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NEXT MEETING: SATURDAY, February 18, 2012

Veronica Rossi, Writing High Concept Fiction

What exactly makes something high concept fiction and why are agents and editor searching for it? How can you apply the tenets of high concept fiction to your own writing? Novelist Veronica Rossi, author Under The Never Sky, will show you what you need to know to make your own writing more appealing to agents, and more exciting for readers. Under The Never Sky was just released by Harper Collins, and it has already been optioned for a movie. New York publishers, and Hollywood, love high concept stories like hers.

Veronica Rossi writes young adult fiction from her Bay Area home. She is a member of the California Writers Club Mount Diablo Branch. Under The Never Sky is her debut novel. Her blog can be found at www.veronicarossi.com.

 

Tri-Valley Member News

Alice Kight, Camille Minichino, Marilyn Slade in the news

“Breathing Lesson,” Alice Kight’s poem in the Benicia Love Poem contest, was published in the Benicia Patch, January 11, 2012.  http://benicia.patch.com/articles/benicia-love-poem-breathing-lesson

Camille Minichino a/k/a Ada Madison, author of The Square Root of Murder, was honored with a brief review in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.  http://www.themysteryplace.com/eqmm/jury/

“Dance With Me My Darling,” a Benicia Love Poem contest entry… [click to continue...]

Patricia Bacon and Annette Langer in Fox and Quill

Two CWC Tri-Valley members are off to a great start, celebrating first success of a new year. Patricia Bacon and Annette Langer were published in volume 7 of Fox and Quill, www.foxandquill.com, an online newsletter for writers.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Voices of the Valley Launch Party

California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch and Towne Center Books are proud to introduce Voices of the Valley: First Press. This first anthology of the Tri-Valley Branch contains short stories, memoirs, and poetry. Please join us to celebrate on Saturday, January 28, from 2-4 pm at Towne Center Books, 555 Main Street, Pleasanton, 94566. We’ll have refreshments and readings by the writers. Free.… [click to continue...]

President’s Message

Violet Carr Moore 2.09

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

MONTHLY MEETING DETAILS

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Cost: $10 for CWC members; $15 for nonmembers

Location: Four Points by Sheraton

5115 Hopyard Road (corner of Hopyard and Gibraltar)

Pleasanton, CA

Reservations required:
E-mail Annette or call 925-484-5924.

From Our Blog

Pride and Process by Lani Longshore

Bragging is frowned upon in polite society, but I’m going to do it anyway. The first anthology of Tri-Valley Writers, Voices of The Valley: First Press, is now in print. The club has dreamed of providing members an opportunity to experience being published, and like all big dreams it never seems quite real when it comes true.

The dream felt… [click to continue...]

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