, what you can get for how much money, what makes a site pop up high on a search, and much more. Don’t miss this informative seminar from the northern California chapter of the leading association of professional independent writers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA).

WHEN: November 7, 2007, 7 p.m.
WHERE: The Mechanics Institute (map)
RESERVATIONS and information: Laird Harrison laird_harrison@hotmail.com 510-530-6699
COST: $5 ASJA members, $15 nonmembers

The Panelists

• Tim Ware of Hyperarts has designed sights for writers including Patricia Holt and Terry Ryan, musicians Mike Marshal and Tuck & Patti and practitioners of many other professions
• Bradley Charbonneau himself a travel writer, designs Web sites for other writers and writers groups, including San Francisco Lit Quake and folks in many other walks of life.
• Patrick Miller seven-title author, magazine journalist, and indie publisher whose online publishing guide ranks at the top of Google and Yahoo searches for the term “how to get published”
• Gini Scott, a published author has built 25 Web sites using some to promote her books and others to connect writers to publishers and agents.