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June 20, 2015: Chasing Your Screenwriting Dreams — The Agony and the Ecstasy

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David Congalton will share the agony and ecstasy of chasing your screenwriting dreams as the guest speaker for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. David Congalton is a radio talk show host and writer who spent 25 years chasing his …

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Fred Norman Has Several Successes

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Fred Norman has published several works; A Hill of Poems, a poem and a mini-short piece in Julaina Kleist-Corwin’s anthology, Written Across the Genres, and a poem and prose in David Madgalene’s anthology, World of Change: New Way Media Fest.

Deborah Grossman Ina Coolbirth Winner

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Deborah Grossman’s poem “One Morning in Kowloon Park” won second place in the Nature category in the Ina Coolbirth Contest in October and was published in the Ina Coolbrith Circle Poetry Anthology 2013-14, The Gathering. On the journalism side of her writing, Deborah often publishes in national publications, but she especially enjoyed working on an article in the February issue …

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Neva “Janie” Hodges publishes her short story

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Neva “Janie” Hodges short story, “The Christmas Tree,” has been accepted in a compilation of true Christmas romance stories written by various authors. Harlequin published it under the title, A Kiss Under the Mistletoe, by author Jennifer Basye Sander. You can find it on Amazon.com or kindle.  

Sept 21 Meeting: You’ve Written the Book, Now What?

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Patricia Marshall will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch on Saturday, September 21, 2013, at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. Writer and editor Patricia Marshall, who has helped more than a dozen authors self-publish, will walk you through the steps you need to …

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Annette Langer published in We Magazine for Women

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Annette Langer was interviewed by the editor of We Magazine for Women highighting women in public service. Annette was asked about her career experiences working for the Federal Government and as a police volunteer. Read her story, including highlights of her writing career, in We Magazine for Women.

Open Mic Night with My Friends August 12, 2013

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You don’t have to wait until September to get together again with your fellow Tri-Valley Writers. Join the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch in collaboration with the Pleasanton Library for “Open Mic Night with My Friends” on Monday night August 12, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. This event will be held at the Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Old Bernal Avenue. …

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