March is resplendent with green. From dewy reflections of fresh blades of grass to leaping leprechauns and shamrocks, spring warms the winter chill. A caravan of sentences becomes poetry. Pen strokes or clicks of computer keys embody a novel. These gems of new life bloom at Tri-Valley Writers. Violet Carr Moore
Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter. Even that chilly declaration can’t cast a shadow on writers. Attend a conference. Enroll in a class. Join a critique group. Mentor a new writer. Stir up the gift of creativity within you while you wait. Violet Carr Moore
2012.I will blog. Join a critique group. Attend a conference. Revise my mystery manuscript. Journal. Submit. And?celebrate. I’ll toast blog comments with tea and chocolate. I’ll savor critiques from my novelist group (more chocolate). Along the way, I’ll celebrate your successes with?you guessed it?more chocolate. Happy New Year! Violet Carr Moore
December stirs nostalgic reflections of yesterday and brings dreams for tomorrow. This season demands choices. Tall tree? Small tree? No tree? Mall shopping or online? Stay home or travel? If you’re a writer, you could be juggling these cold-weather options while you pen warmhearted Mother’s Day stories. Perhaps you’re curled by a glowing fireplace, editing …
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Ghosts and goblins vanish at midnight October 31st when my protagonist and friends spring to life with first clicks of National Novel Writing Month contest. I’ll push new characters in a 1,667 words daily dash while my critique group improves those from a previous plot. First-win protagonist will will cheer me as I pitch that …
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Change is good! New meeting place. New time. Cost slashed in half.
TVW members have been busy writing, regardless of the obstacles (read Annette Langer’s blog below for proof). The anthology is on-track for publication this fall. It will feature short stories, memoir, poetry and children’s stories from over forty members. The authors have been working all summer on the pieces, while the anthology committee has been …
Nina Amir is a seasoned journalist, nonfiction editor, author, consultant, and writing coach and publishing mentor with more than 30 years of experience in the publishing field as well as the founder of Write Nonfiction in November, a blog and writing challenge. Currently, she also serves as the national Jewish Issue Examiner and a staff …
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Sunny days invoke images of backyard hammocks, surging seashore tides or magical adventures. When writers envision these scenes, they’re compelled to make readers see the hammock sway, smell the salty ocean, feel the gritty sand between bare toes, or hear waves crash against a craggy shore. No
Astronauts and writers, career opposites, share a common thread of exploration. Space travel obliterated the saying, “The sky’s the limit.” From a limited tweet to a full novel, writers are word astronauts journeying into the unknown. Characters from nonfiction reality to extreme fantasy form a crew for liftoff into a new dimension. A theme emerges.
