Calfornia Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch

Annual High School Writing Contest Awards Ceremony, May 21, 2022

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Join us Saturday, May 21, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. as Tri-Valley Writers hosts its 11th Annual High School Writing Contest awards ceremony. Student winners from the literary nonfiction, poetry, and short story fiction categories will receive their awards and share their work via readings. Pleasanton’s Teen Poet Laureate and Amador High School senior Nikita Jayaprakash …

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October Conference Wrap

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Tri-Valley Writers’ 4th Writers Conference held on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at the Four Points by Sheraton in Pleasanton was a smashing success. Even though the attendance was half our normal count, this was not a normal year. Our small, but mighty, crowd rocked it! The day featured three tracks: Craft, Marketing, & Self-Publishing and New York Times bestselling …

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Martha Alderson, the Plot Whisperer, April 17, 2021

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Writing Backward—Begin by Plotting from the End Join us on Zoom for our monthly meeting!  See below for Reservation & Payment details* Martha Alderson will present “Writing Backward—Begin by Plotting from the End” at the Tri-Valley Writers April meeting. Most writers spend far more time writing and rewriting the beginning of their stories. By the …

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Rachael Herron, International bestselling author, September 19, 2020

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VIRTUAL BRANCH MEETING Join us on Zoom for our monthly meeting! See below for Reservation & Payment details* Rachael Herron will present a special workshop: “Get the Attention You Deserve: Queries, Synopses, and Blurbs” at the Tri-Valley Writers September meeting. Getting an editor or agent to notice you and your work in their cluttered email …

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July & August 2020

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Tri-Valley Writers takes a brief summer hiatus during the months of July and August. The Board of Directors will be busy planning for a terrific 2020-2021 term. Monthly meetings will resume in September. Pending release from Shelter-in-Place (where applicable): Critique groups, Social Media Group, and a Zoom version of Pull up a Chair and Write …

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Gillian Wegener, Poet Laureate, April 18, 2020

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This event has been canceled to comply with the Alameda County Shelter in Place that continues through May 3, 2020.  Gillian Wegener will present “Poetry Everywhere!” at the Tri-Valley Writers April meeting. Poetry is everywhere and can be for everyone. Gillian will illustrate through readings how ideas for poems can be found in everyday, ordinary …

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Sandra Tayler, Author of Hold on to Your Horses, March 21, 2020

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This event has been canceled to ensure the health and safety of our members and guests. We will update this and other events as the Coronavirus conditions change. TVW hopes everyone will stay healthy. Sandra Tayler will present “Structuring Life to Support Creativity” at the Tri-Valley Writers March meeting. The habits and patterns you build …

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Adam Plantinga, Author of 400 Things Cops Know,  September 21, 2019

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Adam Plantinga, author of 400 Things Cops Know, will discuss “The Police: Fiction vs. Reality” as Tri-Valley Writers September speaker. This presentation will cover Adam’s first book’s rocky road to publication (hint: persistence can still pay off) as well as some of the key differences between fictional cops and real cops. Attendees will learn that …

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July & August 2019

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Tri-Valley Writers takes a brief summer hiatus during the months of July and August. The Board of Directors will be busy planning for a terrific 2019-2020 term. Monthly meetings will resume in September. Critique groups, social media group, Open Mic, and Pull up a Chair and Write continue to meet during the summer, so please forge …

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Members’ Success

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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 …

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