I talked with a friend the other day who told me about tracking down the truth of some old family stories. Her grandmother, it appears, may have been a waitress in a Southern restaurant frequented by mobsters on the run in the 1930s. The family had sent her to a private school, but then the …
I’m reading The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck, who decided to outfit a covered wagon and revisit what is left of the Oregon Trail. He spends a couple of chapters talking about wagons. The Conestoga Wagon may be what most people remember from history class, but that wasn’t the wagon that went west. The Conestoga …
Eight TVW members have been published in the 2017 Las Positas Literary Anthology, Beyond the Window: Connie Hanstedt: Four poems, “Taking Inventory” (first place, poetry category), “Beginnings,” “Night Watch,” and After “35 Years” Sally Kimball: Three short stories, “Betrayal” (second place, prose category), “The Scotsman,” and “Shadows of the Past,” and a poem “Poulnabrone Dolmen” Ellen Aubry: Two short …
Jordan Rosenfeld, author, editor, and writing teacher, will present a three-hour, hands-on workshop, “Get Intimate With Your Characters: Master Point of View For Dazzling Character Development.” Join us on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, for this special event. The workshop will take place …
Award-winning journalist Scott Thomas Anderson will explore how prose, poetry and creativity will make or break the English language in the digital age at our meeting on Saturday, September 16. Join us at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, for this thought-provoking presentation. In his presentation, “A Threat Past the Pages: …
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This spring Tri-Valley Writers sponsored a scholarship at Las Positas College. On May 17, 2017, Suzannah Collins was awarded the Tri-Valley Writers Scholarship at a ceremony held at the college. Suzannah is studying to be a translator. She says, “I’m fascinated with the origin of words and love to read and write. A career in translation …
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We’ll wrap up our summer field trip series at Veteran’s Park/Sycamore Grove in Livermore. Veteran’s Park is a woodsy environment with easily navigable trails, a native plant garden, a creek and pond. It’s an ideal location to work on writing descriptions of natural outdoor settings. The excursion will take place on August 7 from 9:30 …
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Experience plein-air writing at Dublin Heritage Park and Museums in our first ever summer field trip. Use writing prompts as you explore this environment rich in local history. Led by student member Tiffany Jing, our free summer field trip series provides a chance to get together during the general meeting summer hiatus and write in a variety of …
Now that the weather is better, I find myself away from the computer more often. The writing projects lined up on my desk are gathering dust, metaphorically and literally. I wasn’t quite at the point of despair because the weather is beautiful, but the nagging voice in my head was getting louder. Then, on a …
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