October oohs and boos are a writer’s arena. Paste the smiles of toothy pumpkins to poetic pages. Crunch fall leaves under the feet of young trick or treaters as they bite into confections. From fairy tale to futuristic, swing their colorful costumes close enough to touch the glitter. Plunge ghosts and goblins from the shadows …
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While I cling to the last three weeks of summer, the writer in me yearns for autumn to brush the earth with a palette of hued oranges, reds and browns. Images of leaves on a sun-baked path skitter across my imagination and fade. A reddish splash is real, not imaginary as Tri-Valley Writers joins the …
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August is back-to-school time; real time or online. I’ve enjoyed several semesters of writing classes from Las Positas College. This fall, no LPC for me. I’ll take time out to coordinate a dedicated volunteer team of Tri-Valley Writers board members and committee leaders. Together we’ll orchestrate monthly meetings, produce the newsletter, update the
Patriotism soars with flag-waving at Independence Day celebrations as sounds of John Phillip Souza intermingle with tastes of hot dogs, ice cream and lemonade. Red, white and blue are reminders of our first amendment rights, the safeguard of free speech that protects our right to be heard, or read, without reprisal. Whether we choose story-telling, …
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This time of year I often forage for breakfast in the raspberry canes. As writers, we sometimes find ourselves foraging amidst the prickly canes of our imaginations, hoping that shimmer of color really is ripe fruit. Only after we reach out, risking scratches from thorns and bites from hidden spiders, will we know if the …
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Mahbod Seraji’s critically acclaimed debut novel, Rooftops of Tehran, paints a vivid portrait of growing up, discovering love, and awakening to the realities of life in a nation on the verge of revolution in the 1970’s. How did an Iranian immigrant, writing in a second language, come to craft a critically acclaimed work of such …
by Annette Langer During April-National Volunteers Month-the senior center holds its annual appreciation party. I’d begun volunteering alternate Fridays in the center’s gift shop in exchange for selling my books. I probably wouldn’t know many people at the party but decided to attend anyway-another book marketing opportunity! I arrived after the 6:30pm start, not wanting …
I have a writing fantasy where I spin out a best-selling novel on the Oregon coast. The hotel of my dreams exists, with huge windows facing the ocean. Someday I’ll rent a room there and let the water inspire me as it dances under a winter storm. For now, I’ll find a dramatic oceanscape for …
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April seems a good time to ask about your writing resolutions. Are you keeping up with your journal? Have you entered a contest? Queried an agent? Artists across America are preparing for the fairs and festivals that seem to occupy every weekend from now until Halloween. Why not join them, and call this Contest/Query season? …
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If you find inspiration in celebrations, this month we have St. David’s Day (3/2), Pi Day (3/14), the Ides of March (3/15), St. Patrick’s Day (3/17), the vernal equinox (3/20), Palm Sunday (3/28), and Passover (3/29). There’s also Canberra Day (3/8), an Australian holiday commemorating the founding of the federal capital. I’m not sure how …
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