Sampling of previous programs 2007-2009   January 2007: Featured speaker author David Fury, publisher of Artist's Press Publishers, which specializes in film history  and sports biographies    March  Wendy Hornsby, who has been compared to Raymond Chandler for her evocations of urban Los Angeles, is a history instructor at Long Beach City College   May Historical novelist Diana Johnson spoke about "Turning Your Ancestors into Fiction"    August novelist Lisa Teasley discussed "Setting Goals to Finish Your Fiction"     January 2008 Open Mic   February  discussion "What Inspires Us To Write"   March writing teacher James Bonnet, author of "Stealing Fire from the Gods: The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers"  April literary novelist and short story writer Lisa Glatt, author of "A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That" and "The Apple's Bruise" May Jean Hastings Ardell, author of "Breaking into Baseball: Women and the National Pastime" talked about "After the Writing is Done: Marketing Your Manuscript" June panel "Foot in the Door: Finding and Keeping a Literary Agent"	2011 Saturday, April 16, "Three Minute Stories and Celebration of April is Poetry Month"                                                                       March 19, 2011: "The Present State and Future of Publishing" with CSULB creative writing instructor Tyler Dilts, author of A King of Infinite Space, and CSULB creating writing instructor Paul Tayyar, publisher of World Parade Books, an independent press in Huntington Beach.       Feb. 26, 2011 "Creating an Effective Book Business Plan" by Author Success Coach Deborah-Riley Magnus    Jan. 22, 2011:  "Sit! Stay!  Write! Good Author!" Bestselling author and radio show host Arden Moore shared her   tips, tricks and tactics on how to write in a fetching style sure to attract book publishers, magazine editors and online blogs.      2010 January 5, 2010, ghostwriting expert Claudia Suzanne discussed “Publishing Options and Realities 2010”  February 2 Manny Pacheco, author of  Forgotten Hollywood, Forgotten History, offered a capsule course in book marketing   March 2 Barbara Ardinger, Ph.D. "Don't Embarrass Yourself in Print: Tips from a Professional Book Editor"   April 6 Open Mic May 4 Denise Dumars of the Ashley Grayson Literary Agency  discussed "Working with a Literary Agent"  June 1  Editorial Director Lynn Price of Behler Publications.  "Why Did You Reject Me?"    July 6 Rebecca Camarena, tour coordinator "How to do A Virtual Book Tour"   August 3 Jose Sanchez-H,  author of My Mother's Bolivian Kitchen: Recipes and Recollections    September 7 Stephanie Starr, managing editor of two magazines for Bow Tie, Inc., "How to work with a magazine editor"     October 16    novelist  Doug Drummond, author of Cyclone Racer and What Goes Around Comes Around discussed "Plotting a mystery set in Long Beach"     November 20, Susan Peterson, author of Fun Places to Go With Kids and Adults in Southern California, told us  how she conceived, wrote and marketed her books                                                                                                                                                        December 18, 2010 Holiday Mixer       March 3, 2009 "New Publishing Opportunities Workshop" with Jeremy Aluma, project manager of Book By Authors: North Long Beach April 7 Eric Stone, author of the Ray Sharp detective novels,  discussed "How to base your fiction on fact and not get Into too much trouble."  May 5 Phil Doran, author of The Reluctant Tuscan: How I Discovered My Inner Italian (Penguin Books)  talked about adventures, food and humor in travel writing June 2 Sandra Harper, author of the novel High Tea (Pocket Books) told us how she got published by a major imprint--twice in one year--after several years of trying.   July 7 Catherine Kitcho "Book marketing for Savvy Authors"     August 4 Laurie Powers talked about  how she landed a university press to publish her grandfather's lost memoir, "Pulp Fiction"  September 1 four author panel "From Web Sites to Twitter: Exploring Tech Tools for Writers"   October 6, 2009: We celebrated California Writers Week with costumes and readings of our favorite authors. November 3, 2009, Darlene Quinn, author of the novel Webs of Power told us "What I wish I had known before I became a published author." December 1, 2009 for our festive Holiday Mixer and open mic we read 3-minute pieces, either original or by a favorite writer, and enjoyed sweet and savory dishes to celebrate the season.
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