Writing

San Francisco Writers Workshop

April 6, 2005 |  Filed under: Workshops |  Email This

The San Francisco Writer’s Workshop provides a forum for writers in any genre to share their ongoing work and receive useful comments from other writers. The workshop was founded around 1946 and met for many years at the San Francisco Public Library. Since 1997, the Meridian Gallery has generously given space to the workshop for its weekly meetings. It’s currently hosted by Tamim Ansary. The Workshop meets every Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. (arrive a little before 7). Attendance is free and open to all interested writers.

The Unwritten Rules

— 6 double-spaced pages max.
— don’t bring the same work twice (even after editing)
— bringing copies for others to follow along helps, but not required

Meridian Gallery
535 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94108

Urban Travel Guide San Francisco

July 21, 2004 |  Filed under: Books |  Email This

It’s finally on the shelves!

Left Coast Writers and the Monticello Inn threw a book launch party for the Urban Guide to San Francisco! Click here for photos of the event.

Check out more of photographer Rebecca Dadson’s work here.

A reviewer from Amazon had this to say, “With most guides, I pick the thing up after I’ve decided what to do: I use it to see if the restaurant I’m considering is any good, or what the hours are, or whatever. Bradley Charbonneau’s Urban Travel Guide is something else again. Seems to me, Charbonneau has gone out and found about 200 interesting/fun/weirdly rewarding things to do in San Francisco that you don’t usually hear about. Each place he reviews is on its own page, so each page corresponds to a different activity. Last weekend, I was bored, I said to my wife, pick a number, she picked 96, I opened the book, it turned out to be a place called the Linc Gallery, so we went and saw an art show. Never would have thought of it otherwise. Next time I have a vistor from out of town, and I have to leave them on their own, I’m going to give them a copy of this book.”

Tell a friend! Go to this link and click on the little envelope in the bottom left of the page and send this info to a friend.

amazon.jpgA great gift for Christmas / Birthday / July 4th / Hannukah / Easter! Someone visiting San Francisco? Never been? Never will? Let them read about what they’ll be missing!

“Finally! A guidebook even a local could use!” was the comment I heard most while doing this guidebook. Whether you were born here or have never been here, I hope you’ll feel right at home in San Francisco with this guide.

Are you a shop owner or book store that would like to sell the book?Download this form and place an order!

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Freedom from the Future: Living for the moment in a castle in France

April 15, 2004 |  Filed under: Anthologies |  Email This

A few months prior, I had met an old French man on a train who told me I was doing the right thing. Always eager to hear more about that topic, I listened intently.
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Just Put on the Shoes

November 19, 2003 |  Filed under: Magazines |  Email This

I hate jogging. I want to stay in shape. I need to jog to stay in shape. After I jog, I feel better. Jogging is like writing. I hate jogging.
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Hungry?

February 15, 2003 |  Filed under: Magazines, Anthologies, Awards |  Email This

… but at this point given a choice between a baked potato and the Great Wall of China … pass the sour cream.

The Hyena Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why
Travelers’ Tales Publishing (Humor anthology)
October 2003

Editors’ Choice, Travelers’ Tales Publishing
March 2003

In Posse Review (a publication of WebDelSol)
February 2003

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Richard Robinson - Massachusetts to Beijing

January 21, 2003 |  Filed under: Magazines, Interviews |  Email This

global-career-news-200x40.jpgBy Bradley Charbonneau - Global Career News Contributor
Jan 21, 2003

Richard Robinson, CEO and Founder, MiG:

Richard heads up MiG where he can mix his love of games with his marketing and management experience from past Internet startups.
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Wake Me For Meals

January 15, 2003 |  Filed under: Magazines |  Email This

“Kejutkan saya bila waktu makan,” I read the blue one. “You know what that one means?”
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Secret Bus to Paradise

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Paradise is a not a physical place, it’s not on a map or in a guidebook. It doesn’t weigh anything and you don’t have to put it through the x-ray machine.
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Dozens of Miles from Home

August 15, 2002 |  Filed under: Awards |  Email This

… that travel was not a place you needed to fly to or show a passport to get into, that it’s not a spot on a map, that it’s not far away, but it can be hard to get to, hard to find, that there aren’t maps or guidebooks, that travel is a state of mind, a state of being, and that I had found it again.
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Where I Am

June 15, 2002 |  Filed under: Anthologies, Awards |  Email This

Still skeptical, I reached slowly for the book, a wild wolf taking meat from a human for the first time.

Best of Travelers’ Tales 2004
Travelers’ Tales Publishing
February 2004

Editors’ Choice
Travelers’ Tales Publishing
June 2002

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A New Angle on Malawi

October 15, 1999 |  Filed under: Magazines |  Email This

Losing faith, confidence and even hope for most of the continent, I am rescued by the innocence of a curious young boy.
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Getting from A to Z: Arusha to Zanzibar in 14 Easy Steps

March 15, 1999 |  Filed under: Magazines |  Email This

Go to K-Mart and buy twelve of the cheapest ghetto blasters you can find. Rewire them yourself hastily so that all speakers are loosely connected to a VCR. On the volume dial of 1 to 10, turn to 18.
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