There is never enough time in the day to accomplish all that needs to be done. Sometimes, that stops me cold. My plans to write get buried under the need to clean or go to the grocery. Then I see someone who manages to write every day, and clean and get to the grocery. The …
Spring is a palette of color. It dispels winter with fresh sights, sounds and aromas to be savored. It brings new ideas for art, poetry and prose. Congratulations to Tri-Valley members who polished your work until it shined in the Las Positas College Anthology. –Violet Carr Moore
Rock ‘N Roll in Locker Seventeen by Shannon Brown placed in the first round of book pitches in a recent Amazon contest. Now Shannon has published her book through Lucky 17 Publishing Company. It’s available on Amazon CreateSpace, Kindle, and Smashwords.
While wandering in an antique shop, I noticed a simple but elegant bookcase filled with beautiful linens. On top of the stack on the highest shelf was a very realistic toy cat. I had to stretch to reach it. I tugged on its foot to determine if it was stuffed with kapok or buckwheat. The …
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Annette Langer was featured in an April 26, 2012 CNN iReport for her volunteer work at the Pleasanton Police Department. The article also describes her writing successes and book in progress: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-781423
Andrew Peterson will discuss plotting and writing thrillers at the next TVW meeting. The author of two novels, First to Kill and Forced to Kill, Peterson began writing fiction in 1990. He sold a short story, “Mr. Haggarty’s Stop”, to San Diego Writers Monthly in October, 1992. He continued to write exploring both the novel …
An article by CWC Tri-Valley member Wendy Smith to promote Cushing’s Awareness Day was published in the Pleasanton Patch:http://pleasanton.patch.com/articles/cushing-s-survivor-and-pleasnaton-resident-danielle-ziatek-tells-patch-how-a-nutritionist-s-hunch-saved-her-life?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001
Four CWC Tri-Valley poets were honored at Livermore in Art & Words artist reception April 14, 2012. Among the poems displayed were “Devinely Vine”, “Imagine This” and “Like Fine Wine” by LaDonna Fehlberg; “Welcoming Committee” and “Visit to Alden Lane” by Alice Kight; “Vineyards of Livermore” and Twenty Minutes to Sunset” by Marilyn Slade; and …
To be a leader, be a bridge. – Welsh proverb Tri-Valley Writers been a bridge since 2005, bringing writers together to share information and ideas. Club members span all generations and all genres. While we still boast of members who joined when the corner stones were set, we are growing month by month. We are …
Dear Poets, You have brought us to tears and mended broken hearts. You have taken us to faraway places and brought us home again. We salute you in April, National Poetry Month. ~Violet Carr Moore
