Welcome to PALA

Since 2003, the Publishers Association of Los Angeles (PALA) has provided monthly educational meetings, teleseminars, and webinars covering a wide range of publishing subjects. PALA also provides networking and resources that support publishers, authors, and related industry professionals. For information about membership, please go to: https://www.iwosc.org

Happening this Month

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO START WRITING AND KEEP WRITING WITH SCRIVENER

An Invitation from IWOSC :

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO

START WRITING AND KEEP WRITING

WITH SCRIVENER

Monday, October 24
7 pm Pacific on Zoom

You’re invited to a FREE one-hour Scrivener training webinar with The Scrivener Coach, Joseph Michael, at 7pm–Monday,  October 24 PST

Joseph & I will be hosting a live Q&A at the end about your writing and Scrivener questions.


Scrivener is packed with brilliant features applicable to fiction, non-fiction, scripts, etc.  I feel strongly that it is well worth an hour+ of your time.

 

REGISTRATION:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4620953127781496078

  • WHAT IF YOU COULD sustain your lucrative writing career in your pajamas if you want to? Instead of dealing with ‘mind-boggling’ software…
  • WHAT IF YOU COULD get rid of that gnawing feeling that you’re missing something and just can’t get Scrivener right?
  • WHAT IF YOU COULD discover little-known tricks to turn yourself into a writing machine…whether you have a million ideas, or just one?
  • WHAT IF YOU COULD learn how to organize massive projects, complete them (and feel completely in control of your writing process!)?
  • WHAT IF YOU COULD wake up in the morning feeling sheer delight to start working on your writing project!?

Well, YOU CAN and you’ll learn how in this free private training.

See you soon!

PS – Imagine this … tomorrow you could be waking in the morning with a feeling of sheer delight to start working on your writing project. You could open Scrivener and feel like there’s a world of possibilities in front of you. And instead of feeling like you’re about to trudge through mud up a mountain … you write. And write. And write. Just like you feel you’re supposed to.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Scrivener will be offered at a discount at the end of the webinar, and you will receive communication from them unless you opt-out, which you can easily do. That’s why the extremely informative webinar is being presented free of charge. No obligation to purchase anything, but if you do,IWOSC will receive a small benefit that will be used to defray the cost of maintaining our website.

Coming Up:

In the Works

Here’s what we’re working on for our writing community. It’s all subject to change for the obvious reason, but this will help you plan.

UPCOMING REGULAR MEETINGS:

  • MARKETING INTENSIVE
  • AGENT PANEL—with agents from Los Angeles and New York
  • MAGAZINE EDITORS
  • SELF-PUBLISHING INTENSIVE
  • NAVIGATING THE WRITING AND PUBLISHING WORLD TODAY

…and more, of course!

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Get answers to your most puzzling publishing questions

January, April and September

7:00pm Pacific–on ZOOM until we can resume in-person meetings.

  • Want some feedback on potential titles for your next book?
  • Need help with finding a distributor?
  • Have an opinion about a potential cover design?
  • Not sure if you should spend money on exhibiting at an upcoming trade show?
  • YOUR questions can be answered at the next Brainstorming meeting

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Advice for Writers on Breaking into Tinseltown

November 30, 2021 – RECORDING AVAILABLE

6:00 to 7:30 p.m. (Pacific)

Via Zoom

Few industries have been on the front edge of change more than Hollywood – and not only because of the changes forced on production and development by the Coronavirus.  
 
In some ways, there are now more opportunities than ever for would-be screenwriters and “content creators,” with YouTube, digital channels and distribution, web series, and micro-budget “DIY” indie films shot for under six figures.  But there are also more pitfalls and traps than ever, for both young people starting out and mature writers transitioning in their careers.  

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Special Programs

Everything You Need to Self-Publish So You Can Publish Your Book Now

Do you have everything you need to successfully self-publish your book?

Whether you’re writing a helpful nonfiction work, a stunning genre novel, a community cookbook, or the next bestseller, the publishing process involves the same elements: preparation of your manuscript and production of your book. And don’t forget about marketing.

IWOSC/PALA’s 2019 Self-Publishing Intensive has the answers you need to start now and successfully publish your book. Our experts, Carla King of Self-Publishing Boot Camp and Sharon Goldinger of PeopleSpeak Consulting and the Publishers Association of Los Angeles, have over 45 years of traditional AND self-publishing experience and will cover EVERY aspect of self-publishing that you need to know.

PLUS, attendees will receive more than a dozen books, handouts, checklists, and timelines.

For the FULL COURSE DESCRIPTION, and to save as an IWOSC/PALA member, click here.

LOCATION: Veterans Memorial, Culver City (Corner Culver & Overland)

 

IWOSC/PALA Self-Publishing Intensive

Saturday, October 19, 2019 from 9:00am – 4:00pm

Everything You Need to Self-Publish So You Can Publish Your Book Now

Do you have everything you need to successfully self-publish your book?

Whether you’re writing a helpful nonfiction work, a stunning genre novel, a community cookbook, or the next bestseller, the publishing process involves the same elements: preparation of your manuscript and production of your book. And don’t forget about marketing.

IWOSC/PALA’s 2019 Self-Publishing Intensive has the answers you need to start now and successfully publish your book. Our experts, Carla King of Self-Publishing Boot Camp and Sharon Goldinger of PeopleSpeak Consulting and the Publishers Association of Los Angeles, have over 45 years of traditional AND self-publishing experience and will cover EVERY aspect of self-publishing that you need to know.

PLUS, attendees will receive more than a dozen books, handouts, checklists, and timelines.

For the FULL COURSE DESCRIPTION, and to save as an IWOSC/PALA member, click here.

LOCATION: Veterans Memorial, Culver City (Corner Culver & Overland)

IWOSC/PALA Membership Benefits

PALA-IWOSC welcomes authors, publishers, and affiliated publishing professionals. Our goals: education, networking, and resources. We value and encourage the education and networking. 

Member benefits include:

  • newsletter, packed with information
  • discounted membership with IBPA
  • discount for recordings of meetings
  • attendance at our members-only brainstorming sessions
  • participation in cooperative marketing programs
  • free panels/deep discounts for seminars
  • access to information about IBPA’s Publishing University scholarships
If you’re interested in membership, please contact info@IWOSC.org.
Questions: Contact: Sharon Goldingerpplspeak@att.net, 949-581-6190