Some writers friends and I talked about family stories, how we loved preserving the history, but how we had to fudge the facts so various family members wouldn’t send a hit man after us. It is true that no man is the villain in his own story, nor any woman. It is also true that …
Characters and how to provoke them by Lani Longshore Read More »
Elaine Schmitz, publicity chair, promoted her book Recipes and Recollections of My Greek American Family during the Friday, September 3, morning Fox 40 (Sacramento) news. Elaine will be featured at the Sacramento Greek Festival at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Sacramento all Labor Day Weekend.
While I cling to the last three weeks of summer, the writer in me yearns for autumn to brush the earth with a palette of hued oranges, reds and browns. Images of leaves on a sun-baked path skitter across my imagination and fade. A reddish splash is real, not imaginary as Tri-Valley Writers joins the …
September 2010 President’s Message from Violet Carr Moore Read More »
Writing on vacation is tricky – which is probably why I’ve always failed at it. I take notebooks, printed pages, a variety of pens (because having the right pen makes all the difference), check over the itinerary for “me time” when the rest of the family is golfing. Still, when the room is empty, so …
August is back-to-school time; real time or online. I’ve enjoyed several semesters of writing classes from Las Positas College. This fall, no LPC for me. I’ll take time out to coordinate a dedicated volunteer team of Tri-Valley Writers board members and committee leaders. Together we’ll orchestrate monthly meetings, produce the newsletter, update the
You’ve just completed a fabulous novel with characters that sizzle and a plot with just the right amount of twists and turns. Now comes that hard part, you have to pitch your story to an agent. The agent is that person who takes it to a publisher and turns it into a best seller where …
Alice Kight is a winner in Bay Area News Groups Cinquains don’t sink our scribes contest. Look for her gardening cinquain poem in the August 2, 2010, Time Out section of printed and online editions. Entries from runners-up Chris Alesso and Marilyn Slade are in online editions.
Look for three TVW members – Lynn Goodwin, Camille Minichino (aka Margaret Grace) and Ann Parker – among the authors featured at the Northern California Storybook & Literature Festival. The event will be held at the Maidu Library and Maidu Community Center, 1550 Maidu Drive, Roseville, on Saturday, July 31, from 10 am to 5 …
Lynn Goodwin, Camille Minichino, Ann Parker at Festival Read More »
Deep in my heart, I know an organized person is a productive person. Putting things down instead of putting them away leads to chaos. Leaving notes scattered around the computer leads to frantic searches for that brilliant idea on character development, or the crucial next plot point that points the way to the perfect ending. …
A writer’s view of organization by Lani Longshore Read More »
Marilyn Slade and Violet Carr Moore, winners in Summer Travel at the Speed of Haiku contest, were published July 5, 2010, in the Contra Costa Times, Tri-Valley Herald, and affiliated Bay Area News Group newspapers. In addition, Marilyn’s poem “I am a Proud Raisin,” won the Alameda County Fair theme award.
