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 …
Please 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.
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 approach – planet as food. The idea came from a conversation with my …
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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 …
“Relive the Triple Crown Adventure of Casual Lies & Shelley Riley,” is featured on page 20 of The West June 2013 issue of Independent Magazine. This interview highlights her journey as Casual Lies, the horse she trained, raced in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes.
“My Niche–My Way” by Lynn Goodwin-Brown is published in Writing After Retirement: Tips by Successful Retired Writers (Scarecrow Press 2013). Lynn was also a luminary for Inspire Me Today on May 8, 2013. Read this at http://www.inspiremetoday.com/archiveDisp.php?type=0&ref=1868.
The initial reviewer of the first chapters of my most recent mystery novel asked “Where’s the conflict?” The next critiquer said “Lacks tension.” The third reader followed with “Needs more action.” Number four summed it up with “Nothing worth turning the page in these chapters.” Nothing. Worth. Turning. The. Page. The manuscript took shape as …
Jordan E. Rosenfeld will be the guest speaker at our next monthly meeting on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton. Jordan E. Rosenfeld, author of the popular writing guide Make a Scene and the debut novel Forged in Grace, will teach you how to activate your writing, creating the page-turning energy of …
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Hector Timourian received the Lydia Wood first place poetry award for “Abraham’s Hope” published in All That Remains, the Las Positas College 2013 anthology. This award, the highest honor for poetry, was announced at the anthology publication ceremony on May 11, 2013.
Eight members of Tri-Valley Writers were published in All That Remains, the Las Positas College 2013 anthology. A publication ceremony celebrated these and other authors on May 11, 2013, where they each received a complimentary book. Poetry Hector Timourian: “Abraham’s Hope” – First Prize Winner Deborah Jordan Bernal: “Get Off the Road” and “Dreams” Susan …
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