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Tri-Valley Writers High School Writing Contest Reception at Towne Center Books

Congratulations to all the participants in, and especially to the winners of, the first Tri-Valley Writers High School Writing Contest. Students in grades 9-11 from ten area high schools competed for prizes in fiction, essay, and poetry. A celebration for the winners was held Saturday, June 30, at Towne Center Books, 555 Main Street, Pleasanton. …

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Crafting Character: A Centennial Celebration

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One hundred years ago, a colorful cast of characters founded the California Writers Club “to mentor and educate writers of all levels in the art and craft of writing.” This October, Tri-Valley Writers will celebrate CWC’s Centennial with a birthday bash devoted to character. What’s a story – or a club – without great characters? …

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Patty Flaherty Pagan Published

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Patty Flaherty Pagan has a poem in The Light In Ordinary Things, an uplifiting collection of poems published by Fearless Books. The collection is available in paperback on Amazon.com.

Violet Carr Moore’s Poetry Published

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Violet Carr Moore is a winner in the Autumnal Haiku contest sponsored by Bay Area News Group. Her haiku appeared in all October 5 printed editions and in the Inside Bay Area online edition.

November novelist by Violet Carr Moore

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At midnight on Halloween, my fingers touch the home row keys of my computer, my eyes on the digital clock in the lower right of the screen. Wait, wait. Not yet. One more minute of ghosts and goblins. At 12:01 a.m. local time, November 1, I click the first keystrokes of a suspense novel that …

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Social Media Workshop for Writers: How to Promote Yourself Online And Still Have Time to Write

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Do you have the Twitter jitters? Blog-phobia? Facebook freak-out? Are you new to Adventuring into the Land of Social Media/ Web 2.0? Publishers expect more and more from authors and illustrators (before during and after you’ve been published), so come learn how to juggle your promotion efforts, social websites & online personalities and STILL HAVE …

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The making of N.Keli by Lani Longshore

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“What are you making?” my husband asks. We are sitting in the family room together, he with the newspaper, me with a needle and thread. “An alien,” I answer. “I don’t want to know,” he says quietly, eyes on the sports section. I chuckle, knowing his curiosity will return once he reaches the stock market …

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