George Cramer won an Honorable Mention for his genre short story, “Hard Time” in the 89th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Contest. Deborah Grossman was the August featured member of the North American Travel Journalists Association with an interview about her adventures as a travel writer. In addition, her poem, “My Husband Has Cancer” [not …
Vee Byram’s novel, Song Of Latvia, won the Gold Award in Best Ebook Cover and Silver Award in Historical Literature Fiction—Contemporary. Connie Hanstedt’s poem, “Layers,” was awarded Honorable Mention in the Non-rhyming Poetry category of the 89th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. Also, Connie’s chapbook, Treading Water, was named a finalist in Blue …
Four Tri-Valley Writers members have novels set for publication in the coming weeks. All four are available for pre-order now. The Mona Lisa Sisters is George Cramer’s debut novel. A historical fiction novel of Lura Grisham Meyer. Wealth cannot protect Lura from the tragedies that befall her in the late nineteenth century. She voyages to Paris after …
John Bluck was interviewed by Chat and Spin Radio, an internet radio station based in the U.K. Here’s a direct link to the interview: https://soundcloud.com/ian-johnson-75/monday-13th-july-mondays-evening-late-show-947pm-1035pm-uk-time-part-2 George Cramer had four writings place in the Public Safety Writers Association 2020 writing contest. Flash Fiction Non-Published First Place: “Joe,” Flash Fiction Non-Published Third Place: “Welcome Home,” Short Story Non-Published Honorable Mention: “Hard Time,” and Fiction Book Non-Published …
John Bluck has published a new mystery, Death in the Holler. The ebook is available now at Smashwords.com, while the print version will be available June 15. In addition, TVW members are invited to read a free ebook version at https://dl.bookfunnel.com/. Stacey Gustafson has two stories published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter …
Connie Hanstedt’s poem “Layers” has been named a finalist in the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards. Connie was invited to the Master Class in March 2020. Ed Miracle’s debut novel, Maker Messiah, won the Best Science Fiction Award for 2019 from IndiesToday. His essay “Submarine Dreams” won first place in the San …
Returning member V. Z Byram’s debut novel, Song of Latvia, was published on December 13, 2019. You can find it here. Four of Julaina Kleist-Corwin’s 200-word personal stories are published in Donna Kozik’s 20/20 Vision. Each story is in different parts of the book: Intro: “Teaching Cows”; Past: “What Do You Want to Be?; …
On Friday, February 14, 2020, Tri-Valley Writers members Jordan Bernal and Paula Chinick presented their well-respected session “Practice Your Pitch: Cast Off Your Jitters” to a full house at the San Francisco Writers Conference (SFWC). The sessions were designed to assist attendees in casting off their jitters in a safe environment before the speed dating session with …
Barbara Flores spoke at the Livermore Library’s Indie Author Day event October 12 on “How Not To Write A Memoir.” Diana McDowell published two books under the pen name Diana Lynn. Splintered Dreams, contemporary women’s fiction, was published in February. In July, she published Build A Story – A Writer’s Workbook. Rose …
Elaine Drew read from Courting Trouble (a romantic comedy set in England in 800 AD) at the Lafayette Library Sunday, September 15, at 4 pm, as part of the Art Embraces Words program. Dr. Jac Fitz-enz is featured in the September 2019 issue of CFO magazine. Jac is quoted by David McCann …
