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Kendra Murray & Ralph Scott, Squeaky Cheese Productions, December 18, 2021

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Kendra Murray and Ralph Scott will present “He Said. She Said. We Said.” at the Tri-Valley Writers December meeting. The pair are narrators/producers in Squeaky Cheese Productions where duet/dual/solo narration magnetizes audiobook audiences. Kendra and Ralph will select up to three TVW members’ WIP or published novel submissions and take them to studio, then use the audio […]

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Steve Minniear, Author & Historian, November 20, 2021

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Steve Minniear will present “Integrating Stories Into a Broader Appreciation of History” at the Tri-Valley Writers November meeting. Steve, along with a featured Tedx from Dr. Jim Ott, English professor at Las Positas College, will discuss the best ways to integrate personal stories, especially those from veterans, into the fabric of an area’s history. Steve

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James Morehead recently curated a Scary Poetry contest for the Dublin Arts Collective—the poems are on display at the F.CO. Art Gallery in Dublin along with incredible spooky / macabre art. If you are in Dublin, make sure to stop by (the show runs through Oct 31). The four selected poets agreed to record their poems

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October Conference Wrap

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Tri-Valley Writers’ 4th Writers Conference held on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at the Four Points by Sheraton in Pleasanton was a smashing success. Even though the attendance was half our normal count, this was not a normal year. Our small, but mighty, crowd rocked it! The day featured three tracks: Craft, Marketing, & Self-Publishing and New York Times bestselling

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Member Publication

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John G. Bluck presents sixteen crime and sci-fi short stories in his new book, Florida Grand Theft & Other Tales. Its release date is October 4, 2021. Readers can immediately preorder e-book editions for $2.99; shortly after the book’s release the e-book price will rise to $3.99.  Here are some major online bookstores now offering preorders of

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Member Publications

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Reena Gupta’s debut work, Career Interrupted, has been published and is available on Amazon. Reena will launch her book at Towne Center Books on September 25, 2021. Launch details can be found here.   Monique Richardson’s collection of short stories, The Unlikely Dreamcatcher has been published on Amazon, and is coming soon to Barnes and Noble.

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Member Successes

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James Morehead’s poem “landscape (after bert weir)” successfully placed in Wingless Dreamer’s Spring 2021 collection here, and is now on sale. Also, James’s collaboration with Italian animator Gaia Alari, which transformed his poem “tethered” into a hand drawn animation, will be screened at festivals around the world and has already won an award. (https://youtu.be/n4l6vTDK4yE) George Cramer spoke on

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Michelle Cruz Gonzales, English/Creative Writing Professor & Author, September 18 2021

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Michelle Cruz Gonzales will present “Inclusive Characterization: Writing ‘the other’ without Stereotypes or Appropriation” at the Tri-Valley Writers September meeting. Gonzales will discuss the delicate balance that is including diverse characters in writing to avoid invisibilizing minoritized groups and doing so in a way that is respectful, artful, and for the right reasons. Drawing on

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The Community Book Project: Celebrating the Little Things in Life was published June 17, 2021 in both print and ebook formats. This inspirational thought-of-the-day book brings together a community of contributors who wrote brief yet compelling essays about the little things that uplift them and make life more fun and interesting. Participating members and their writings include:

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Writers Conference: October 16, 2021 featuring Keynote Speaker Rhys Bowen

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The Tri-Valley Writers 2021 Conference on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at the Four Points by Sheraton in Pleasanton, is a full day event (8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) on the art and business of writing. It will feature three tracks: Craft, Marketing, & Self-Publishing and New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen as the keynote speaker. Rhys is the New York Times bestselling author

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