I self published a second quilting science fiction novel, When Chenille Is Not Enough, with coauthor Ann Anastasio. We were offered a free ad in the program for the Studio Art Quilt Associates conference in April. Since quilters are our target audience, we jumped at the opportunity. We didn’t read the fine print, however, which stipulated the size […]
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Gretchen McNeill will be the guest speaker at our next monthly meeting on Saturday, May 18, 2013, at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. Gretchen McNeil is an opera singer, clown, and writer. She has written the Young Adult horror POSSESS about a teen exorcist which debuted in 2011. Her follow up, TEN
J. K. Royce has published Pilz, her first novel. It is a suspense story that explores the sleazy underside of the medical profession, a world she witnessed when she was a state assistant attorney general in Michigan. Pilz is available on amazon.com in printed and Kindle versions.
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Lani Longshore has published When Chenille is Not Enough (co-authored with Ann Anastasio). This second in a series is the continuing adventures of quilters saving the world from invading space aliens. Available from Wingspan Press, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Smashwords.
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Four members of Tri-Valley Writers have been published in the Winter 2012-2013 issue of The California Writers Club Literary Review. Congratulations to poets Jamuna Advani for “Vengeance” and Alice Kight for “Papa’s Turn” and to fiction prose authors Paula Chinick for “Hidden Discovery” and Julaina Kleist-Corwin for “Fried Chicken Talks.”
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Congratulations to Vicky Hudson, a participant in the Pulitzer Remix project which unites 85 poets to create found poetry from the 85 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction-winning texts. Beginning April 1, each poet will write and post one poem per day on the project website, http://www.pulitzerremix.com. The project will generate more than 2,500 found poems.
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Congratulations to Shelley Riley on the publication of her first book, Casual Lies-A Triple Crown Adventure, the true story of a thoroughbred colt bought for a song and the female trainer who recognized his potential. The memoir relates the triumphs and hardships experienced by the horse Casual Lies and his trainer along the trail to
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“Burt’s Bees” is funnier than “Neosporin.” But it’s too late. I sent the story off this morning. No piece is ever finished (complete?). They dwell in perpetual draft mode well beyond the submission date. I never forward the same story to more than one publication, despite the fact that they have identical titles, themes, plots
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April is National Poetry Month, a celebration to increase awareness and appreciation of our beloved poets. Take a moment this month and read a poem. Below is an excerpt from “An April Day” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). When the warm sun, that bringsSeed-time and harvest, has returned again,‘T is sweet to visit the still wood,
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Susan Sachs Lipman’s program in March gave me lots of ideas for my as-yet-uncreated website, and my needs-to-be-updated blog site, as well as the impetus to become an expert in my field (what, you didn’t realize you need to know about quilting science fiction?). I left the meeting feeling enlightened and energized. So what should
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