The Social Media Group discussed a post about blog titles recently. Savaged the post might be a better description. Yet, here I am, using the formula recommended by the author. Why? Because I can. What does this have to do with the writing life? Read on and see. 1. Cold water on a hot day. …
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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 …
Two doctors decided that the doctor who diagnosed the rash on my palm a couple of months ago was mistaken. “The good news is, what he prescribed didn’t do you any harm,” one of them said. The better news is, I can use that in my writing. Stay with me here. Diagnosis is hard, and …
Join us Saturday, November 19, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Rd., Pleasanton, as local newspaper columnist and mystery author Penny Warner presents “What’s So Funny?” Penny will show us how to add humor to our stories, even if we don’t feel that witty, by offering tips on where to find humor (usually …
Long before recycling became popular—now mandatory in most counties in California—our single trash barrel for a family of four was seldom half-full for the weekly pickup. My mother repurposed every item. She bleached flour sacks and made dish towels. She sewed skirts from colorful floral chicken feed cloth bags when times were tough. During agriculture …
Join us Saturday, May 21, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, as Tri-Valley Writers hosts its 5th Annual High School Writing Contest awards ceremony. Student winners from the essay, poetry, and short story fiction categories will share their work in readings. Guest Speaker, Aashna Avachat, author of Going …
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Several members of Tri-Valley Writers have been published in Sparks, the 2016 Las Positas College Literary Anthology. Julie Royce’s “The Unconventional Recruit” won Third Place in the prose category. Copies are available for purchase at Las Positas College Bookstore. Prose Jordan Bernal: “Flight of Fancy” John Bluck: “It’s a Strike” and “Three-Hundred Pills” Patricia Boyle: “Green Ink” Patrick …
