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You started writing only four years ago, and you’ve already been published. What helped you most?


Writing Classes I’ve Taken:

Adair Lara (private group classes in her home)
Alara@sfchronicle.com

Jon Carroll (private group classes in his home)
Jcarroll@sfchronicle.com

Wendy Lichtman (private group classes in her home)
2610 Woolsey
Berkeley, CA 94705
510-848-7420
WLichtman@aol.com

Book Passage (many classes of varying lengths offered year round)
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925
415-927-0960
www.bookpassage.com

Creative Nonfiction (large classes through the university)
University of California Extension School
www.unex.berkeley.edu

Beginning Fiction (5-day and weekend summer writing workshops)
University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival
Iowa City, IA
www.uiowa.edu/~iswfest


Writing Conferences and Workshops I’ve Attended:

Southern California Writing Conference
San Diego, CA
(held annually over Presidents’ Day weekend)
writersconference.com

Recursos de Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM
(held annually in the fall)
www.recursos.org


Individuals Who Have Helped Me:

Alice B. Acheson, book marketing publicist
AliceBA@aol.com

Colin Vincent, photographer of jacket photo (and Peggy's son)
510-486-8717
www.cvdigital.com

Deborah Griffin, Web site designer
www.dgriffin.net
dg@dgriffin.net

Dorothy Wall, writing consultant
3045 Telegraph Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94705
510-486-8008

Felicia Eth, literary agent
555 Bryant St., Suite 350
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650-375-1276

Editors:

Literary editors (no longer with Scribner):
Jane Rosenmann
Jake Morrissey

Literary editor currently with Scribner:
Beth Wareham
Professional copy editor:
Sally Gambrill
deskserv@rscs.net


Publishing House:

Scribner, Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas, 12th fl.
New York, NY 10020

 

 

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