I chickened out on NaNoWriMo again, but I’m still getting something out of it. For the last three years I’ve thought about using NaNoWriMo to help break one writing block or another, but haven’t quite done it. This year, however, I determined to take advantage of some of those tips for NaNo participants. I’m on […]
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One of my quilting groups did an alphabet challenge. We drew a letter, and made a quilt related to a word beginning with that letter. I wondered if I could use the same challenge in my writing and decided to start an alphabet hop. The word “accountable” leaped off the page of my dictionary. How
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Jane Mackay will be teaching tips to save yourself money at both the developmental editing and copyediting stages of bringing your manuscript to publication as the guest speaker for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch on Saturday, November 15 at 2:00 p.m. Jane Mackay has been helping writers polish their novels, short stories, memoirs, and
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Two Tri-Valley Writers members are published in Clash of the Couples, an anthology released November 3, 2014. Stacey Gustafson’s “Home Almost Alone,” tells about the time she locked her baby daughter inside an empty house, blaming the entire incident on her husband. Let’s just say that there was a hammer, a serious threat, and cursing
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Lani Longshore’s “The Family Tree” has been published in Eve’s Requiem: Tales of Women, Mystery, and Horror, edited by Fern Brady and Patricia Flaherty Pagan (Spider Road Press). Lani’s story takes place in a small town in Minnesota where Sylvia Lund seeks refuge with her great aunt. She learns about her heritage, ancient Viking customs,
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D. Patrick Miller and Sari Friedman will be guest speakers at the next monthly meeting of the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch on Saturday, October 18 at 2:00 p.m., at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. Before founding Fearless Books in 1997 to continue the publication of his writing, D. PATRICK MILLER sold three solo projects to major publishers:
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Winners in Julaina Kleist-Corwin’s “Choices” poetry contest: Second Place: Tanda L. Clauson for “If You Want to Exist Do Not Choose Left” Third Place: Kate Ann Scholz for “About Choices” Honorable Mention: Mona Dawson for “By My Choice” Read the winning poems on Julaina’s blog at www.timetowritenow.com.
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Tri-Valley Writers has been awarded a grant of $1,600 from Alameda County Arts Commission/ARTSFUND Grants. Of the 38 award recipients totaling $72,000, we are the only literary award winner. The branch will use the grant funds to assist with our 2015 Writers Conference and our 4th Annual High School Writing Contest. Congratulations Tri-Valley Writers!
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H. Peter Alesso published his second novel, Lieutenant Henry Gallant. It is available at Amazon. John Bluck has released a YA version of his novel, Ship Finder. It is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Smashwords. Stacey Gustafson published her debut novel, Are You Kidding Me? My Life With an Extremely
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Sheldon Siegel will help us kick off the new 2014-2015 season as the guest speaker for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch on Saturday, Sept 20. Sheldon Siegel is the New York Times best-selling author of seven critically acclaimed legal thrillers featuring San Francisco criminal defense attorneys Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez, two of the most beloved characters in contemporary
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