E. Ruth Harder’s historical novel, Hannah—Weaver of Life, is published and available at Amazon. Anne Koch’s latest non-fiction work, Nearer to Spring—A Story of Christmas Lost and Found in Letters, is published and available at Amazon.
Tri-Valley Writers members have been busy, busy, busy. Here are some recent publication successes. Stephanie Bolanos’s flash fiction story, “Faces”—the one she read at TVW’s September general meeting—has been selected as a finalist in the 2015 Short Story America contest. George Cramer’s short story, “Why Me?” is published in 0-Dark-Thirty, The Veterans Writing Project. …
I returned from a two-week holiday and looked at my notes for the next section of my novel. After much consideration, I realized I had no idea what I meant when I wrote those notes. There was no obvious pick-up line, and once again I remembered why I don’t knit―I could never find my way …
Blake Heitzman‘s short story, “The Bramble Trail” is scheduled for the September 2015 issue of The Ultimate Writer after waiting three years for acceptance confirmation.
Mary Heaton won GOLD in the Travel/Guidebook Non-Fiction category in the 2015 Global Ebook Awards for Rambling Through the Emerald Isle. Sharon Svitak, writing as Sharon Burgess, won SILVER in the Fiction-Romance/Erotica (Contemporary) category in the 2015 Global Ebook Awards for Simply Irresistible: A Spruce Creek Romance.
Daniel Hobbs, writing as Ben Leiter,) published his novel, Baby Boomers’ Love-Betrayal, in August 2015.
Dr. Hanson is a seasoned health educator, public speaker, workshop facilitator and writer residing on the Monterey Peninsula. Former co-chair of the Monterey/Santa Cruz chapter of The National Writers Union, she has emceed Open Mikes for Writers monthly for 15+ years. She lectures nationally on Aging Positively and is a columnist for the magazine Crone: Women Coming of Age (www.cronemagazine.com) and GRAND …
“I couldn’t see how to make it funny, so I went full-on heartwarming this time.” That’s how I explained the difference in tone from previous pieces I had asked my good friend and trusted critic, Stacey, to read. Before starting the piece, I had combed through stories from one edition of the popular anthology series …
Tri-Valley Writers and Open Mic with My Friends at the Pleasanton Library was featured in the July 30, 2015 Valley Journal of the Bay Area News Group. Correspondent Beth Jensen interviewed TVW President Deborah ‘Jordan’ Bernal along with TVW members and Open Mic attendees Fred Norman and Shelley Riley for an article that highlighted the benefits of …
George Cramer participated in two panels, “Writing in Different Genres” and “The Art of Writing Novels and Short Stories,” at the Public Safety Writers Association annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada in July. George’s short story “Why Me?” won third place. Julie Royce also took part in the panel entitled “Writing in Different Genres” at the Public Safety …
