Have you poured your heart and soul into a draft of your novel or spent the month of November writing 50,000 + words for NaNoWriMo, and now don’t know what to do with all your effort? Are you stuck with your research? Or not sure if you’ve done enough to properly world build? Perhaps you […]
Workshop Á La Carte, December 21, 2019 Read More »
Brooke Warner will present a “What You Should Know about Hybrid Publishing” workshop for Tri-Valley Writers’ November meeting. The publishing process is mysterious to many writers. How do agents determine what’s commercial and what’s not? What if your writing is not commercial? Are there options other than commercial publishing and self-publishing? Brooke will demystify the process and
Brooke Warner, Publisher of She Writes Press & SparkPress, November 16, 2019 Read More »
Camille Minichino will discuss “Hacks for Writing Suspense” as Tri-Valley Writers October speaker. Whatever the genre, suspense is an important component of fiction. We’ll examine ways of creating suspense through all the elements of a good scene: action, dialogue, setting, internal thoughts, and physiological response. Camille is a retired physicist turned writer. She’s the author of 26
Camille Minichino, Author of 26 mystery novels, October 19, 2019 Read More »
Join us on January 16, 2016 as we celebrate Voices of the Valley: Word for Word, the third anthology of the Tri-Valley Writers. Sample the joys and sorrows, the inevitable highs and lows, the truths and deceptions in the indelible scenes of life. Share in the readings as we journey through the stories and poetry crafted by the
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Have you poured your heart and soul into a draft of your novel or spent the month of November writing 50,000 + words for NaNoWriMo, and now don’t know what to do with all your effort? Perhaps you are not sure if you have hooked your reader. Maybe you are stuck with the muddle in
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Join us on November 21, 2015, as one of Pleasanton’s finest, Detective Brandon Stocking, shares the ins and outs of writing crime/police scenes with his discussion on the inside story of police investigation. He will present an actual case – a 2013 home invasion robbery. We will learn how a detective works and how the court system
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Dennis Dawson will tell stories as the guest speaker for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. Distinguished Toastmaster Dennis Dawson shares storytelling techniques he has acquired over years of public performance in a variety of media. He will discuss how to use voice, gestures, and staging
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Dr. Hanson is a seasoned health educator, public speaker, workshop facilitator and writer residing on the Monterey Peninsula. Former co-chair of the Monterey/Santa Cruz chapter of The National Writers Union, she has emceed Open Mikes for Writers monthly for 15+ years. She lectures nationally on Aging Positively and is a columnist for the magazine Crone: Women Coming of Age (www.cronemagazine.com) and GRAND
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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Andy Weir will explain how he fell into a print deal as the guest speaker for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. Andy Weir was first hired as a programmer for a national laboratory at age fifteen and has been working as a software engineer
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