Fred Norman poetry at Readers Bookstore
Fred Norman was a featured poet at Readers Bookstore in the San Francisco Marina District on February 21.
LaDonna Fehlberg published at Ina Coolbrith Circle
“Fast Tract to Somewhere” by LaDonna Fehlberg was selected for the Ina Coolbrith Po-Bowl. You can read LaDonna’s poem at the Ina Coolbrith Circle website.
Lani Longshore speaks at East Bay Authors Book Faire
Lani Longshore joined several local authors at the first annual East Bay Authors Book Faire, March 2, 2013, in Walnut Creek. She spoke about the writing process and getting her book published.
Blake Heitzman nominated for Global e-book award
Congratulations to W. Blake Heitzman (The Shaman Gene) whose book A Far Traveler: The First Alien has been nominated for a Global Ebook award in science fiction/fantasy category. It is available on Amazon.com and Smashwords.com.
Judy Lussie in Amazon contest
Judy Lussie reached the second round in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest with her romance novel “Mandy’s Song.”
Networking by Lani Longshore
I’m calling 2013 the year of relearning. Two weeks ago, I relearned the value of adding tags to blogs. A few days ago, I relearned the value of networking. The lead judge for California Writers Club Tri-Valley high school writing contest, Lynn Goodwin, conducted a free writing workshop for students on February 5. The contest and …
Latinists among us by Lani Longshore
I read an article in Smithsonian magazine that said the rules of English grammar we cherish and curse (sometimes in the same breath) come from a misguided attempt to impose Latin structure on a Germanic root. Well, bite my neck and call me Susie (as my grandfather used to say, and don’t ask me who …
Old Dog, New Tricks: The evolution of a writer by Lani Longshore
I write a weekly blog about cleaning my sewing room. It’s been running for three years and the sewing room isn’t remotely tidy, so sometimes I explore other topics. A recent blog was about the plastic bag ban in Alameda County. Since the ban went into effect this month, and I have a huge collection …
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Tech Support by Annette Langer
Websites. We create them, nurture them, and sometimes want to kill them when something doesn’t work. I was trying to post a California Writers Club “Authors Spotlight” date to my website Events page, but the stupid site kept dropping the date. I tried everything I could think of, but the date just wouldn’t post. I finally …
CWC Tri-Valley members in Writer Advice
Julaina Kleist-Corwin’s flash version of “Hadas Fog” and Shannon Brown’s story “Parlor Tricked” will be published in the April-June online issue of Writer Advice.