September 14, 2024
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Chris’s upcoming memoir, Touched by Hannah—A Man with Cancer (Hennessy), his one-pound newborn, Hannah, and their fight for life, has already reached tens of thousands on social and news media. (completed in early 2025)
Filmmaker, author, and speaker Chris Hennessy serves on the Board of Directors at Sacramento Writers.
Chris recently wrote, produced, and directed four national award-winning films. His Yolo YoYo’s cable TV show took Best New TV Series, Sacramento Access TV 2019. The twelve episodes reached 125,000 fans on Facebook. Yolo YoYo’s also aired four segments on GoodDay Sacramento (CBS)
“The Prostate Cancer was diagnosed in 2009 and invaded my lungs in 2020. I’m living life as usual with stage four cancer, achieving my best work.”
Author Platform 101+
Create Your Book Buzz!
We will be shown:
- How to write unique social media posts that get you known
- Writing video scripts
- What videos to create
- How to build an email list for Substack
- How to make your Substack unique and well-received
- Create results-getting visual media at little or no cost
- How, when, and where to produce, then post your video(s)
- Learn how I produced award-winning films and how
I use them to promote and market my writings - Podcast tips
- How to connect with mainstream media