August 2011 President’s Message from Violet Carr Moore
Change is good! New meeting place. New time. Cost slashed in half.
The GPS I Want by Lani Longshore
Even with good maps and detailed directions, I get lost. My husband gave me a GPS for Christmas, which has cut down the number of times I miss turns because I can’t read the street signs. As much as I value my map-reading skills, having Miss MapVoice tell me “turn left now” has proven more …
Summer and TVW
TVW members have been busy writing, regardless of the obstacles (read Annette Langer’s blog below for proof). The anthology is on-track for publication this fall. It will feature short stories, memoir, poetry and children’s stories from over forty members. The authors have been working all summer on the pieces, while the anthology committee has been …
Random Thoughts While on Drugs , by Annette Langer
They say bringing reading material to the hospital helps to fill the days, but I didn’t want to read after my recent spinal surgery. I wanted to write about nurses who administered medications at regular intervals, even waking me during the night to take my sleeping pill. My struggle to untangle my hospital gown from …
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Ann Koch, Sondra Perry, Sharon Svitak – words and work
Ann Koch has published her first book. It’s All About the Story–Composing a Life in Books is about places and times where books, especially popular mysteries and detective fiction, make a difference in our increasingly technology-focused world. Sondra Perry, held a book signing for Henry the Heron at Read Booksellers in Blackhawk Plaza, Danville, Tuesday, …
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IF A TREE FALLS BY CAMILLE MINICHINO
Here’s a philosophical question of unknown attribution: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book? Yes! we shout. We write out of passion; we write because we have to; we write for ourselves. Not me. I don’t have to write, and I have other passions, all of which …
Camille Minichino publishes new mystery
Camille Minichino, CWC Mount Diablo and Tri-Valley member, presents her new series writing as Ada Madison. The Square Root of Murder launches on July 14. Watch for Camille’s blog post on Tri-Valley website July 15th.
Longshore Drift by Lani Longshore
One of the advantages of having an unusual name is that you pay attention when you hear it. Or read it, as happened when I ran across the term longshore drift. The phrase has something to do with the accumulation of sand along a beach. The proper definition matters less to me than the juxtaposition …
Nina Amir, “5 Things Every Nonfiction (and fiction) Writer Needs to Publish a Book”
Nina Amir is a seasoned journalist, nonfiction editor, author, consultant, and writing coach and publishing mentor with more than 30 years of experience in the publishing field as well as the founder of Write Nonfiction in November, a blog and writing challenge. Currently, she also serves as the national Jewish Issue Examiner and a staff …
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Catch Yourself, Yourself by Ed Miracle
You know you write echoes. Within your prose lurk certain words, unconsciously written, that grate on readers because they needlessly repeat. Unless you’re writing about the Strategic Air Command, these three words should not appear more than a few times throughout your article, novel or short story. But how do you spot the repetitions your …