Albert Rothman Reading
Albert Rothman will be reading at the 4th Street Studio Storytellers at Swirl on the Square on October 29.
October 2009 President’s Message from Lani Longshore
Scotland is celebrating the 250th birthday of Robert Burns by inviting everyone of Scottish descent to visit the homeland. That gave me a thought – let’s celebrate the California Writers Club centennial by visiting bookstores. California Writers’ Week is the third week in October – what better time to discover our wonderful local authors? There’s …
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Tri-Valley Writers High School Writing Contest Reception at Towne Center Books
Congratulations to all the participants in, and especially to the winners of, the first Tri-Valley Writers High School Writing Contest. Students in grades 9-11 from ten area high schools competed for prizes in fiction, essay, and poetry. A celebration for the winners was held Saturday, June 30, at Towne Center Books, 555 Main Street, Pleasanton. …
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Crafting Character: A Centennial Celebration
One hundred years ago, a colorful cast of characters founded the California Writers Club “to mentor and educate writers of all levels in the art and craft of writing.” This October, Tri-Valley Writers will celebrate CWC’s Centennial with a birthday bash devoted to character. What’s a story – or a club – without great characters? …
Patty Flaherty Pagan Published
Patty Flaherty Pagan has a poem in The Light In Ordinary Things, an uplifiting collection of poems published by Fearless Books. The collection is available in paperback on Amazon.com.
Violet Carr Moore’s Poetry Published
Violet Carr Moore is a winner in the Autumnal Haiku contest sponsored by Bay Area News Group. Her haiku appeared in all October 5 printed editions and in the Inside Bay Area online edition.
November novelist by Violet Carr Moore
At midnight on Halloween, my fingers touch the home row keys of my computer, my eyes on the digital clock in the lower right of the screen. Wait, wait. Not yet. One more minute of ghosts and goblins. At 12:01 a.m. local time, November 1, I click the first keystrokes of a suspense novel that …
Social Media Workshop for Writers: How to Promote Yourself Online And Still Have Time to Write
Do you have the Twitter jitters? Blog-phobia? Facebook freak-out? Are you new to Adventuring into the Land of Social Media/ Web 2.0? Publishers expect more and more from authors and illustrators (before during and after you’ve been published), so come learn how to juggle your promotion efforts, social websites & online personalities and STILL HAVE …
The making of N.Keli by Lani Longshore
“What are you making?” my husband asks. We are sitting in the family room together, he with the newspaper, me with a needle and thread. “An alien,” I answer. “I don’t want to know,” he says quietly, eyes on the sports section. I chuckle, knowing his curiosity will return once he reaches the stock market …
Violet Carr Moore’s Haikus Published
Two of Violet Carr Moore’s haiku contest entries were published winners in the Tri-Valley Herald and other local newspapers