Other Member Publications

Several of our members have had their work published recently.   Patricia Boyle’s Summer 2014 runner up flash fiction contest story “Shaken and Stirred” published on the Women on Writing (WOW) website. Read Patricia’s story here: http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/62-FE1-Summer14Contest.html Alice Kight’s poem “Searcher” published in the fall issue of Song of the San Joaquin. Lynne Menon’s article “Chris Corrales Relieves …

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NYMB…On Working for a Living

 Five Tri-Valley members are published in NYMB…On Working for a Living released November 17, 2014. Mona Dawson’s “Left on the Front Step”, Stacey Gustafson’s “Home Almost Alone”, Annette Langer’s “Jewish Coffee?”, Julie Royce’s “The Unconventional Recruit”, and Camille DeFer Thompson’s “Slip of the Tongue”.

November 15, 2014: Tips to Save Money on Both Developmental Editing and Copyediting

Jane Mackay will be teaching tips to save yourself money at both the developmental editing and copyediting stages of bringing your manuscript to publication as the guest speaker for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch on Saturday, November 15 at 2:00 p.m. Jane Mackay has been helping writers polish their novels, short stories, memoirs, and …

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Clash of the Couples

 Two Tri-Valley Writers members are published in Clash of the Couples, an anthology released November 3, 2014. Stacey Gustafson’s “Home Almost Alone,” tells about the time she locked her baby daughter inside an empty house, blaming the entire incident on her husband. Let’s just say that there was a hammer, a serious threat, and cursing …

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Eve’s Requiem: Tales of Women, Mystery, and Horror

Lani Longshore’s “The Family Tree” has been published in Eve’s Requiem: Tales of Women, Mystery, and Horror, edited by Fern Brady and Patricia Flaherty Pagan (Spider Road Press). Lani’s story takes place in a small town in Minnesota where Sylvia Lund seeks refuge with her great aunt. She learns about her heritage, ancient Viking customs, …

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Oct. 18, 2014: The Golden Age of Self-Publishing is NOW

D. Patrick Miller and Sari Friedman will be guest speakers at the next monthly meeting of the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch on Saturday, October 18 at 2:00 p.m., at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. Before founding Fearless Books in 1997 to continue the publication of his writing, D. PATRICK MILLER sold three solo projects to major publishers: …

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