August 2012 President’s Message from Paula Chinick
August is the perfect time to join CWC Tri-Valley Branch. As a member, you’ll receive the discounted rate for meetings through June 2013. Already a member? Time to renew.
President’s Message
July 2012 President’s Message- Welcome Paula Chinick
Welcome Paula Chinick, President for the 2012-2013 term. Congratulations, Paula!
June 2012 President’s Message from Violet Carr Moore
Time to say goodbye as my second presidential term ends. Perhaps, so long is a more appropriate signoff because I’m following the steps of other past presidents, accepting a new volunteer role. See you around.
May 2012 President’s Message from Violet Carr Moore
Spring is a palette of color. It dispels winter with fresh sights, sounds and aromas to be savored. It brings new ideas for art, poetry and prose. Congratulations to Tri-Valley members who polished your work until it shined in the Las Positas College Anthology. –Violet Carr Moore
April 2012 President’s Message from Violet Carr Moore
Dear Poets, You have brought us to tears and mended broken hearts. You have taken us to faraway places and brought us home again. We salute you in April, National Poetry Month. ~Violet Carr Moore
March 2012 President’s Message from Violet Carr Moore
March is resplendent with green. From dewy reflections of fresh blades of grass to leaping leprechauns and shamrocks, spring warms the winter chill. A caravan of sentences becomes poetry. Pen strokes or clicks of computer keys embody a novel. These gems of new life bloom at Tri-Valley Writers. Violet Carr Moore
February 2012 President’s Message from Violet Carr Moore
Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter. Even that chilly declaration can’t cast a shadow on writers. Attend a conference. Enroll in a class. Join a critique group. Mentor a new writer. Stir up the gift of creativity within you while you wait. Violet Carr Moore
January 2012 President’s Message from Violet Carr Moore
2012.I will blog. Join a critique group. Attend a conference. Revise my mystery manuscript. Journal. Submit. And?celebrate. I’ll toast blog comments with tea and chocolate. I’ll savor critiques from my novelist group (more chocolate). Along the way, I’ll celebrate your successes with?you guessed it?more chocolate. Happy New Year! Violet Carr Moore
December 2011 President’s Message from Violet Carr Moore
December stirs nostalgic reflections of yesterday and brings dreams for tomorrow. This season demands choices. Tall tree? Small tree? No tree? Mall shopping or online? Stay home or travel? If you’re a writer, you could be juggling these cold-weather options while you pen warmhearted Mother’s Day stories. Perhaps you’re curled by a glowing fireplace, editing …
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November 2011 President’s Message from Violet Carr Moore
Ghosts and goblins vanish at midnight October 31st when my protagonist and friends spring to life with first clicks of National Novel Writing Month contest. I’ll push new characters in a 1,667 words daily dash while my critique group improves those from a previous plot. First-win protagonist will will cheer me as I pitch that …
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