Speakers: Gilberta Guth Pierson (left), author
of The Fighter Pilot's Wife; Linda Joy Myers, author
of Don't Call Me Mother; Lynn Scott, author of A
Joyful Encounter
C'mon in! The water's fine! That promises to
be the underlying message of a trio of authors who have joined
the swim—it's a bigger pool everyday!—of self-publishing.
Join us this month for a panel presentation about
self-publishing by CWC Marin authors Lynn Scott, Linda Joy Myers,
and Gilberta Guth Pierson.
You will hear three stories about a way a book
can be produced and the pros and cons of each. If you are considering
forming your own publishing company—easier than you might
think—or trying the subsidy presses, come to this important
meeting.
Handouts and rich stories will inform you about
the increasingly accessible choice to go from "writer"
to "author."
Use a Subsidy Publisher
First, there's Lynn, whose memoir, A Joyful Encounter: My
Mother, My Alzheimer Clients, and Me, tells of her happy
experience working with Alzheimer clients and how she forgave
the relationship she'd had with her own mother who died with
dementia. After the frustrations of trying publishing routes,
Lynn produced her book through iUniverse, a wellknown subsidy
publisher. She will talk about what she learned, and how we
can learn from it.
Become a Publisher
Linda Joy has published two books, the first through a "very
small publisher" who printed the book but did nothing else
correctly, and her memoir Don't Call Me Mother, which
was released through Two Bridges Press in November 2005. Linda
formed this publishing company with two friends. She will discuss
her "nearly vertical" learning curve, and the steps
along the way necessary to create a professionally published
book.
Hire a Book Consultant
Then Gilberta will guide us down her chosen path. Her book,
The Fighter Pilot's Wife, is a story that starts in
her childhood in the WWII era and chronicles her life married
to a military pilot through the Korean War, the Cold War, and
the Vietnam War. She also formed her own publishing company,
Call Sign Press, after engaging a respected book consultant
to provide editing, interior design, printing advice, and publicity
contacts. The consultant also designed "a beautiful website"
for her book and put her in touch with an award-winning cover
designer. She will tell you about her book and how much she
learned about publishing, publicity, and marketing her book.
Newsletter editor Gary Diedrichs, whose novel,
The Earthquake Shack, will also be printed under the
Two Bridges Press imprint, will moderate this practical, advice-filled
panel.
