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Comment by Mary Hutchings Reed on February 25, 2013 at 8:14am

Thanks for all the work on the event.  I did about 1000 bookmarks on line for something less than $100.  I like the mini-poster/stand-up idea.  Shall we each do our own?  Thanks for the brunch invite; sorry I have to be back in Chicago on Friday night.  I'm coming in late Wednesday, and am available on Thursday to help--tell me where to be when!  And hopefully we can have a bite to eat after the event.  Sounds like fun!  How many books do you think we should have there?

Comment by Judith Newton on February 24, 2013 at 4:21pm

Sorry Betsy and Nan, I meant Nan is looking into brunch places! Duh. I was typing too fast!

We'll take a look at the size of the book selling tables to get an idea of what posters will fit.  Or maybe books on stands?

Comment by Betsy Graziani Fasbinder on February 24, 2013 at 1:47pm

Wow, you ladies got lots done!  Thank you, thank you.  I'm so looking forward to this event.  Quite a celebration.  

Two small tweaks.  I don't live in Berkeley and don't know the town well at all.  I'd likely not be the ideal person to select a restaurant, though I'd gladly help in lots of other ways.  And as far as the mini posters go:  The one I made is about 12 inches wide, about 18 inches tall.  It easily sits on a tabletop and is more visible than the book size.  If there's a poster the exact size of our book, why not just put the book on a small stand?  

That's my 2 cents.  I'll contribute more as the time gets closer.  

Comment by Judith Newton on February 23, 2013 at 1:51pm

Hi All,  We hammered out some language for the event.  Brooke will send it this week. Then we can all email our personal networks in the area and ask them to save the date. 

We divided up some writers networks to contact: Hedgebrook, National Assoc of Memoir Writers, SEAL Press, Women on Writing, She Writes, Left Coast Writers, California Writers in Berkeley and Marin, Women's National Book Association,  Womens Memoirs, Persimmon. If you have other local networks to suggest, please let us know. We are just going to go for a big audience.

  The program will involve ten of us plus Brooke! Here's what Brooke suggests:  she will ask each of us a question relating to our experience with She Writes and then each of us will answer, introduce our book in a line or two, and read something very short (probably a page and a half in 12 point).  Since there are ten of us, we want to be sure not to lose our audience! So we will have to adhere to a time limit.Suggestions welcome.

Locals will bring books with them.  If you need to have books sent, please contact Brooke.

The event will begin at 7 and the program at say 7:30. Wine and appetizers will be served before the program. We have an hour of program. Then we drink more wine and sign books. That should be between 8:30-9:30.  I have three men who have volunteered to "man" the book selling table. Brooke thought the selling table should be separate from our signing table.  

The Great Hall is divided into three large areas.  A stage where we will be lined up at a long table.

An area for chairs for the audience during the program. A third elevated area for book selling.  I suggest we put some wine up there to draw customers. There's also a small side area for overflow. It's a very large space!

We talked about each of us following Betsy's idea of selecting a piece of foam core, having Staples (or some other venue) put our book cover on it, and attaching a little adhesive backed stand to it.  These can serve as posters for our books.  I suggest we make them uniform--ie the size of our books.  Perhaps we can have bookmarks for folks to take away if they aren't buying just yet? Or if they are.

We need wine.  I'm writing the women wine makers I know to see if they'd be interested in sponsoring the event by donating wine.  Ie advertising for them in return for wine. If you know any local winemakers, let us know!  (Davis is a big wine school, so I've met quite  few. )

Will talk to the catering people this week to see how we can best use our money.

Betsy is investigating a place for brunch on May 3.  Will out of towners still be in Berkeley?  This would be our chance to get to know each other better.

Those on the program: Brooke, Judy, Linda Joy, Nan, Betsy, Tracey, Lone, Jennifer, Layne, Mary, Anne.

Will be collecting catering money soon.

One thing we didn't talk about was press. Brooke, do we announce this event to the Press?

Brooke will be doing a press release about She Writes and its first wave authors for Women's History Month, March.

So, contacting networks (when we have Brooke's language) to save the date; possibly collecting wine, the one thing we didn't want to run out of; getting your signs made, thinking about what very short piece you'd read and about how you would describe your book in two lines. We'll each have about 4 or 5 minutes for our answer, book intro, and reading.  

Suggestions welcome!  We think this will be a nice big event!

Comment by Jennifer Richardson on February 23, 2013 at 1:13pm

Echoing everything Tracey said. Please let me know if I can do anything and thank you.

Comment by Tracey Barnes Priestley on February 23, 2013 at 12:11pm

Hi Nan, Linda, Joy, and Judith ... anything to share from your meeting with Brooke? I'd love an update. Especially curious to know if there is anything helpful I can do from 300 miles away, in addition to sending down my heartfelt appreciation for all that you are doing! Thanks!

Comment by Brooke Warner on February 22, 2013 at 5:52pm

Hi everyone. Nan, Linda Joy, Judith, and I had a great meeting tonight about the May 2 event. We're excited about it! We also want to remind/ask you to post all your events here so we all know about what's happening, and so that Cait and I can post your events to She Writes' social media.

Comment by Judith Newton on February 20, 2013 at 6:54pm

Thank you, Linda! I was really floored by the response. There's so much hate out there these days. I think people really wanted something to counter it.

Comment by Linda Joy Myers on February 20, 2013 at 6:24pm

Wow Judy! Your piece really struck a nerve to get such a huge response. I think it's because of your vulnerability and honesty, as well as the topic itself. And that you loved him no matter what. That is rare in this world. Good luck with all that you're doing! It's so exciting!

Comment by Judith Newton on February 20, 2013 at 5:26pm

I'm doing it!  Maybe we could all do this for the May 2 event?

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