Winterfest: Voices of the Valley Through the Window Anthology Trivia Game Join us on Zoom for our monthly meeting! See below for Reservation details* Our Winterfest meeting will be a celebration of this anthology. Attendees participate and have a chance to win prizes in a Trivia Game about the writings in the anthology. Come prepared …
Winterfest: VoV Through the Window, January 16, 2021 Read More »
The CWC anthology, Survival, contains 26 chilling stories of pandemic. Three TVW members are published in this anthology. Violet Carr Moore’s “Fatal” won 1st place. Lani Longshore’s “Wishing for the Light” and Ellen Turner’s “Shelter in Place” are also included. Survival is due for release in December. Elaine Drew has some of her illustration work featured in an online exhibit for The …
The first time I went to the doctor after the pandemic hit, the line outside the clinic reminded me so much of the airport TSA line that I felt guilty not removing my shoes. They took my temperature, told me to wash my hands, and gave me a hall pass. When I arrived at the …
Using Archetypes and Symbolism to Create Compelling Narratives Join us on Zoom for our monthly meeting! See below for Reservation & Payment details* Linda C. McCabe will present “Using Archetypes and Symbolism to Create Compelling Narratives” at the Tri-Valley Writers December meeting. The craft of writing a compelling narrative involves more than just plotting and …
Linda C. McCabe, Award-winning author, December 19, 2020 Read More »
George Cramer won an Honorable Mention for his genre short story, “Hard Time” in the 89th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Contest. Deborah Grossman was the August featured member of the North American Travel Journalists Association with an interview about her adventures as a travel writer. In addition, her poem, “My Husband Has Cancer” [not …
One of the benefits of joining Tri-Valley Writers is the availability of critique groups and the beta reader group. The time I have spent working with other writers has always been worth it. Aside from sharing a love of the craft, I get a chance to see how my peers address plot and character development …
Vee Byram’s novel, Song Of Latvia, won the Gold Award in Best Ebook Cover and Silver Award in Historical Literature Fiction—Contemporary. Connie Hanstedt’s poem, “Layers,” was awarded Honorable Mention in the Non-rhyming Poetry category of the 89th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. Also, Connie’s chapbook, Treading Water, was named a finalist in Blue …
I’m journaling every day because of the pandemic. I want to leave a legacy for future historians. Even if my notebooks are never cataloged, researched, or cited, I feel that I am contributing. Perhaps it is time to evaluate all of our work not by what it brings us but by what it contributes to …
Don’t Judge Your Story By Its Sales by Lani Longshore Read More »
Writing Historical Fiction for a Modern Reader Join us on Zoom for our monthly meeting! See below for Reservation & Payment details* Gina L. Mulligan will present “Writing Historical Fiction for a Modern Reader” at the Tri-Valley Writers November meeting. Historical fiction has a distinctive place in the world of literature. But writing an historical …
Tri-Valley Writers was fortunate to be awarded a generous grant of $1900 by the Alameda County Arts Commission. The grants are awarded on a two-year cycle to 501(c)3 arts groups within Alameda County. While completing the application for the 2020-22 cycle, TVW discovered that although the California Writers Club is a 501(c)3 organization, the branches …
