Pat Coyle, Bobbie Kinkead, Violet Carr Moore NaNoWriMo winners
Patrick Coyle, Bobbie Kinkead and Violet Carr Moore were winners in the National Novel in a Month (NaNoWriMo) contest to draft a new 50,000-word novel in thirty days.
Violet Carr Moore
November 2010 President’s Message from Violet Carr Moore
Ghosts and goblins disappeared at midnight October 31st while my fingers hovered over computer keys to click the first words of National Novel in a Month Writers contest. Futuristic writers extracted spooks from closets with paranormal or sci-fi tales and waited alongside suspense and romance writers. Millions of new characters were born. Authors will nurture …
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Alice Kight, Violet Carr Moore, Marilyn Slade published in Too Early haiku
Alice Kight stepped into the winners circle for Too Early haiku contest Monday, October 4, 2010. Marilyn Slade and Violet Carr Moore were runners-up. Read Alice’s poetry in online and printed editions of Contra Costa Valley Times and Tri-Valley Herald. View Marilyn and Vi’s submissions in Bay Area News Group online at http://www.insidebayarea.com.
Violet Carr Moore in Chicken Soup for the Soul
A Real Mother by Violet Carr Moore will be published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Devotional Stories for Mothers (Simon & Schuster, release date October 5, 2010).
In praise of critique groups by Elaine Schmitz
I’m declaring this Critique Group Appreciation Week. My gratitude for the six women in my group, who have patiently commented on my novel for over a year, has exceeded the bounds of one or two thank-you emails. Only in the company of other dedicated writers, do I feel comfortable enough to display my “baby.” The …
October 2010 President’s Message from Violet Carr Moore
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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September 2010 President’s Message from Violet Carr Moore
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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Marilyn Slade and Violet Carr Moore published
Marilyn Slade and Violet Carr Moore, winners in Summer Travel at the Speed of Haiku contest, were published July 5, 2010, in the Contra Costa Times, Tri-Valley Herald, and affiliated Bay Area News Group newspapers. In addition, Marilyn’s poem “I am a Proud Raisin,” won the Alameda County Fair theme award.
Tri-Valley Members on Literary Row
The CWC Tri-Valley Branch will not have a monthly meeting in April to encourage members to attend the 9th Annual Pleasanton Poetry, Prose and Arts Festival, April 17-18, 2010. Writers of all levels are invited to participate in a variety of free activities on Saturday afternoon, April 17. Activities that are open to the public …
Violet Carr Moore published
Violet Carr Moore’s fictional short story, “Angels Unaware,” was