Writing and Promoting a Very Personal Memoir

Please note: Venue Change for this week’s meeting. See below for details.

Dr. Pat Hanson is a seasoned health and human sexuality educator, public speaker, workshop facilitator, and writer residing on the Monterey Peninsula. Former co-chair of the Monterey / Santa Cruz chapter of The National Writers Union, she has emceed Open Mikes for Writers monthly for 15+ years.

She lectures nationally on Aging Positively, and is a columnist for the magazines Crone: Women Coming of Age, and GRAND: The Digital Magazine for Grandparents and Their Families. She’s also the author of Invisible Grandparenting: Leave a Legacy of Love Whether You Can Be There or Not.

Wednesday, November 11, Pat will appear in Napa to talk about how she overcame her own and her family’s reactions to sharing her story with the world, a common hurdle for memoirists. She will present marketing details and a host of other helps for any writer in the pursuit of readers.

NVW Member Reader will be Marilyn Campbell reading excerpts from her recently release “Trains to Concordia” http://www.amazon.com/Trains-Concordia-Marilyn-Campbell/dp/0996474803.

The public is invited to meet at the former Cuveé Restaurant, 1650 Soscol Avenue, opposite the parking lot of the River Terrace Inn, Napa. 7-9 pm. Cost at the door is $7, CWC members; $10, guests, Students with ID, free. Happy hour menu available at the Hotel Lobby Bar from 5-6. For more information, contact publicity.nvw@gmail.com or see https://www.facebook.com/nvwritersclub?ref=hl

Napa Valley Writers is a branch of the California Writers Clubs, founded in 1909 by Jack London and several of his writing colleagues.