Paul Franson to Speak January 9

NOTES FROM A FREELACE MAGAZINEAND NEWSPAPER WRITER

Local Napa resident Paul Franson, who currently writes about wine for Wines & Vines, Wine Business Monthly, Senior Connection and the Napa Valley Register will be guest speaker at the Napa Valley Writers Meeting on Wed., Jan. 13.

Franson has written for the Wine Enthusiast, Food & Wine, Decanter, San Francisco Chronicle and other publications and has traveled to wine regions of the world from Chile to Georgia and Romania. Additionally, he writes about life, food and travel in his weekly NapaLife newsletter, Napa Valley Register and other publications.

Franson formerly founded and ran a public relations agency in Silicon Valley, worked in corporate Public Relations, and was a trade and consumer magazine writer and editor, as well as writing for Sail, Forbes, Red Herring, Upstart and many other publications.

Paul has published three books on marketing, one book on Napa Valley and another on his adventures and misadventures in the Caribbean, where he lived for a while on his sailboat. He’s a home cook, gardener, and former home winemaker.

NVW Member Reader will be Marilyn Campbell, author of the recently released Trains to Concordia.

Napa Valley Writers, a branch of California Writers Clubs, meets 7-9 pm in our new location at Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists Church Sanctuary, 1625 Salvador Avenue, Napa. Cost at the door is; $10 guests; $7, CWC members. Students with ID, free. For more information, please contact publicity.nvw@gmail.com or see http://napavalleywriters.net