You Can Be a Winning Writer

• From President of the SF Chapter to President of the National board, Joan has served the Women’s National Book Association for over 13 years. • Joan has professional literary contacts in over 11 US cities and Mexico. • With over 100,000 followers on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Huffington Post and You Tube Joan has a global platform of writers, artists and musicians seeking success and recognition • With a ‘Publishing For Dummies’ approach, Joan explains the logic and provides statistics the 4 C’s recommendations. • Joan has been featured on NBC Bay Area, KPIX Mosaic, KPFA, NPR, NBC Bay Area Vista, The Literati Scene (Boston/eastern seaboard Cable TV), KDVS, Book Baby, New Pages, Haggard and Haloo, and the Midwest Literary Review. • Joan has delivered key presentations at the Southern Festival of Books, The Hollywood Book Fair, the San Francisco Writer’s Conference, The Association of Community Colleges, Mills College, the Oaxaca Lending Library, US public libraries as well galleries and bookstores from coast to coast and Mexico.

A well-structured, to-the-point, genuinely useful, and fun-to-read guide to writing narrative fiction, poetry. nonfiction, essays, and memoir . . . Crisp, informative, and mind-expanding.#1 New Release in Language & Grammar, Questions & Answers, and Editing ─ Be a Successful AuthorLearn the keys to successful authorship from a pro: Joan Gelfand, author of You Can Be a Winning Writer, has been teaching her 4 C’s approach to creative writing and successful authorship to aspiring authors at book festivals and writer’s conferences for the past decade. She has taught her 4 C’s method to college professors, CEOs, doctors, ghostwriters, poets, and playwrights throughout the United States; helping them realize their publishing dreams. A publishing guide to writing success: From first draft to building a reputation, the 4 C’s provides solid tips on how to build a literary community and a fan base. But, successful authorship does not stop with mastering craft, commitment, and even building a community. Confidence is key, and Joan tackles this sensitive subject that keeps writers unpublished and manuscripts in the drawer. With the help of Renate Stendhal, PhD, Joan defines clear steps to overcoming the lack-of-confidence demon. The perfect gift for writers: With a splash of humor, a dose of empathy, and plenty of support, Joan Gelfand includes real life anecdotes from famous and not so famous, but successful authors. You Can Be a Winning Writer is the go-to book for writers just starting out, for writers stalled after their first or second book, and for students. Joan’s 4 C’s wisdom and stories will inspire and encourage. This literary reference and publishing guide includes: Key authorship and publishing tips Important post-publication strategies Guidance on how to avoid mistakes that even the most talented, prize-winning authors have made How, with the help of the 4 C’s, you can enjoy greater success What it means to “fire on all burners” and work to develop each of the 4 C’s simultaneously Maybe you’ve read Stephen King’s On Writing, Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, Annie Lamott's Bird by Bird, or William Zinsser’s On Writing Well─now you need to read You Can Be a Winning Writer.