(October 1, 2011) –  As the only luxury property on San Francisco’s waterfront, the Hyatt Regency San Francisco just announced the new “Wine Country Amour” Package. Especially designed for couples, the “Wine Country Amour” Package sets the stage for two of the most romantic destinations...

Advance Your Work with a Submission to BATW’s Anthology By Elisa Southard, Board Member and Chair, BATW Anthology Deadline: Oct. 15. Entries: 75. Word count: 800-1800. Shelf life: digitally unlimited. If you have not submitted your entry for the inaugural BATW anthology, grab some papyrus, for this...

September saw two new members join our ranks: Los Altos Hills writer Sam Broydo became a Provisional Member and Anne Abrams, of A2 Communications in Sonoma, became an Associate Member. We look forward to meeting them at our upcoming events!

BATW November Meeting: Spotlight on Associate Members Hyatt Regency San Francisco, 5 Embarcadero Center Saturday, November 19, 2011 – 10 a.m. Associate Member Molly Blaisdell, of Hook, Line & Thinker public relations, has arranged a special Associates Meeting at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco....

“You’ve no doubt heard of the micro-reporting site, Patch.com, which covers news in several states, including California,” Dick Jordan says. “Even if you have no interest in writing for Patch.com, you can use it to post announcements about your work—it probably would be particularly helpful...

The U.S. Travel Association offers journalists a free, email-based service dubbed TravelNewslink, which links to thousands of U.S. travel industry professionals and experts in the United States. Media submit their queries to travelnewslink@ustravel.org. Include your name, publication and email address....

As reported in MediaBistro’s eBookNewser blog: Odyl, a startup based in New York City, recently debuted a social marketing platform for book promotion on Facebook. For those BATW members who are authors and want to connect with new readers on Facebook, check this out! The platform lets you post excerpts...

After working professionally for only three years, photographer Jak Wonderly had one of his images published in the October issue of National Geographic magazine (pages 12-13). His subject: the famous albino American alligator at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park.

Jacqueline Harmon Butler’s 6th edition of The Travel Writer’s Handbook is written, of course, in Korean, for this new market. (As she can’t read a word in Korean, she doesn’t even know if they spelled her name right!) Jacqueline just finished writing the 7th edition and hopes the Korean...

Erin Caslavka has recently published two articles in the San Francisco Chronicle. One is titled, “Five Places That Take You Back to the ’60s,” and the other is a Five Places article titled, “Where to See Sharks” (see lead below): “Ever since 1974, when author Peter Benchley set...