“Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more like a sculpture where you remove, you eliminate in order to make the work visible. Even those pages you remove somehow remain.” (Eliezer Wiese, Nobel Peace Prize Winner 1986) So what […]
Cutting Stone by Lani Longshore Read More »
If I had to pick the most exciting half hour of my summer, I’d choose the thirty minutes I spent with Kyle Pressley, a man not my husband. We connected. He understood me. I was head over heels in love with his machine. That would be the Espresso Book Machine (EBM), one of the newest
EBM, the most awesome, coolest writer’s tool ever by Julie Royce Read More »
The ocean tide pushes a wave toward the shoreline, crashing onto the rocks and bowing a hasty retreat. Another wave follows, drenching the wet sand, obliterating all but the memory of the previous wave. A photographer captures the scene and enhances it through digital format. A painter dabs at canvas with brushes and watercolors. A
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August is the perfect time to join CWC Tri-Valley Branch. As a member, you’ll receive the discounted rate for meetings through June 2013. Already a member? Time to renew.
August 2012 President’s Message from Paula Chinick Read More »
Ever agree to pet sit for a friend? As a writer, I envisioned quiet writing time away from my life’s interruptions. I packed up my writing instruments: computer, manuscript, notes, and favorite pen. As a writer, I have my superstitions. Like an athlete, I rely on a good luck charm, my special pen to write
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My recent scholarship to study writing mandated an English assessment at Las Positas College. “Arrive fifteen minutes early,” the online instructions warned. “No admittance after the test begins.” Arriving even earlier, I peeked through the heavy glass framing a locked door. Dark, no movement inside. I retreated to a wooden and wrought iron park bench
The invisible student by Violet Carr Moore Read More »
Congratulations to Stacey Gustafson a contributor to the Pleasanton Patch who has been invited by the Vine, a select group of Patch power users, to share her insights on local issues, food, fashion, family, health and much more.
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Violet Carr Moore, CWC Tri-Valley member, received a Howard T. Collins Memorial Scholarship at a ceremony in Hayward, California on August 2, 2012. This grant, sponsored by Eden Housing, was awarded to enhance her educational endeavors in creative writing. In recognition of this award, Violet received commendation certificates from John Garamendi, United States Congress; Ellen
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My empty nest is full again. Both kids are home for an indeterminate period while they seek employment. Having them home isn’t the issue-it’s having them home with their own schedules. When they were in school, my writing life was bound by their calendar. From September to June, mid-morning to mid-afternoon was mine. Creatively speaking,
Life cycles, schedules, and the writing gods by Lani Longshore Read More »
I was a timid grammar school student-the proper term back then. I didn’t raise my hand in class. I hated standing up front, the object of everyone’s attention. My shyness persisted to upper elementary. In the eighth grade, teachers recognized my expanded vocabulary and A+ spelling abilities and encouraged me-pushed is a more definitive word-to
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