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Connie Hanstedt will give a local author talk at Livermore Library on Sunday, June 5 starting at 2:00 p.m. Connie will share her personal and compelling story of her mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s in her first book, Don’t Leave Yet: How My Mother’s Alzheimer’s Opened My Heart.     Judy Lussie’s article, “Mission in Action: …

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Member Publication Successes

   George Cramer’s short story, “Coming Home,” has been accepted for publication in the Institute of American Indian Arts 2016 anthology available on September 4, 2016.    J. Mills recently completed a freelance photojournalism assignment covering the California Boating Congress at the State Capital. The assignment included writing four press releases, a newsletter article, and …

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Members Published

  Juhi Kunde’s gift book for mothers, Expressions of Milk, is available at Towne Center Books in Pleasanton and Rakestraw Books in Danville. Just in time for Mother’s Day!     Glen Robins’s second book, Off Course, was published on March 4, 2016, and is available on Amazon.     Camille DeFer Thompson’s short story, “Just …

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Members Published

Look for Patricia Boyle’s byline in articles publicizing Livermore-Amador Symphony concerts in the Arts and Entertainment sections of the Livermore Independent and the Pleasanton Weekly. After writing anonymously for two seasons, both publications began including her byline last season.   Stacey Gustafson’s story “For Your Eyes Only” and Camille DeFer Thompson’s story “Prank’d in Produce” are included …

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Member Successes

  Stephanie Bolanos’s short story, “Shades of Regret”, is now available online at The Literary Nest.   Erika Gardner’s The Dragon in The Garden, is currently available for preorder on Nook, Kindle, Apple, Smashwords, and Kobe. The book will download to your device/go live on February 19th.  See more about the book at Tirgearr Publishing. …

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Member Successes

Stacey Gustafson’s book, Are You Kidding Me? My Life With an Extremely Loud Family, Bathroom Calamities, and Crazy Relatives, reached #1 Amazon Best Seller in Parenting & Family Humor and Motherhood for the second time in December 2015. Stacey was guest speaker at the Author’s Tea and Auction in Pleasanton for the Philanthropic Educational Organization, …

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Published Members

  B. Lynn Goodwin’s debut Young Adult novel, Talent (Eternal Press), is now available.   J. Mills’s short story, “Blizzard,” was published in the September edition of The MacGuffin literary journal (Summer 2015, Vol. XXXI no. 3) under his pen name, James McV.       Fred Norman had his latest poem, “Can’t You Hear the …

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TVW Members Published in CWC Literary Review

  Congratulations to the following Tri-Valley Writers for being selected for publication in the 2015 California Writers Club Literary Review: Sheila Bali: “Oakwud Has Done Me In” B. Lynn Goodwin: “Partners” Sally L. Kimball: “The Lost Pearl” Julaina Kleist-Corwin: “Mirror” Julie K. Royce: “Disturbance Call” and “Finding Myself in the Mission”  

New Books Published

  E. Ruth Harder’s  historical novel, Hannah—Weaver of Life, is published and available at Amazon.           Anne Koch’s latest non-fiction work, Nearer to Spring—A Story of Christmas Lost and Found in Letters, is published and available at Amazon.