Jordan E. Rosenfeld will be the guest speaker at our next monthly meeting on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. Jordan E. Rosenfeld, author of the popular writing guide Make a Scene and the debut novel Forged in Grace, will teach you how to activate your writing, creating the page-turning energy of […]
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Hector Timourian received the Lydia Wood first place poetry award for “Abraham’s Hope” published in All That Remains, the Las Positas College 2013 anthology. This award, the highest honor for poetry, was announced at the anthology publication ceremony on May 11, 2013.
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Eight members of Tri-Valley Writers were published in All That Remains, the Las Positas College 2013 anthology. A publication ceremony celebrated these and other authors on May 11, 2013, where they each received a complimentary book. Poetry Hector Timourian: “Abraham’s Hope” – First Prize Winner Deborah Jordan Bernal: “Get Off the Road” and “Dreams” Susan
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“To The Dandelion,” a poem by Alice Kight, was published in the Spring 2013 issue of Song of the San Joaquin. Alice Kight received Honorable Mention for her poem “Away” in the March contest for the California Federation of Chaparral Poets.
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Catherine Accardi’s two most recent books, Images of America-San Francisco Landmarks, and San Francisco’s North Beach and Telegraph Hill have been the basis for her many presentations in San Francisco. Those include one at Ghirardelli Square’s historic 1916 Workman’s Building for the Victorian Alliance and upcoming presentation for the San Francisco History Association later
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Arleen Eagling’s short story “Half a Good Chance,” has been accepted for publication by the Thema Literary Society. It will appear in A Week and a Day summer 2013 issue.
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Shelley Riley, author of Casual Lies – A Triple Crown Adventure, was featured by Towne Center Books on May 3, 2013 for a celebration of the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby. Friends and fans donned their Kentucky Derby finery and drank a Mint Julep while Shelley took them behind the scenes at the Kentucky Derby. Shelley
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I spent the last week in April at the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) conference in Santa Fe. During one of the evening meet-and-greets, I was introduced to the woman in charge of blogs for the Northern California region. I mentioned my quilting sci-fi novels, and offered to write a blog about my experience as
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There is an old saying that you get back more than what you give. It has been true for me. As a volunteer for the Tri-Valley Writers and other nonprofit organizations in the area, I have had opportunities to meet people I would never have encountered otherwise. Many of these people have become lifelong
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Julie Royce‘s short story, “Headed North on a Southern Highway,” received second honorable mention and publication in an anthology, Times They Were A-Changing: Women Remember the ’60s & ’70s. Release date is scheduled for August 2013.
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