Grace Cathedral to host first writers conference

July 31, 2007 [Episcopal News Service] Teaching authors how to write, sell and promote works toward change is the focus of Grace Cathedral's first writer's conference.

"Writing-For-Change," sponsored by Grace Cathedral and the San Francisco Writers Conference, will be held August 24-25 in the Wilsey Conference Center on the lower level of the 100-year-old San Francisco, California cathedral. Organizers plan to hold the event annually.

Rachel Naomi Remen, UCSF physician and mind/body holistic movement pioneer, will deliver the keynote address.

Other speakers will include Ernest Callenback (Ecology: A Pocket Guide); Richard Rodriguez (Hunger of Memory); M.J. Ryan (Random Acts of Kindness); Philip Zimbardo (The Lucifer Effect); Alan Rinzler, executive editor, Jossey-Bass; Johanna Vonderling, editorial director, Berrett Koehler Publishing; and literary agents Robert Shepherd and Michael Larsen.

During the two-day conference, authors, editors, literary agents and publishers will teach non fiction authors how to write books geared at being catalysts for change, from the personal to the planetary and provide information on selling and publicizing their work.

Space is limited to 150 writers. To register call 415-673-0939 or visit: http://www.sfwritersforchange.org.

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