California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch

Tri-Valley Branch

  • Home
  • About
    • Contact
  • Membership
  • Our Members
    • Awards
    • Jamuna Advani
    • H. Peter Alesso
    • Patricia Bacon
    • Sheila Bali
    • D. Jordan Bernal
    • Shannon Brown
    • Vee Byram
    • Paula Chinick
    • Patrick D. Coyle
    • George Cramer
    • Arleen Eagling
    • B. Lynn Goodwin
    • Stacey Gustafson
    • Cindy Harris
    • W. Blake Heitzman
    • Neva Hodges
    • Ronnie Holland
    • Alice Kight
    • Julaina Kleist-Corwin
    • Ann Ayers Koch
    • Liz Koehler-Pentacoff
    • Annette Langer
    • Lani Longshore
    • Carole MacLean
    • Camille Minichino
    • Ed Miracle
    • Violet Carr Moore
    • Shelley Riley
    • Albert Rothman
    • Julie Royce
    • Jack Russ
    • Elaine Schmitz
    • Sharon Svitak
    • Camille DeFer Thompson
    • Kathleen Kull Urban
  • Blog
  • Past Meetings
  • Winterfest
    • Winterfest 2013
    • A Rose Study
    • Art City
    • Art Shack
    • Ashley’s Joy
    • Big Sky at Livermore Winery
    • Fire and Spire
    • Get off the Road
    • Heart of the Pacific
    • Hidden Tree
    • Old Woman at Luoyang Caves
    • Pen over Page
    • Pieces of the Puzzle from the People of the Planet
    • The Children Came Forth
    • Tranquility by Violet Moore
    • Trees
    • Your Soul Walks Here
  • HS Contest 2013
  • Anthology

JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT MEETING

Open Mic Night with My Friends July 8 and August 12

microphone 2You 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 nights  July 8 and August 12, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The events will be held at the Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Old Bernal Avenue. Free and open to the public. No reservations needed. Readers sign up from 6:00-6:15 p.m. in the meeting room. For more information, please contact  Deborah Bernal.

Tri-Valley Witers Member News

La Donna Fehlberg and Marilyn Slade in poetry exhibit

La Donna Fehlberg’s poem “Everything Bicycles” and  Marilyn Slade’s, “Stolen Bicycle” and “You Can Have My Bike” are displayed in the Art and Poetry Exhibition at Prudential California Realty. Visit the exhibit at 1790 First Street in downtown Livermore.  

Alice Kight and Marilyn Slade poetry published

Alice Kight‘s poetry ”The Candidate’s Wife“ and “Speechless Love” and “On Thursday” a poem by Marilyn Slade, have been published in From Benicia with Love, a poetry anthology of  Benicia First Tuesday Poetry Group. 

Stacey Gustafson third publication in Not Your Mother’s anthologies

Stacey GustafsonStacey Gustafson’s story, “Mr. Know-It-All,” will be in Not Your Mother’s Book…On Parenting, release date September 10, 2013. This is Stacey’s third story in this anthology series.

Annette Langer interviewed by Michigan writer

Annette Langer

Annette Langer

Annette Langer was interviewed by Kathryn Williams, a Southfield, Michigan writer, who featured a story about Annette in the June 2, 2013 edition of Detroit Healthy Living. In the article, Williams tells Annette’s story and promotes both of her books; Healing through Humor: Change Your Focus, Change Your Life and A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the World: Diary of a Fearless Travel Agent. You can read the article in The Examiner.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Open Mic Night with My Friends at Pleasanton Library July 8 and August 12

California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch in collaboration with the Pleasanton Library announces ”Open Mic Night with My Friends” on second Mondays of each month. The next two events are  July 8 and August 12, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Old Bernal Avenue. Free and open to the public. No reservations needed. Readers sign up from 6:00-6:15 p.m. in the meeting room. For more information, please contact  Deborah Bernal.

Robert Dugoni exclusive interview

Robert Dugoni 2013

Robert Dugoni

 Meet NY Times Bestselling Author Robert Dugoni in a CWC Tri-Valley Writers exclusive interview, “Dugoni on Dugoni”  by Jordan Bernal. Mr. Dugoni conducted a Writing Workshop for the Club in April.

Video 1, Video 2, Video 3  

Book Signing at Towne Center Books

Stacey Gustafson

Stacey Gustafson

shelleyPlease join Stacey Gustafson, Not Your Mother’s Book…On Travel and Shelley Riley, Casual Lies A Triple Crown Adventure, who will be signing their books and talking about their work at Towne Center Books on Wednesday, June 26 from 7 pm to 8 pm.

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

patricia marshall

Patricia Marshall

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 take, from formatting book pages to selecting a cover designer to obtaining metadata and getting your book on the market. Along the way, she’ll offer guidelines for each task to help you determine whether to tackle it on your own or enlist others.

Ms. Marshall’s talk is titled, “You’ve Written the Book, Now What? Ten Steps to Take you from Finished Manuscript to Published Book.”

Patricia Marshall lives in Eugene, Oregon and is the owner of Luminare Press. She is the editor of Forest Magazine, published by a national conservation group located in Eugene. She has extensive experience producing marketing and promotional materials, and in 2010, introduced an online edition of the magazine. She is currently writing a non-fiction book about Burley Design Cooperative. For more information about Ms. Marshall go to http://www.luminarepress.com.

President’s Message

Paula Chinick

Paula Chinick

As this term winds down, I reflect on what we’ve shared. Speakers like Victoria Zackheim gave us tricks for getting an agent. Martha Engber’s workshop informed us of the importance of “Show vs. Tell.” At Winterfest, we discovered the hidden artistic talents of several Tri-Valley members. Robert Dugoni’s workshop took us to new heights with character and plot building. Linda Lee gave us eight important elements for building websites.

We developed a new logo “Write On,” and a beautifully redesigned website. We’ve started our second branch anthology and completed our second annual High School Writing Contest. I am proud to be a part of Tri-Valley Writers.

MEETING DETAILS

 

September 2013 - June 2014

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Check-in begins at 1:30 p.m.)

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

Location: Four Points by Sheraton

5115 Hopyard Road (Hopyard Road at Gibraltar)

Pleasanton, CA 94566

Reservations required: E-mail George Cramer

 

From Our Blog

Better world-building through food by Lani Longshore

To an extent, all novelists need to build the world their characters inhabit. Since I write Sci-Fi I've got more work to create alien planets and believable futures. While writers have wrestled with this problem since Jules Verne, I have a new … [Read More...]

SUBSCRIBE TO UPDATES

Receive CWC Tri-Valley Branch news updates.

Enter your email address and click Subscribe.

Add Us To Your Feed Reader:

Topics

  • Blog
  • Events
  • Meetings
  • Member News
  • On Writing
  • Past Meetings
  • Poetry
  • President's Message
  • Publishing

Copyright 2006- 2013 Tri-Valley Writers | site by Askmepc · Log in