When you write a memoir, you draw layers of challenge and skill: telling your story, having it reach the hearts of others, and managing the labyrinth of doubts and fears about consequences of revealing your personal truths. Linda Joy Myers will discuss key elements to unlocking your story in her topic, “The Magic of Memoir—Weaving Memory …
California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch is pleased to announce its third full-day writers conference featuring keynote speaker Robert Dugoni on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Dugoni is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon bestselling author as well as the winner of 2015 Nancy Pearl Award for fiction. He has twice been a finalist for …
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Mahbod Seraji, author of Rooftops Of Tehran, will discuss the various routes to publishing in his topic, “The Journey: Writing to Publishing.” Seraji believes that regardless of what vehicle you use to get your book out there, you need to act like the CEO of your own book. He will share his experiences from the …
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Nora Profit, director of The Writing Loft, will discuss “How Emotional Impact is Achieved in Writing” as Tri-Valley Writers’ February guest speaker. “Writers are often unaware that regardless of how well a manuscript is written, if it doesn’t impact the reader emotionally, it is all for naught. Description doesn’t provide emotional content, neither does what …
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On our eighth year of Winterfest, we will celebrate a mix-and-mingle with fellow writers and member readings from Tri-Valley Writers fourth anthology, Voices of the Valley: Journeys. The offerings in this anthology forge fresh paths through life’s challenges. For it is in understanding humanity’s differences that we comprehend its similarities. The pieces in this collection exemplify …
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Congratulations to TVW members who participated in the Livermore Library Indie Author Day event on October 13. Ann Parker moderated the program, and Andy Weir, New York Times best-selling author of The Martian and Artemis, was the keynote speaker. Jordan Bernal, Eloise Hamann, E. Ruth Harder, Julaina Kleist-Corwin, Annette Langer, and J.D. Lassica were among the fifteen Bay Area independently …
On September 29, 2018, more than 60 members of the fourteen CWC branches in northern California met for a day-long conference at National University in Pleasant Hill. TVW past president and NorCal Rep, Jordan Bernal; Vice President, Marilyn Dykstra; Newsletter Editor, Patricia Boyle; and Membership Chair, Haihong Liao represented Tri-Valley Writers at the event. Jordan Bernal gave the keynote talk, …
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Shannon Brown has published Parlor Tricked, a novel about a reluctant psychic, a dead rock star, and a cursed linen outlet, all in suburban Ohio. Parlor Tricked is available on Amazon. Stacey Gustafson has released Are You Still Kidding Me? This second book in her humor collection is available on Amazon. She also draws from hilarious experiences to shape …
Taryn Edwards from the Mechanics’ Institute of San Francisco—a historic membership library—will discuss how to start and sustain a historical research project in the San Francisco Bay Area. She will discuss these topics: Getting started Finding primary sources Overcoming roadblocks Holdings of local archives Free online resources that can help fill gaps in the historical record How to …
LeeAnne Krusemark will discuss finding opportunities that pay in her topic, “Getting Paid to Write for online blogs, magazines, and websites.” To write and get paid for it online usually begins with a pitch or query letter. LeeAnne will discuss when and how to prepare each. While getting paid now is great, she will discuss other …
