Jamuna Advani published The Nurse Hemabati, a short story and poetry anthology written in the Manipuri language. She attended the release in September in Manipur, India. In October she was the chief guest at the foundation day ceremony of the women’s literary organization, LEIKOL. John G. Bluck has released three books: The Knight Prowler …
Judy Lussie’s novel Lake Biwa Wishes has been published and is available for purchase. A book release is scheduled for 2-4 p.m. on October 16, 2016 at the Dublin Library Community Room. Sharon Svitak’s novel, Simply Irresistible: A Spruce Creek Romance, was chosen as the solo “medalist winner” in the romance category of …
I am certain that WWII seems like ancient history to many, but I was a small child living in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco. Civilization was on the cusp of the first technological advances of the twentieth century. Televisions—black and white—had been created but were not common in the average household. Telephones still …
On June 18, 2016, Tri-Valley Branch honored Sharon Svitak with the Sue Tasker Memorial Service Award. Sharon joined TVW in February of 2009. She promptly volunteered to be the newsletter editor, where she produced a rich monthly newsletter for three years. After that, she utilized her finance background to become not only TVW’s treasurer, but the treasurer …
Sharon Svitak’s latest novel, Simply Provocative: A Spruce Creek Romance, is now published and available for purchase. Sharon writes sweet romance under the pen name Sharon Burgess. Camile DeFer Thompson’s humor piece, “Fifty Shades of Pale,” is featured on the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop blog. http://humorwriters.org/2016/06/26/fifty-shades-of-pale/
Mary Heaton won GOLD in the Travel/Guidebook Non-Fiction category in the 2015 Global Ebook Awards for Rambling Through the Emerald Isle. Sharon Svitak, writing as Sharon Burgess, won SILVER in the Fiction-Romance/Erotica (Contemporary) category in the 2015 Global Ebook Awards for Simply Irresistible: A Spruce Creek Romance.
Most writers, and indeed all good writers, are avid readers. We all learned to love reading when we were children. I earned my first library card when I was five years old and could print my name. That was the requirement for a library card in San Francisco in 1950. I wasn’t always a good reader. …
Insuring an Audience for the Future, by Sharon Svitak Read More »
Twelve CWC Tri-Valley members crossed the 50,000-word finish line in the National Novel Writing Month contest. This annual contest founded by Chris Baty, Executive Director of the Office of Letters and Light, concentrates on producing a first-draft novel in November. NaNoWriMo winners certificates have been awarded to Vee Byram, Paula Chinick, Pat Coyle, Lynn Goodwin, …
Ann Koch has published her first book. It’s All About the Story–Composing a Life in Books is about places and times where books, especially popular mysteries and detective fiction, make a difference in our increasingly technology-focused world. Sondra Perry, held a book signing for Henry the Heron at Read Booksellers in Blackhawk Plaza, Danville, Tuesday, …
Ann Koch, Sondra Perry, Sharon Svitak – words and work Read More »
Telling Your Story is a workshop designed to help determine the story you want to tell, techniques for uncovering nuggets of detail, and suggestions on how to bring your story to life. This will be a hands-on workshop so bring a notebook to write in and your favorite pen. Cost: $1.25 activity fee per person. …
