August is back-to-school time; real time or online. I’ve enjoyed several semesters of writing classes from Las Positas College. This fall, no LPC for me. I’ll take time out to coordinate a dedicated volunteer team of Tri-Valley Writers board members and committee leaders. Together we’ll orchestrate monthly meetings, produce the newsletter, update the
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You’ve just completed a fabulous novel with characters that sizzle and a plot with just the right amount of twists and turns. Now comes that hard part, you have to pitch your story to an agent. The agent is that person who takes it to a publisher and turns it into a best seller where
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Alice Kight is a winner in Bay Area News Groups Cinquains don’t sink our scribes contest. Look for her gardening cinquain poem in the August 2, 2010, Time Out section of printed and online editions. Entries from runners-up Chris Alesso and Marilyn Slade are in online editions.
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Look for three TVW members – Lynn Goodwin, Camille Minichino (aka Margaret Grace) and Ann Parker – among the authors featured at the Northern California Storybook & Literature Festival. The event will be held at the Maidu Library and Maidu Community Center, 1550 Maidu Drive, Roseville, on Saturday, July 31, from 10 am to 5
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Deep in my heart, I know an organized person is a productive person. Putting things down instead of putting them away leads to chaos. Leaving notes scattered around the computer leads to frantic searches for that brilliant idea on character development, or the crucial next plot point that points the way to the perfect ending.
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Marilyn Slade and Violet Carr Moore, winners in Summer Travel at the Speed of Haiku contest, were published July 5, 2010, in the Contra Costa Times, Tri-Valley Herald, and affiliated Bay Area News Group newspapers. In addition, Marilyn’s poem “I am a Proud Raisin,” won the Alameda County Fair theme award.
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Patriotism soars with flag-waving at Independence Day celebrations as sounds of John Phillip Souza intermingle with tastes of hot dogs, ice cream and lemonade. Red, white and blue are reminders of our first amendment rights, the safeguard of free speech that protects our right to be heard, or read, without reprisal. Whether we choose story-telling,
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Danville author and political reporter Mark Curtis has won a 2010 International Book Award for The Making of the President 2008, Age of Obama: A Reporter’s Journey with Clinton, McCain and Obama. His book received first place in the Current Events/Political-Social category. The book is available in print or Kindle from http://www.amazon.com/.
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Marilyn Slade’s Pet Peeve haiku was published in the June 7, 2010 printed editions of The Tri-Valley Herald and Contra Costa Times/Valley Times. The online edition can be viewed at www.InsideBayArea.com/haiku.
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Changes and Summer Sky, two poems by LaDonna Fehlberg were published in the 2010 Las Positas College Anthology along with her photograph Lilies Among the Rocks. This is LaDonna’s fifth year to be included in the anthology. During those years, her photography Destiny placed first and Tension placed third in the art category.
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