Build Your Book Marketing Plan – Simple Strategies to Cultivate Your Audience and Sell More Books Before self-publishing her first book, Stephanie Chandler decided to build an audience online. The success of that effort led to signing several traditional book deals, corporate sponsorships, major media coverage, product sales, and a variety of other opportunities. In this […]
RIDGE WRITERS PRESENT THE BIRTH OF A BOOK – MAY 5 Author Danny Nielsen and publisher/editor Jennifer Crittenden will discuss the origin and process of their collaboration to bring Straight Flossin’ and Other Stories of the American West into the world, at the Ridge Writers May 5 meeting, starting 6:30 pm in the meeting room […]
The Bay Area Book Fest is coming May 7 – 8. Find out more about it here.
"Writing Sucks, but to Have Written is the Best: Navigating the Long Road to Have Written" Joe Donnelly The California Writers Club meets monthly for our featured speaker series focused on the craft and business of writing. This month’s guest speaker is an award-winning journalist, writer and editor. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of […]
NOTICE: As of March 2022, we have returned to our hybrid meeting setup, meeting in-person at the Nipomo Library as well as Zoom. Please join us in person if you can at the Nipomo Library; we'd love to see you! We have switched to an RSVP system for our Zoom meetings. If you're NOT currently […]
May 7th - Anat Golan Wenick Turn Your Novel Into a Screen Play The San Fernando Valley Branch of the California Writers Club is excited to feature our own board member and treasurer Anat Golan-Wenick as the featured speaker on May 7 at 1:00 pm via Zoom with a presentation titled “Turn Your […]
You Can Be a Winning Writer with Joan Gelfand Craft, Commitment. Community. Confidence. Winning writers draw upon all four. Praised as “the clearest roadmap to success,” the four Cs system has yielded spectacular results for CEOs and doctors, college professors and MFAs, playwrights, and poets. For over ten years, Joan Gelfand has presented the four […]
Integrating Nature into your Writing $5 Fee for members, $7 for non-members. Students with ID – free. Napa Valley Writers will host David George, a UC-certified Master Gardener, published writer, and past president of the California Writers Club. Bring alive your fiction and creative non-fiction by including nature. From a brief mention of rain to […]
SATURDAY MAY 14, 2022 AT 10 AM JESS RANCH COMMUNITY CHURCH IN PERSON MEETING OPEN MIC READINGS SCHEDULED FOR MAY MEETING Jim Grayson, Ann Miner, Aileen Rochester, Roberta Smith, Jenny Margotta, Mike Raff, Judith Pfeffer, Diane Neil, Mary Langer Thompson (or one of the Poemsmiths), Anita Holmes and Dwight Norris are HDCWC members who have […]
CWC Mt. Diablo Presents The Power of Writing with Abandon featuring Grant Faulkner (via Zoom) SCROLL DOWN TO REGISTER Grant Faulkner is the Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and the co-founder of 100 Word Story. He’s published All the Comfort Sin Can Provide, Fissures (a collection of 100-word stories), and Nothing Short […]
Murder at the Fox Please join the San Joaquin Valley Writers Branch, Saturday, May 14th, noon, to listen to Murder at the Fox, a radio play created by members of the SJVW of the California Writer's Club. Murder at the Fox takes place one dark and stormy night in 1933 at Stockton's historic Fox Theatre. Whodunnit? stay […]
"Evoking Emotion Through Character" with Jordan Rosenfeld This gathering on Zoom is for members and their guests Jordan Rosenfeld is author of the novels Women in Red and Forged in Grace and six books on the craft of writing, most recently How to Write a Page-Turner, the bestselling Make a Scene, Writing the Intimate Character, A Writer’s […]
Taking Your Book from Unknown Entity to Bestseller – A conversation on May 15, 2022 On May 15th, our annual book marketing panel will feature Quinn Ward (Six-Figure-Selling Author), Keri-Rae Barnum (Director of New Shelves Books), and Jane Ubell-Meyer (BedsideReading.com). The conversation will be moderated by Karma Bennett, Berkeley Branch president. Feel free to join […]
It's Smatch-Up Time Again Join us for our popular annual event that stretches your writing imagination. One author starts a piece, another finishes it. Click here for rules and registration information. It's one of our most fun experiences of the year. March 31st is the last date for sign-ups. The following writers will read five […]
May 17, 2022 Jordan Rosenfeld Evoke Emotion in Every Scene From fast-paced thrillers to contemplative literary novels and everything in between, readers need to connect with your characters to create a page-turning story. Emotion is the thread that binds readers to your characters’ experience. This presentation will help you use sensory cues, powerful imagery, character […]
Inclusive Characterization: Writing ‘the other’ without Stereotypes or Appropriation April 25, 2022 By Cyn Bermudez Leave a Comment Join the Writers of Kern on Saturday, May 21, 2022, as we welcome author Michelle Cruz Gonzales as she presents her workshop Inclusive Characterization: Writing ‘the other’ without Stereotypes or Appropriation. This workshop will advance your skills […]
May Meeting Live & Online Saturday, May 21st, 10 am – 12 pm Registration for this meeting is required (click Register button below). Register below to join us online or in person at the Redwood City Yacht Club 441 Seaport Ct., Redwood City, CA 94063 10:00 AM – Mingle in breakout rooms with fellow writers … join when you […]
Create Your Own Audiobook Without Breaking the Bank Free Monthly Meeting, 1-hour Zoom presentation (includes Q&A) Saturday, May 21, 2022 Presentation 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Sign-in and social time 12:30-1:00 with Emily Gallo Novelist and Screenwriter and Glenn Tucker Musician and Audio Engineer The audiobook market is growing at a rate of 30% a year […]
IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETINGS Join us on Saturday, May 21, at 1 p.m. Register, below, for a Zoom link or to attend in person at the Finley Center. Your Power Presence for Writers: Uncommon Ways to Inspire Your Audience and Amplify Your Impact with Vicki Dello Joio Have you ever given a presentation that just didn’t […]
Annual High School Writing Contest Awards Ceremony, May 21, 2022 Join us Saturday, May 21, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. as Tri-Valley Writers hosts its 11th Annual High School Writing Contest awards ceremony. Student winners from the literary nonfiction, poetry, and short story fiction categories will receive their awards and share their work via readings. Pleasanton’s […]
Writing the Intimate Character What makes those books you can’t put down until your eyelids are sandy and your brain is buzzing, compelling? Unforgettable, unique characters who are real, flawed, complex and human. In this workshop writers will learn what it takes to build complex characters, unlock the essentials of point of view (POV), learn […]