Making AI & Publishing Less Scary: Discussion + Halloween Mixer Thursday, October 30 at 12 – 1pm PDT A FREE Virtual Event Unable to attend? No worries. Register anyway and receive the replay! Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is casting a long shadow over the creative world. But when modern technology meets outdated federal (copyright and trademark) and state (right of publicity and defamation) law, things can get a little… frightening. Join WNBA-SF for a spine-tingling discussion with … [Read More...]
Upcoming Events
October 16 – Free Lunch N Learn: Debunking Myths of Hybrid Publishing
Debunking Myths of Hybrid Publishing Thursday, October 16 at 12 – 1pm PDT A FREE Virtual Event Unable to attend? No worries. Register anyway and receive the replay! You just finished writing your manuscript, now what? Traditional publishing, self-publishing, vanity presses, hybrid publishing…the publishing world is complex and difficult to navigate, with hybrid publishing gaining traction in particular. But lack of knowledge and confusion about the term has led to many … [Read More...]
Big Discount for Early Registration for Pitch-O-Rama 2026!
Saturday, April 25, 2026, 8:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. PT 23 Years of Pitch-O-Rama Success! Are you developing a concept for a new book? Do you have a manuscript in progress? Have you always wanted to publish that book you’ve been working on for years? If this sounds like you, we would love to invite you to Pitch-O-Rama 2026! Everyone is welcome to participate! We are happy to announce we will be hosting the next Pitch-O-Rama as a virtual event on April 25th, 2026, where writers will be … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview
Featured Member Interview – Sheri McGuinn
I write. I always excelled at writing. In a different version of my life, I stayed in the challenging school system where I started, was pushed to excel, and found a mentor who guided me into a writing career before I graduated. You already know my name. In this version of my life, I spent the last three years of high school in a small town school … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Anne Marina Pellicciotto
Anne Marina Pellicciotto is a multi talented and multidisciplined individual. Not only a talented writer, but also the President of SeeChange Consulting, a woman-owned Certified Business Enterprise as well as a returned Peace Corps Volunteer in Mexico. Her diverse lived experiences fuel her life philosophies and methodologies. What inspired you … [Read More...]
Featured Member Interview – Mary Mackey
Mary Mackey is a member of WNBA-San Francisco. She became a writer by running high fevers, tramping through tropical jungles, being swarmed by army ants, and reading. She is the author of 9 poetry collections, including In This Burning World: Poems of Love and Apocalypse (Marsh Hawk Press 2025); Sugar Zone, winner of a PEN Award; and The Jaguars … [Read More...]
BookTalk! The Buzz in the World of Books
No More NaNoWriMo? What Now?
By Nita Sweeney Each November since 1999, hundreds of thousands of writers around the globe have taken the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge. Their goal? Write 50,000 words of fiction in 30 days. NaNoWriMo thrived by creating a global online and in-person community that offered a deadline and a structure that made an impossible Read More…
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Authors in Historic Copyright Settlement
Big news for the literary world: Anthropic, one of the leading artificial intelligence companies, has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors in what is now the largest copyright infringement settlement in U.S. history. Why This Case Matters In recent years, technology companies have raced to build sophisticated AI models, training them on Read More…
Exciting Upcoming Events! Register Early for Pitch-O-Rama 2026 using our Early Bird Special!
Saturday, April 25, 2026, 8:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. PT 23 Years of Pitch-O-Rama Success! Are you developing a concept for a new book? Do you have a manuscript in progress? Have you always wanted to publish that book you’ve been working on for years? If this sounds like you, we would love to Read More…