Award-winning novelist and TVW member Ann Parker writes occasional blog posts about the history of American slang. I’m constantly surprised by slang that sounds old but is really quite new, and by those words that sound current but have been around for donkey’s years. Tracing the lineage of ordinary words can occupy a pleasant afternoon …
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 …
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 …
Barbara Flores‘ memoir, Separated Acting Badly: For the Love of Food, A Man, and Me, is now available on Amazon (Kindle and paperback). Barbara’s funny, and ultimately family-affirming book chronicles the transition from marriage to divorce, and what she learned from herself and her well-meaning friends. Alice Kight‘s poem “Beloved Eyewitness” won first place in …
Congratulations to TVW members who participated in the Livermore Library Indie Author Day event on October 13. Ann Parker moderated the program, and Andy Weir, New York Times best-selling author of The Martian and Artemis, was the keynote speaker. Jordan Bernal, Eloise Hamann, E. Ruth Harder, Julaina Kleist-Corwin, Annette Langer, and J.D. Lassica were among the fifteen Bay Area independently …
Shannon Brown has published Parlor Tricked, a novel about a reluctant psychic, a dead rock star, and a cursed linen outlet, all in suburban Ohio. Parlor Tricked is available on Amazon. Stacey Gustafson has released Are You Still Kidding Me? This second book in her humor collection is available on Amazon. She also draws from hilarious experiences to shape …
October 13, 2018, is Indie Author Day. Tri-Valley Writers is celebrating by co-sponsoring an event with the Livermore Library from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the library’s Civic Center Location (1188 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore). To kick off the celebration, Ann Parker will interview Andy Weir, author of The Martian and Artemis. Following their …
Two members had work published in The 2018 California Writers Club Literary Review. Connie Hanstedt, two poems, “Waiting for the Fisherman,” and “Satin Slippers.” Julaina Kleist-Corwin, memoir, “Care.” Yvonne Carder published, Luminata, the first book in the Meclauks Kingdom Young Adult fantasy series. Behind castle walls, Jessi Kleinfield dreams of …
Celebrate the new year with others whose passion for writing is as strong as your own! Our Winterfest celebration will be a member-led Workshop à La Carte. The workshop is designed to help writers polish their work for anthologies such as Tri-Valley Writers fourth anthology to be published in late 2018, writing contests, collections of …
Jac Fitzenz won the opening chapter prize at the 2017 San Francisco Peninsula Literary Fair for his second Mike and Grace novel, Spies with Benefits. This is the second consecutive year Dr. Jac has won the prize. In 2016 he received the award for Undaunted Lovers. Ann Parker’s novel What Gold Buys, has been nominated …
