I was assigned as historian for our Tri-Valley Branch of the California Writers Club. I wondered just how old one had to be to be named “historian” but figured they knew what they were doing. My uncertainty was mollified when I read the job description. The duties were described as “maintaining the archive of documents, …
Stacey Gustafson has been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Mothers & Daughters.
Rock ‘n ‘Roll in Locker Seventeen, a young adult novel by Shannon Brown, and Crossing Paths, a mystery by Violeta (Vee) Byram have passed the first level for the Amazon Breaththrough Novel competition. Mercury’s Rise (Poisoned Pen Press, 2011) by Ann Parker has been nominated for the Agatha Christie and the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical …
James Warner will show how to thrive as a writer with his talk “The Capture of Dreams: How to retain perspective, keep challenging yourself,and grow your readership in uncertain times.” He will discuss craft, marketing, and how to maintain a healthy attitude to writing, looking at what it means and what it takes to write …
March is resplendent with green. From dewy reflections of fresh blades of grass to leaping leprechauns and shamrocks, spring warms the winter chill. A caravan of sentences becomes poetry. Pen strokes or clicks of computer keys embody a novel. These gems of new life bloom at Tri-Valley Writers. Violet Carr Moore
Karen Joy Fowler will focus on how to bring a sense of authority and believability even to the most preposterous of stories with “Kissing the Blarney Stone – Tips from a Professional Liar.” The key is in the details. Ms. Fowler is author of The Jane Austen Book Club, which spent thirteen weeks on the …
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My first name is not an especially difficult one to spell, or so I thought. It’s just one “A,” two “N”s, and two “E”s separated by two “T”s. Easy-peasy, right? But believe me, it’s been misspelled as Anita, Antoinette, Antonia, Annetta, and even Arlene. I found out when traveling to Egypt that the hieroglyphic equivalent …
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Patricia Boyle‘s short story “Remembrances” was published in the February issue of Fox & Quill. http://foxandquill.com/vol_7_issue_2_page_3.htm#next
Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter. Even that chilly declaration can’t cast a shadow on writers. Attend a conference. Enroll in a class. Join a critique group. Mentor a new writer. Stir up the gift of creativity within you while you wait. Violet Carr Moore
The anthology is in print, we had a wonderful launch party at Towne Center Books in Pleasanton, but the long shadow of the To-Do List is creeping over my joy. Like many of you – probably all of you – I have a lot of irons in the fire. Writing isn’t the only thing I …
