NPC Freelance Committee to Face the FAQs – Should I Write a Book?

NPC Freelance Committee to Face the FAQs – Should I Write a Book? A workshop on Monday, May 21, 2012, 6:30 p.m.

So you are a professional reporter looking for a new way to reach readers and impress editors. Should you consider writing a book? Learn the facts. In this hour lecture and discussion we’ll cover some of the important FAQs that can help you decide whether you should be an author and bookmaker as well as a journalist. Here are some of the most Frequently Asked Questions that need answering when considering writing a book:
WHO: Who me? Who am I writing the book for?
*WHAT: What am I going to write about? What kind of book do I want it to be? (*We will spend most of the time on this question as it determines all the others)
WHERE: Where do I want the book to be seen, sold and read?
WHEN: When do I want to get the book out?
WHY: Why a book? Why would someone want to read it?
HOW: How do I get this done?

RSVP to Freelance Committee chair person Peggy Orchowski [email protected]

work shop by Anna Lafferty, M.F.A; Principal, Lafferty Design Plus, Santa Barbara, CA Anna Lafferty is an award-winning graphic designer who specializes in publication design. In the past ten years she has designed over a dozen books producing them by using various technologies available around the world. Anna also teaches publication and book design at the School of Media Arts at Santa Barbara City College and for the University of California at Santa Barbara. She is currently serving as Education Director on the local Board of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and is writing a textbook on “Making a Book for the Twenty-First Century” to be completed by 2013.