Julaina Kleist-Corwin won third place for “Dinner in the Jungle” in Sheila Bender’s Write It Real Contest. Amazon #1 Best Selling author, Terry Persun was the guest judge. Part of Julaina’s story will be published as a Writing It Real article later this month.
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Tri-Valley Writers has selected Violet Carr Moore to receive the 2013 Jack London Service Award for her outstanding service to the branch. Violet Carr Moore is the author of In the Right Place and Moments of Meditation. She has had many of her short stories and poems published in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Christmas
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Patricia Marshall will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch on Saturday, September 21, 2013, at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. Writer and editor Patricia Marshall, who has helped more than a dozen authors self-publish, will walk you through the steps you need to
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Stacey Gustafson, Not Your Mother’s Book…On Travel and Shelley Riley, Casual Lies A Triple Crown Adventure, talked about their writing experiences and signed books at Towne Center Books on Wednesday, June 26, 2013.
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You don’t have to wait until September to get together again with your fellow Tri-Valley Writers. Join the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch in collaboration with the Pleasanton Library for “Open Mic Night with My Friends” on Monday night August 12, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. This event will be held at the Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Old Bernal Avenue.
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Please join Stacey Gustafson, Not Your Mother’s Book…On Travel and Shelley Riley, Casual Lies A Triple Crown Adventure, who will be signing their books and talking about their work at Towne Center Books on Wednesday, June 26 from 7 pm to 8 pm.
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Jordan E. Rosenfeld will be the guest speaker at our next monthly meeting on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. Jordan E. Rosenfeld, author of the popular writing guide Make a Scene and the debut novel Forged in Grace, will teach you how to activate your writing, creating the page-turning energy of
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I spent the last week in April at the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) conference in Santa Fe. During one of the evening meet-and-greets, I was introduced to the woman in charge of blogs for the Northern California region. I mentioned my quilting sci-fi novels, and offered to write a blog about my experience as
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Gretchen McNeill will be the guest speaker at our next monthly meeting on Saturday, May 18, 2013, at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. Gretchen McNeil is an opera singer, clown, and writer. She has written the Young Adult horror POSSESS about a teen exorcist which debuted in 2011. Her follow up, TEN
Linda Lee will be the guest speaker at our next monthly meeting on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. What should a great author’s website look like? Linda Lee will discuss the key components of a website including social media badges, a sales page for your book, sample
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