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Dan Linehan, Author of The Princess of the Bottom of the World, February 15, 2020

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Dan Linehan will present “Using Fiction and Multimedia to Drive Unconventional Storytelling” at the Tri-Valley Writers February meeting. They say that truth is stranger than fiction. So why have to choose one over the other? In 2006, former scientist/engineer Dan journeyed to Antarctica and the surrounding regions to study and write about environmental and wildlife …

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Member Successes

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Elaine Drew read from Courting Trouble (a romantic comedy set in England in 800 AD) at the Lafayette Library Sunday, September 15, at 4 pm, as part of the Art Embraces Words program.       Dr. Jac Fitz-enz is featured in the September 2019 issue of CFO magazine. Jac is quoted by David McCann …

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Book Published

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Like everyone around him, Everett Aboud was stuck in his own personal dead-end. Until Friday, April 18, when Philip Machen changed life for everyone. Ed Miracle‘s debut novel, Maker Messiah, was published September 14.   Eve Sprunt‘s book Dearest Audrey, An Unlikely Love Story, based on her aunt’s letters while on a Fullbright in Pakistan …

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Brooke Warner, Publisher of She Writes Press & SparkPress, November 16, 2019

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Brooke Warner will present a “What You Should Know about Hybrid Publishing” workshop for Tri-Valley Writers’ November meeting. The publishing process is mysterious to many writers. How do agents determine what’s commercial and what’s not? What if your writing is not commercial? Are there options other than commercial publishing and self-publishing? Brooke will demystify the process and …

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Camille Minichino, Author of 26 mystery novels, October 19, 2019

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Camille Minichino will discuss “Hacks for Writing Suspense” as Tri-Valley Writers October speaker. Whatever the genre, suspense is an important component of fiction. We’ll examine ways of creating suspense through all the elements of a good scene: action, dialogue, setting, internal thoughts, and physiological response. Camille is a retired physicist turned writer. She’s the author of 26 …

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Adam Plantinga, Author of 400 Things Cops Know,  September 21, 2019

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Adam Plantinga, author of 400 Things Cops Know, will discuss “The Police: Fiction vs. Reality” as Tri-Valley Writers September speaker. This presentation will cover Adam’s first book’s rocky road to publication (hint: persistence can still pay off) as well as some of the key differences between fictional cops and real cops. Attendees will learn that …

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July & August 2019

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Tri-Valley Writers takes a brief summer hiatus during the months of July and August. The Board of Directors will be busy planning for a terrific 2019-2020 term. Monthly meetings will resume in September. Critique groups, social media group, Open Mic, and Pull up a Chair and Write continue to meet during the summer, so please forge …

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