Member Work at Alameda County Fair
Monique Richardson’s poem, “In a Field” has been selected for presentation at the 2023 Alameda County Fair.
Member Publication
Linda Drattell’s poetry collection, Remember This Day, is available for pre-order at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/remember-this-day-by-linda-drattell/. The chapbook will be released on August 11, 2023.
A. L. Kucherenko, Author, September 16, 2023
A. L. Kucherenko will present “Crotches, Crucks, and Crutches” at the Tri-Valley Writers September 16, 2023, meeting. Learn how to entice readers to linger in your fictional world with your imaginary characters. Most authors face the convergence of characters and readers. Characters inhabit their own skins and are shaped by their environment. They make choices, express attitudes, and bear certain responsibilities consistent with their cosmos. So do readers, who bring their experiences and expectations into our stories.
A. L. Kucherenko uses examples from her work to illustrate the delicate balance between authenticity and accuracy and how character and reader worldviews mesh to create an environment for her characters that her readers can embrace.
Member Success
Pamela Pan has several successes: Her two poems, “A Song for a Strong Soul” and “My Home City,” have been accepted for publication in the Tuleburg Poetry Anthology. Her short story, “Baba’s Accordion” and poem, “Farmer’s Market,” have been accepted for publication in the Great Valley Stories anthology. Her flash memoir, “Not a Soft Persimmon,” won Honorable Mention in the Flash Memoir Contest by Writer Advice. And her poem “Summer Nights” has been accepted for publication in Redwood 2023 Poetry Anthology, Phases.
Members Published in LPC 2023 Havik
Six TVW members were published in Las Positas College’s 2023 anthology, Havik Cacophony.
Ida Marie Beck with 3 poems: “The Butterfly Effect,” “Not So Lonely,” and “Pacific Sunset.”
Patricia Boyle with 3 poems: “Musings Amidst a Drought”, “Soap Bubble,” and “Chance Encounter.”
Linda Drattell with 1 poem; “Respite From an Unmade Bed.”
James Morehead with 2 poems: “The caption doesn’t mention her gilded frame” and “The Tock Beneath My Scalp.”
Monique Richardson with 2 poems: “Winter Moon” and “What She Did in Her Room When No One Was Looking” 4and 4 art pieces: “Lyrical Leaves,” “Rainbow Valley,” “Sapphire Sky,” and “Rose of Blue.”
Eunhee Soh with 1 poem: “Still Under the Fig Tree,” which won First Place in the poem category.
Congratulations to all our members who submitted and were published.
Member Success
Monique Rardin Richardson’s poem “We’ll Always Have The Moon” was published in Wingless Dreamer’s Dulce Poetica anthology. Her poem “Now She Knows” will be published in the Wingless Dreamer’s Poetry on Life anthology.
Member Publication
James Morehead published a new book, The Plague Doctor, on April 8, 2023. It is on-sale now (Amazon and Barnes & Noble) and signed copies are available from Viewless Wings.
Member Success
Patricia Boyle’s poem, “Conus marmoreus,” about a cone snail species, won second place in Livermore’s Science Poetry Contest, “Poetry in a Test Tube.”
Member Success
Pamela Pan’s two poems, “A Song for a Strong Soul,” and “My Home City” have been accepted for publication in the upcoming Tuleburg Poetry Anthology. And her memoir essay “ Not a Soft Persimmon” won the prize of Honorable Mention in the Flash Memoir Contest by Writer Advice.