Julie Spira to be Featured Speaker at Writers Panel

Bestselling author and social media expert Julie Spira will be a featured speaker at the Independent Writers of Southern California Presents A Panel Discussion: Writing 2.0: Electronic, POD, and Social Media on Monday, January 25, 2010.

The panelist of authors and book marketing experts will explain the new methods offered today and show writers
how to integrate these new tools, social media, and shortcuts to better promote their published books.

The panelists include:

PENNY C. SANSEVIERI, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc. Penny is a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert.

ELLEN REID, one of the industry’s premier book shepherds. For over ten years she has been helping authors and independent publishers produce books that win awards and, more importantly, stand tall to compete in a rapidly changing book market.

ANNETTE FIX, author of “The Break-Up Diet: A Memoir,” a finalist in the memoir category for ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year. Her memoir was optioned for development as a cable television series as a direct result of her social networking on Twitter.

JULIE SPIRA, bestselling author of “The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online,” and founder of Social Media and More.

When:Monday, January 25
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where:Veterans Memorial Building
4117 Overland (at Culver Boulevard)
Culver City, CA
Parking is FREE, enter on Culver
(Networking follows)

RSVP: info@iwosc.org or 877-799-7483
Free for IWOSC members, $15 for non-members.
non-members.  Reservations are required.
Deadline noon, Monday, day of the event (Jan. 25).  Call (877) 799-7483,
or e-mail info@iwosc.org.

IWOSC, the Independent Writers of Southern California, is a nonprofit association that has provided support, tools, and resources to help self-employed professional writers in Southern California since 1982.