Jamuna Advani’s article “Finding Opportunities in Obstacles” was published in August, 2016 in North East Travel and Life, a journal of people and places. B. Lynn Goodwin’s story, “How I Learned To Share My Love with my Dog,” appeared in Purple Clover on September 10, 2016. It’s her third story for Purple Clover.
Stacey Gustafson performed a one-woman stand-up show at the Firehouse Bar & Grill in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 6, 2016. Her story, “What’s on your Bucket List: Performing Stand-up Comedy Was at the Top of Mine,” was featured on page 11 of the June 2016 issue of Toastmaster Magazine.. Camille DeFer Thompson’s humor piece, “Panting to …
Join us Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Rd., Pleasanton, as Amanda McTigue, guest speaker for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch, presents “Writing Emotion: How Do You Catch a Cloud and Pin it Down?” An out-of-the-box thinker and speaker, novelist Amanda McTigue will help writers open …
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Join us Saturday, December 17, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, as Ransom Stephens, Ph.D. presents “Get Inside Your Reader’s Brain: The neuroscience of how to make readers laugh and cry.” Neuroscience is like looking under the hood to see how It works. When you know how …
Tri-Valley Writers has been awarded a grant of $1,700 from the Alameda County Arts Commission 2016 ARTSFUND Grants Program. Of the 38 award recipients totaling $68,000, TVW is the only literary award winner. The branch will use the grant funds to assist with our 2017 Writers Conference and our 6th and 7th Annual High School Writing …
On June 18, 2016, Tri-Valley Branch honored Sharon Svitak with the Sue Tasker Memorial Service Award. Sharon joined TVW in February of 2009. She promptly volunteered to be the newsletter editor, where she produced a rich monthly newsletter for three years. After that, she utilized her finance background to become not only TVW’s treasurer, but the treasurer …
Tri-Valley Writers takes a brief summer hiatus during the months of July and August. Monthly meetings will resume in September. Critique groups, social media group, and open mic continue to meet during the summer, so please forge on with your writing. We look forward to seeing you in September. Write On!
Sharon Svitak’s latest novel, Simply Provocative: A Spruce Creek Romance, is now published and available for purchase. Sharon writes sweet romance under the pen name Sharon Burgess. Camile DeFer Thompson’s humor piece, “Fifty Shades of Pale,” is featured on the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop blog. http://humorwriters.org/2016/06/26/fifty-shades-of-pale/
Fred Norman read his poetry at two events: Readers Bookstore on May 26, 2016 at Fort Mason in San Francisco and at the evening Memorial Day Vigil at the Crosses of Lafayette. Stacey Gustafson presented her humor at Tommy T’s Comedy Club in Pleasanton on June 8, 2016. Art Tenbrink read …
Join us Saturday, June 18, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Rd., Pleasanton, as Attorney Larry Townsend, guest speaker, presents Writers’ Legal Know-How for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch. Mr. Townsend will provide a road map for writers seeking to safeguard protection of their works and to avoid legal …
