Shelley Riley’s short story collection, For Want of a Horse was published December 29, 2014, and is now available on Amazon, both in paperback and digital format. The book is a collection of Thoroughbred short stories written over the last year. It’s an eclectic assortment which includes several genres; contemporary, historical, and even a fantasy. …
John Bluck was interviewed about science-fiction/science-fact and his book, The Ship Finder via Skype for broadcast on a London, England radio station. The broadcast streamed live at www.resonancefm.com. Stacey Gustafson was a guest on Caryn FitzGerald’s international radio show, “Coffee and Coaching with Caryn.” Stacey discussed her writing process, debut novel, and retold the …
Two Tri-Valley members have won awards in the 2014 BellaOnline Ebook Awards: Jordan Bernal: Gold Award Winner in Science Fiction & Fantasy for The Keepers of Éire Paula Chinick: Silver Award Winner in Mystery & Thriller for Red Asscher—Living in Fear The BellaOnline Ebook Awards celebrate the talent, creativity, and determination of today’s small press …
Several of our members have had their work published recently. Patricia Boyle’s Summer 2014 runner up flash fiction contest story “Shaken and Stirred” published on the Women on Writing (WOW) website. Read Patricia’s story here: http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/62-FE1-Summer14Contest.html Alice Kight’s poem “Searcher” published in the fall issue of Song of the San Joaquin. Lynne Menon’s article “Chris Corrales Relieves …
Fred Norman participated in two events. On Wednesday, November 5, Fred was the featured reader at Sacred Grounds Café, San Francisco. On Tuesday evening, November 11, Fred read a new poem, Atonement, at the annual Armistice Day/Veterans’ Day Vigil at the Crosses of Lafayette.
Five Tri-Valley members are published in NYMB…On Working for a Living released November 17, 2014. Mona Dawson’s “Left on the Front Step”, Stacey Gustafson’s “Home Almost Alone”, Annette Langer’s “Jewish Coffee?”, Julie Royce’s “The Unconventional Recruit”, and Camille DeFer Thompson’s “Slip of the Tongue”.
Creating interesting characters, rich settings and nuanced plots in as few words as possible is the mark of a skilled writer. Short stories present a wonderful opportunity to hone those skills—and lay the groundwork for longer works.
I chickened out on NaNoWriMo again, but I’m still getting something out of it. For the last three years I’ve thought about using NaNoWriMo to help break one writing block or another, but haven’t quite done it. This year, however, I determined to take advantage of some of those tips for NaNo participants. I’m on …
One of my quilting groups did an alphabet challenge. We drew a letter, and made a quilt related to a word beginning with that letter. I wondered if I could use the same challenge in my writing and decided to start an alphabet hop. The word “accountable” leaped off the page of my dictionary. How …
Jane Mackay will be teaching tips to save yourself money at both the developmental editing and copyediting stages of bringing your manuscript to publication as the guest speaker for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch on Saturday, November 15 at 2:00 p.m. Jane Mackay has been helping writers polish their novels, short stories, memoirs, and …
November 15, 2014: Tips to Save Money on Both Developmental Editing and Copyediting Read More »
