Lani Longshore speaks at East Bay Authors Book Faire
Lani Longshore joined several local authors at the first annual East Bay Authors Book Faire, March 2, 2013, in Walnut Creek. She spoke about the writing process and getting her book published.
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Blake Heitzman nominated for Global e-book award
Congratulations to W. Blake Heitzman (The Shaman Gene) whose book A Far Traveler: The First Alien has been nominated for a Global Ebook award in science fiction/fantasy category. It is available on Amazon.com and Smashwords.com.
Judy Lussie in Amazon contest
Judy Lussie reached the second round in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest with her romance novel “Mandy’s Song.”
Networking by Lani Longshore
I’m calling 2013 the year of relearning. Two weeks ago, I relearned the value of adding tags to blogs. A few days ago, I relearned the value of networking. The lead judge for California Writers Club Tri-Valley high school writing contest, Lynn Goodwin, conducted a free writing workshop for students on February 5. The contest and …
Old Dog, New Tricks: The evolution of a writer by Lani Longshore
I write a weekly blog about cleaning my sewing room. It’s been running for three years and the sewing room isn’t remotely tidy, so sometimes I explore other topics. A recent blog was about the plastic bag ban in Alameda County. Since the ban went into effect this month, and I have a huge collection …
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Tech Support by Annette Langer
Websites. We create them, nurture them, and sometimes want to kill them when something doesn’t work. I was trying to post a California Writers Club “Authors Spotlight” date to my website Events page, but the stupid site kept dropping the date. I tried everything I could think of, but the date just wouldn’t post. I finally …
CWC Tri-Valley members in Writer Advice
Julaina Kleist-Corwin’s flash version of “Hadas Fog” and Shannon Brown’s story “Parlor Tricked” will be published in the April-June online issue of Writer Advice.
February 16, 2013 Self-Publishing: Set Yourself Up for Success
Jennifer Basye Sander will be speaking about avenues for becoming published at our next monthly meeting on February 16, at 2 pm at the Four Points Sheraton on Hopyard in Pleasanton. She is the author of more than 50 books including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Published, the bestseller Christmas Miracles (1997) and her …
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Never and always by Violet Carr Moore
Sage advice to writers, “Never say never.” That prompts another never–never say always in a novel unless you can prove it. “She always washes her hair on Friday evening.” Oh? What about the Friday scene when the protagonist was hospitalized from a skiing accident? Every is another word to omit. “You can set your clock by my neighbor who brings in …
Open Mic Night with My Friends at Pleasanton Library August 12
California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch in collaboration with the Pleasanton Library announces “Open Mic Night with My Friends” on second Mondays of each month. The next event is August 12, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Old Bernal Avenue. Free and open to the public. No reservations needed. Readers sign up from 6:00-6:15 p.m. in the meeting room. For …
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