This presentation will cover the advantages and disadvantages of small press publishing. Advantages: agents may not be required, quicker publishing timeline, close knit group of people you come to know and the ability to hit a niche market. Pitfalls: smaller press runs, smaller budgets, some small presses may not do enough advertising and marketing to […]
18 May 2019 | Annual Celebration | WOK Honors Dinner
WOK Members and Competition Winners are Celebrated Writers of Kern Member achievements, our incomparable WOK Volunteers, Young Writers of Kern (YWOK), and Peggy Connelly Scholarship winners are honored and celebrated at this annual affair. Join us at Hodel’s , located at 5917 Knudsen Dr. Bakersfield, CA 93308.
13 April 2019 |Featured Speaker, Jeanne De Vita – aka The Book Genie
Jeanne De Vita │Essential Master Class in Writing Romance Novels: Arc, Beats, and Craft Jeanne De Vita is pleased to present a master class on the essential craft of writing a romance novel. Commercial fiction is an enormous market but how do you know if your story has the structure to stand up and the […]
16 March 2019 | Spring Conference
To purchase tickets by mail, send check or money order, no later than February 1, 2019, to: Writers of Kern – Spring Conference 2019, P.O. Box 22335, Bakersfield, CA. 93390 Vendor tables ( 1/2 or whole) are available for members and non-members who have books or services to sell – with purchase of a conference […]