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SUMMARY:Berkeley (In-Person): CWC Annual Showcase LIVE
DESCRIPTION:CWC Annual Showcase LIVE @ CLIOS BOOKS June 17\, 2023\n\n\nThis June\, we’re doubly excited to be doing a LIVE author showcase this year\, and to be doing it at a soon-to-launch bookstore in the heart of Oakland! This annual event gives us the opportunity to celebrate our members who have published books in the past 2 years. We all work hard to get our writing out in the world and having a new book is a tremendous accomplishment!  \nThe Berkeley Branch of the California Writers Club is proud to recognize and celebrate its eleven members who have published new books in 2022 & 2023. Congratulations to: \n\nBeth Barany\, Red Running Deep (Firewolf Books\, 2022)\nKristen Caven\, The Winning Family: Where No One Has to Lose (Uplift Press\, 2022)\nPaul Corman-Roberts\, The Sincere (Libran Apocalypse Press\, 2022)\nGary Durbin\, Sentient (Spark Press\, 2022)\nJasper Ezekiel\, Good\, Clean Mania: Collected Poems 2020-2022 (Draft2Digital\, 2023)\nKeith Mark Gaboury\, The Boy Born With A Pinhole Heart (Finishing Line Press\, 2022)\nLin Gentry\, Episodes in a Cultural Revolution (Fulton Books\, 2022)\nJay Hartlove\, The Insane God (Water Dragon Publishing\, 2022)\nJessi Honard\, Unrelenting (Not a Pipe Publishing\, 2022)\nLily Iona MacKenzie\, California Dreaming (Shanti Arts Press\, 2023)\nA. L. Kucherenko\, Knight’s Pawn (Cuidono Press\, 2022)\nTerry Tierney\, The Bridge on Beer River (Unsolicited Press\, 2023)\n\nClub members will also be reading from Francine Thomas Howard’s 2022 release\, Scattered Seed (Lake Union Publishing). Francine\, a longtime member and guiding light\, passed away this January. \nThe event will be co-hosted by Clio’s Books\, a new bookstore that will be opening in September near Oakland’s Lake Merritt. Clio’s values the history of ideas and will feature a reading room\, literary events\, and a café. \nThe California Writers Club (www.calwriters.org) is a thriving association of emerging and professional writers\, with 20+ branches across the state. Each branch features monthly speakers on the art\, craft\, and business of writing in all genres\, for all ages and abilities. The Club was formed in 1909 by Bay Area writers who had gathered for decades in Joaquin Miller Park. They were instrumental in building the WPA Woodminster Cascade\, which is home to the California Writers Memorial Grove. \n\nCWC BB Author Showcase \nClio’s Books (opens in September; this is a special sneak peek event!) \n353 Grand Avenue \nSaturday\, June 17th 2023 \n5-7pm \nDoors open 4pm \nFree to the public – Get your tickets NOW – limit is 60 guests \nZoom tickets – Register here \nSay You’re Coming on Facebook!
URL:https://calwriters.org/event/berkeley-in-person-cwc-annual-showcase-live/
LOCATION:Clio’s Books\, 353 Grand Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Special Event
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SUMMARY:Mendocino (In-Person): Spotlight On Short Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, June 18\, 2:30-3:30 p.m.\nMendocino Community Center\, activities room\, 998 School St. \nSpotlight On Short Fiction \nEach year\, WMC highlights a genre and features three outstanding members practicing it.  This year\, the genre is  SHORT FICTION\, and our writers are Earlene Gleisner\, Steve Sapontzis \, and Philip Zwerling. They will be interviewed by Rob Hawthorn.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nEarlene Gleisner\n\n\n\n\n\n \nSteve Sapontzis\n\n\n\n\n\n \nPhilip Zwerling
URL:https://calwriters.org/event/mendocino-in-person-spotlight-on-short-fiction/
LOCATION:Mendocino Community Center\, 998 School St.\, Mendocino\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person
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SUMMARY:Central Coast (In-Person): In A Flash: The Art and Craft of the Short\, Short Story
DESCRIPTION:June 20\, 2023\nAndrea Firth\nIn A Flash: The Art and Craft of the Short\, Short Story \nIn this presentation\, learn what flash fiction (and flash nonfiction) writing is and isn’t\, how it breaks the rules\, and why and how flash shorts are “hot” from the first sentence. Discover the keys to the flash form–urgency\, conflict\, and a twist–and debunk myths about flash\, such as it’s easier to write and readers have short attention spans. You’ll also learn how to approach writing and revising flash to leave only what’s most essential on the page. \nAndrea A. Firth is a writer\, journalist\, editor\, and educator living in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is an Editor at Brevity Blog and the co-founder of Diablo Writers’ Workshop where she teaches and provides editorial consulting. Andrea was a finalist for The Missouri Review‘s 2021 Perkoff Prize in nonfiction\, and her essays are published in Dorothy Parkers’ Ashes\, The Coachella Review\, Motherwell\, Please See Me and elsewhere. Read her work at her website and find her on Instagram.
URL:https://calwriters.org/event/central-coast-in-person-in-a-flash-the-art-and-craft-of-the-short-short-story/
LOCATION:Center for Spiritual Awareness\, 522 Central Ave.\, Pacific Grove
CATEGORIES:In Person
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SUMMARY:Inland Empire (In-Person): Becoming a writer with Randy Jurado Ertll
DESCRIPTION:What to Expect at Our Next Meeting\nSaturday\, June 24\, 2023 – Randy Jurado Ertll\nRandy Jurado Ertll will speak about his journey of becoming a writer\, experience in finding a reputable book publisher\, and the struggles/sacrifices of being an author. \nRandy Jurado Ertll is an award winning published author\, credentialed teacher\, and newspaper columnist. He has also served as executive director for well-established\, prominent\, non-profit organizations. \nErtll served as a communications director for a Congressional member (Hilda Solis) on Capitol Hill in Washington\, D.C. He has published numerous opinion columns in newspapers and magazines such as the Los Angeles Times\, USA Today\, La Opinión\, Daily News\, La Prensa Grafica\, San Diego Union-Tribune\, Orange County Register\, Sacramento Bee\, Chicago Tribune\, Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, Houston Chronicle\, The Progressive and The American Interest magazines. He has been interviewed by networks such as NPR\, CNN\, PBS\, Univisión\, and Telemundo. He is an alumnus of Occidental College where he obtained the prestigious 2015 Alumni Seal Award for Service to the Community and obtained his master’s degree from Azusa Pacific University. He has published the following books: Hope in Times of Darkness: A Salvadoran American Experience\, Esperanza en Tiempos de Oscuridad: La Experiencia de un Salvadoreño Americano\, The Life of an Activist: In the Frontlines 24/7\, The Lives and Times of El Cipitío\, La Vida Y Los Tiempos Del Cipitío\, In The Struggle: Chronicles\, The Adventures of El Cipitío: Las aventuras del Cipitio\, La Siguanaba and the Magical Loroco\, La Siguanaba y el Loroco Magico\, Race Wars: El Cadejo\, El Cadejo: Entre El Bien y el Mal. Please visit his web site at WWW.RANDYJURADOERTLL.COM.
URL:https://calwriters.org/event/inland-empire-in-person-becoming-a-writer-with-randy-jurado-ertll/
LOCATION:Ovitt Family Community Library\, 215 E. C Street\, Ontario\, CA\, 91764\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person
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SUMMARY:Marin (In-Person): Tighten Your Writing with a Poetry Game
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Tighten Your Writing with a Poetry Game\nMonday June 26 6:30-7:30PM\nLive/Limited seating Free for all Participants\nCo-presented by CWCM and Mill Valley Public Library \nRSVP here: Mill Valley Public Library Events/Poetry Writing Game \n \nAnyone who aspires to be a better writer knows the importance of thoughtful word choice and editing. The best writers exercise these muscles every day—but sometimes we forget how much fun writing can be\, especially when we do it with friends. Bring your pencil to this one-hour interactive poetry workshop cohosted by CWC Marin and the Mill Valley Public Library. The game is a riff on the Japanese linked verse game known as renga\, played by Japanese aristocrats a thousand years ago. In it\, each person composes a haiku\, then passes it to a neighbor\, who completes it with a 14-syllable couplet. This simple\, limited poetry form encourages participants to choose words and metaphors with care. Don’t worry\, you don’t have to be a great poet\, you just have to be ready to play with words. \nAbout the Speaker:\nJean has been a student of the Japanese language since she first went to Japan as an exchange student in the 1980s. She is currently writing a book about Japanese feminist poet Yosano Akiko (1878-1942). She has translated hundreds of Akiko’s poems and posted them online. Jean is a Board member of the California Writers Club of Marin and a member of the Marin Poetry Center\, the Tanka Society of America\, Left Coast Writers\, and the Japan Foundation.
URL:https://calwriters.org/event/marin-in-person-tighten-your-writing-with-a-poetry-game/
LOCATION:Mill Valley Public Library
CATEGORIES:In Person
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SUMMARY:Central Coast (In-Person): Writing Active Hooks--or How Many Hooks Are Enough?
DESCRIPTION:July 18\, 2023\nMary Buckham\nWriting Active Hooks–or How Many Hooks Are Enough? \nReady to learn what exactly a hook is\, and what a hook isn’t? The simplest way to avoid a sagging middle\, and to keep a reader reading\, is to understand how to continually build hooks into your writing. In this presentation\, explore what hooks are and how they work\,  discover the 10 most common (universal) hooks and why they’re so widely used\, find where to place hooks to make them effective for both your genre and your audience\, and unlock the difference between a compelling story and one that drags. \nUSA Today bestselling author Mary Buckham learned to get into and out of trouble at a very early age. Time has added to her opportunities—detained by Israeli intelligence; strip-searched by a Greek border patrol while traveling with a priest\, sneaking into Laos. When not personally avoiding nuisances caused by her insatiable curiosity she creates lots of disorder in her two Urban Fantasy series—Alex Noziak and Kelly McAllister—as well as her co-authored young adult sci fi action-adventure series under the name Micah Caida. In her spare time\, Mary writes writing craft books including\, A Writer’s Guide to Active Setting\, Writing Active Hooks\, and Break Into Fiction® co-authored with Dianna Love.
URL:https://calwriters.org/event/central-coast-in-person-writing-active-hooks-or-how-many-hooks-are-enough/
LOCATION:Center for Spiritual Awareness\, 522 Central Ave.\, Pacific Grove
CATEGORIES:In Person
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