You don’t have to wait until September to get together again with your fellow Tri-Valley Writers. Join the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch in collaboration with the Pleasanton Library for “Open Mic Night with My Friends” on Monday night August 12, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. This event will be held at the Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Old Bernal Avenue. […]
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Alice Kight‘s poetry “The Candidate’s Wife“ and “Speechless Love” and “On Thursday” a poem by Marilyn Slade, have been published in From Benicia with Love, a poetry anthology of Benicia First Tuesday Poetry Group.
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Stacey Gustafson’s story, “Mr. Know-It-All,” will be in Not Your Mother’s Book…On Parenting, release date September 10, 2013. This is Stacey’s third story in this anthology series.
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Annette Langer was interviewed by Kathryn Williams, a Southfield, Michigan writer, who featured a story about Annette in the June 2, 2013 edition of Detroit Healthy Living. In the article, Williams tells Annette’s story and promotes both of her books; Healing through Humor: Change Your Focus, Change Your Life and A Funny Thing Happened on
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Please join Stacey Gustafson, Not Your Mother’s Book…On Travel and Shelley Riley, Casual Lies A Triple Crown Adventure, who will be signing their books and talking about their work at Towne Center Books on Wednesday, June 26 from 7 pm to 8 pm.
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To an extent, all novelists need to build the world their characters inhabit. Since I write Sci-Fi I’ve got more work to create alien planets and believable futures. While writers have wrestled with this problem since Jules Verne, I have a new approach – planet as food. The idea came from a conversation with my
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As this term winds down, I reflect on what we’ve shared. Speakers like Victoria Zackheim gave us tricks for getting an agent. Martha Engber’s workshop informed us of the importance of “Show vs. Tell.” At Winterfest, we discovered the hidden artistic talents of several Tri-Valley members. Robert Dugoni’s workshop took us to new heights with
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“Relive the Triple Crown Adventure of Casual Lies & Shelley Riley,” is featured on page 20 of The West June 2013 issue of Independent Magazine. This interview highlights her journey as Casual Lies, the horse she trained, raced in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes.
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“My Niche–My Way” by Lynn Goodwin-Brown is published in Writing After Retirement: Tips by Successful Retired Writers (Scarecrow Press 2013). Lynn was also a luminary for Inspire Me Today on May 8, 2013. Read this at http://www.inspiremetoday.com/archiveDisp.php?type=0&ref=1868.
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The initial reviewer of the first chapters of my most recent mystery novel asked “Where’s the conflict?” The next critiquer said “Lacks tension.” The third reader followed with “Needs more action.” Number four summed it up with “Nothing worth turning the page in these chapters.” Nothing. Worth. Turning. The. Page. The manuscript took shape as
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