Once again, we are faced with a new year and all it can throw at us. I’ve decided not to set any lofty goals that make me crazy at the end of the year because I didn’t achieve them. My only resolution is not to worry which path to take because I know I can …
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I brainstormed with Dan Casner about Robot Garden, specifically community groups that might want to play in a warehouse full of tools and people who know how to use them. Near the end of the conversation, I mentioned wanting to design a futuristic tank that I could make from fabric. That led to a discussion of …
Writing PILZ with the door to my study closed didn’t prevent a nagging little harpy from whispering into my ear: “What is your mother going to say about those naughty words?. . . and the sex? My God, nice girls don’t portray things like that on paper. . . and the violence? Do you really …
PILZ: Sex, violence and naughty words by J. K. Royce Read More »
The annual Winterfest celebration of CWC Tri-Valley members will blend talents of artists and authors. The sixteen art pieces and submission guidelines for this Winterfest Ekphrasis are available HERE. Members are encouraged to select one or more of these visuals to inspire their poetry and prose. Send your entries to submissions@trivalleywriters.org by midnight, January 10, 2013. The artwork …
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California Writers Club is pleased to announce sponsorship of the 10th anniversary San Francisco Writers Conference (SFWC), February 14-17, 2013. R. L. Keynote speakers will be Bella Andre, Anne Perry and R. L. Stine. You will recognize presenters like Meg Waite Clayton, David Corbett, Mark Coker, Ransom Stephens, Penny Warner, and Victoria Zacheim who have …
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I can’t put off the holidays anymore. National Novel Writing Month is over, the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone, and my family is asking about the holiday baking. My daily to-do lists take up multiple pages. My manuscript sits on the edge of the desk, waiting for revisions. I made good progress over the last month, …
Meet Julaina Kliest at Towne Center Books, 555 Main Street, Pleasanton on Thursday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m. for a reading of her story published in A Miracle Under the Christmas Tree: Real Stories of Hope, Faith and the True Gifts of the Season anthology (Harlequin 2012).
Stacey Gustafson will discuss Not Your Mother’s Book…On Being a Woman on the Feisty Side of Fifty radio show. Mary Eileen Williams will broadcast the show on Blog Talk Radio, Thursday, December 13, 2012 from 9:00 to 9:15 a.m.
To escape the madness of holiday shopping, click on Winterfest (see above) to find works of art that will inspire you to write prose and/or poetry. This could also give you the opportunity to begin a piece for the next TVW anthology that will begin next spring. Have a peaceful Holiday and good fortune in the New …
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A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle (ACV), can travel over any terrain. You name it-dirt, water, mud, ice, water-it can hover in a stationary or mobile position. These hybrid vessels are operated by a pilot, not a captain like a marine vessel. An ACV functions by creating a cushion of high-pressure air between …
Cyber Monday Hovercraft from home by Violet Carr Moore Read More »
