SF Writing for Change Conference, Michael Larsen, Andy Ross, and more

15 SEPTEMBER 2012 — saturday

San Francisco Writing for Change Conference: Changing the World One Book at a Time, featuring Nina Amir, How to Blog a Book; Kirk Boyd, 2048: Humanitiy's Agreement to Live Together; Joel Friedlander, A Self-Publisher's Companion; Georgia Hughes, editorial director of New World Library; Jan Johnson, pulisher of Red Wheel/Weiser/Turning Stone Press; Alan Rinzler, independent editor; Jeevan Sivasubramanium, managing director, editorial, of Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Peter Beren of Peter Beren Agency; Michael Larsen, How To Write a Book Proposal; Andy Ross of Andy Ross Literary Agency; Britt Bravo, blogging coach; and Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, with talks, Q&A, opportunities to pitch your book to agents, editors, and networking with speakers, limited to 100 attendees, First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco, 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, 8:15 a.m.-5:30, $125 through August 31/$149 in September (reserve tickets online: 415/673-0939, www.SFWritingforChange.org)