I can’t put off the holidays anymore. National Novel Writing Month is over, the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone, and my family is asking about the holiday baking. My daily to-do lists take up multiple pages. My manuscript sits on the edge of the desk, waiting for revisions. I made good progress over the last month, …
Meet Julaina Kliest at Towne Center Books, 555 Main Street, Pleasanton on Thursday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m. for a reading of her story published in A Miracle Under the Christmas Tree: Real Stories of Hope, Faith and the True Gifts of the Season anthology (Harlequin 2012).
Stacey Gustafson will discuss Not Your Mother’s Book…On Being a Woman on the Feisty Side of Fifty radio show. Mary Eileen Williams will broadcast the show on Blog Talk Radio, Thursday, December 13, 2012 from 9:00 to 9:15 a.m.
To escape the madness of holiday shopping, click on Winterfest (see above) to find works of art that will inspire you to write prose and/or poetry. This could also give you the opportunity to begin a piece for the next TVW anthology that will begin next spring. Have a peaceful Holiday and good fortune in the New …
December 2012 President’s Message from Paula Chinick Read More »
A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle (ACV), can travel over any terrain. You name it-dirt, water, mud, ice, water-it can hover in a stationary or mobile position. These hybrid vessels are operated by a pilot, not a captain like a marine vessel. An ACV functions by creating a cushion of high-pressure air between …
Cyber Monday Hovercraft from home by Violet Carr Moore Read More »
Meg Waite Clayton is the national bestselling author of The Four Ms. Bradwells, The Wednesday Sisters, and the Bellwether Prize finalist The Language of Light, published by Ballantine Books, a Random House imprint, and acclaimed by all major national book club picks. Clayton’s books have been published in six languages. Her fourth novel, The Wednesday …
Kathleen Antrim, California Writers Club Tri-Valley Member, has returned from a ten-day USO tour of the Middle East
“Enough Time for Christmas”, a short story by Julaina Kleist-Corwin about Adrian Toryfter, her deceased son’s short story written when he was a high school student, has been published in A Miracle Under the Christmas Tree: Real Stories of Hope, Faith and the True Gifts of the Season anthology (Harlequin 2012).
“How to turn your design book into a novel,” Lani Longshore’s article coauthored with Ann Anastasio, was published in the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) Journal Spring/Summer edition.
Triple congratulations to Hector Timourian for his poem “The King”; a short story, “Coffee Brewing Trouble”; and a memoir, “The Legend of Enrique Santos” published in the Livermore Adult Education Creative Writing Group anthology.
