Patricia Boyle’s poem, “Unidirectional Flow” (about rivers), won third place in the adult division of Livermore’s 5th annual Science Poetry contest. John Q McDonald‘s short story “The Lorentz Contraction” was accepted for publication on-line in an upcoming issue of Sequestrum Magazine ( https://www.sequestrum.org ) The journal is available as a digital download from Smashwords or print-on-demand from […]
The Pleasanton Weekly.com published an interview featuring Patricia Boyle’s YA fantasy, Traitor in the Realm. https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2021/02/17/livermore-teens-tested-in-traitor-in-the-realm. Patricia was also interviewed by her hometown newspaper, the Schenectady Gazette. https://dailygazette.com/2021/03/13/rotterdam-natives-debut-novel-is-for-young-adults/ The Pleasanton Weekly interviewed Connie Hanstedt as part of a “Tri-Valley Life” feature on poets during the pandemic, highlighted TVW’s poetry critique group, and published Connie’s poem “Dissection.”
Patricia Boyle’s YA fantasy novel, Traitor in the Realm, (January 19, 2021) is now available. Kallan MacKinnon, and her foster brother, Matthew Webbe, become trapped in a besieged medieval kingdom. Their friendship is tested when they meet magically gifted teens from the new world, and they must tangle with prehistoric creatures and magical beings in
Patricia Boyle, a past president of Tri-Valley Writers, is the 2020 recipient of the Sue Tasker Memorial Service Award. Established to honor TVW founder Sue Tasker, the award is given to a member who has shown loyalty, dedication, and creative service to the branch. Patricia led the branch as president in 2016-2018, and just finished
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Have you poured your heart and soul into a draft of your novel or spent the month of November writing 50,000 + words for NaNoWriMo, and now don’t know what to do with all your effort? Are you stuck with your research? Or not sure if you’ve done enough to properly world build? Perhaps you
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On September 29, 2018, more than 60 members of the fourteen CWC branches in northern California met for a day-long conference at National University in Pleasant Hill. TVW past president and NorCal Rep, Jordan Bernal; Vice President, Marilyn Dykstra; Newsletter Editor, Patricia Boyle; and Membership Chair, Haihong Liao represented Tri-Valley Writers at the event. Jordan Bernal gave the keynote talk,
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Art Tenbrink won the award for Best Poem on the 2018 Alameda County Fair Theme “Summertime Fun” for his poem, “Route 66 Revisited.” Patricia Boyle won an honorable mention award for her poem, “Aurora,” in the Poetry in a Test Tube: Livermore’s Second Annual Science Poetry Contest. Arushi Avachat won third place
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Two members had work published in The 2018 California Writers Club Literary Review. Connie Hanstedt, two poems, “Waiting for the Fisherman,” and “Satin Slippers.” Julaina Kleist-Corwin, memoir, “Care.” Yvonne Carder published, Luminata, the first book in the Meclauks Kingdom Young Adult fantasy series. Behind castle walls, Jessi Kleinfield dreams of
Eight TVW members have been published in the 2017 Las Positas Literary Anthology, Beyond the Window: Connie Hanstedt: Four poems, “Taking Inventory” (first place, poetry category), “Beginnings,” “Night Watch,” and After “35 Years” Sally Kimball: Three short stories, “Betrayal” (second place, prose category), “The Scotsman,” and “Shadows of the Past,” and a poem “Poulnabrone Dolmen” Ellen Aubry: Two short
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Patricia Boyle’s poem, “Unraveling the Natural World,” and Yvonne Carder’s poem “Life on a Slide” won honorable mention awards in March in Livermore’s first annual science poetry contest, Poetry in a Test Tube. Annette Langer was interviewed by a columnist from the Pleasanton Weekly newspaper about her writing in general, and
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