Linda Lee will be the guest speaker at our next monthly meeting on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. What should a great author’s website look like? Linda Lee will discuss the key components of a website including social media badges, a sales page for your book, sample …
April 20, 2013: The Eight Elements Every Writer’s Website Must Have Read More »
We are proud to sponsor a workshop conducted by New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni, “Creating Plots and Playing God” on Saturday, April 6, 2013, 12:30-4:30 p.m., at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard in Pleasanton. Check in begins at 12:00 p.m. Snacks and beverages provided during break. Does your novel or story keep …
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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 …
I read an article in Smithsonian magazine that said the rules of English grammar we cherish and curse (sometimes in the same breath) come from a misguided attempt to impose Latin structure on a Germanic root. Well, bite my neck and call me Susie (as my grandfather used to say, and don’t ask me who …
Triple congratulations to Hector Timourian for his poem “The King”; a short story, “Coffee Brewing Trouble”; and a memoir, “The Legend of Enrique Santos” published in the Livermore Adult Education Creative Writing Group anthology.
More than a dozen CWC Tri-Valley Branch members have taken the annual National Novel in a Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge. Cooking, house cleaning and yard work will be ignored. Laundry bins overflow. The trash begs to be taken out. Our fingers fly over computer keyboards toward a common goal—50,000 words by November 30. For the past …
An ancient Egyptian maxim reads: “It is good to speak to the future; it shall listen.” The Egyptians honored scribes – writers – and even gave them to the care of Thoth, who was also the god of knowledge and truth. We should take instruction – and comfort – from ancient writers, and speak our …
Tri-Valley Writers shuck raincoats and umbrellas as spring blossoms. Warm sunshine smiles on our authors lining up for Author’s Spotlight on Saturday, April 16th. Indulge in carrot cake or chocolate crisp mousse while a variety of member authors present book overviews or read from children’s books, health and humor, memoirs, military maneuvers, recipes, and other …
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