When you write a memoir, you draw layers of challenge and skill: telling your story, having it reach the hearts of others, and managing the labyrinth of doubts and fears about consequences of revealing your personal truths. Linda Joy Myers will discuss key elements to unlocking your story in her topic, “The Magic of Memoir—Weaving Memory …
California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch is pleased to announce its third full-day writers conference featuring keynote speaker Robert Dugoni on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Dugoni is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon bestselling author as well as the winner of 2015 Nancy Pearl Award for fiction. He has twice been a finalist for …
TVW 3rd Writers Conference, Robert Dugoni, April 13, 2019 Read More »
Mahbod Seraji, author of Rooftops Of Tehran, will discuss the various routes to publishing in his topic, “The Journey: Writing to Publishing.” Seraji believes that regardless of what vehicle you use to get your book out there, you need to act like the CEO of your own book. He will share his experiences from the …
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Taryn Edwards from the Mechanics’ Institute of San Francisco—a historic membership library—will discuss how to start and sustain a historical research project in the San Francisco Bay Area. She will discuss these topics: Getting started Finding primary sources Overcoming roadblocks Holdings of local archives Free online resources that can help fill gaps in the historical record How to …
The California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch and the Dublin Library invite you to our Local Author’s Showcase! Join us on June 9 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. in the Dublin Library Community Room at 200 Civic Plaza. Fifteen local authors will each have a table at the event and will host a meet-and-greet with anyone who would like to …
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Alan Rinzler, a consulting editor, will speak to local writers Saturday, Feb. 17, about “how valiant agents and publishers are still taking chances on debut writers despite the dwindling unit sales and net profits of the book business today.” Rinzler will also discuss his 56 years of experience as Assistant Managing Editor at Simon and …
Alan Rinzler presents “Once More Unto the Breach,” February 17, 2018 Read More »
Author Sofia Grant will speak to writers about how to create emotional depth in a novel at our final meeting of the year. This presentation offers an overview of emotion’s relationship to plot and character and introduces a variety of ways to add emotional depth. Learn to avoid common pitfalls and create your character’s “emotion palette.” …
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Tri-Valley Writers second plein-air field trip of the summer will be in downtown Livermore. Join us in this urban setting complete with coffee shops, restaurants, strolling pedestrians, and benches where an observant writer can take in the passing scene. The event will take place July 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. We will meet …
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California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch is pleased to announce its second full-day writers conference featuring keynote speaker New York Times and international bestselling author, Anne Perry. Anne is the author of over 85 novels which have sold over 28 million copies. The Times, associated with Mystery Page Turners, selected her as one of the 20th Century’s “100 Masters of Crime.” In …
Join us Saturday, December 17, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, as Ransom Stephens, Ph.D. presents “Get Inside Your Reader’s Brain: The neuroscience of how to make readers laugh and cry.” Neuroscience is like looking under the hood to see how It works. When you know how …
