Guests are always welcome. Next Meeting April 01, 2023 9:00am - 9:30am Networking 9:30am - 11:00am Guest Speaker Speaker Tina Mai Topic "Storytelling: The Power of Words, Initiative, and Community” This month’s speaker has had a few busy years: ■ Founder of VAST, an app that helps blind & visually-impaired youth write & publish […]
April Presenter – Tony Piazza Topic – “Inspirations- The Genesis of a Mystery Novel.” Tony Piazza is a Central Coast mystery writer, film historian, presenter, and veteran storyteller well-known for his passion for writing and movies. He is the author of seven mystery novels, “Anything Short of Murder,” “A Murder Amongst Angels,” “Murder […]
April 1st Luzmaria Espinosa POETRY: A method of Reflection, Reconsideration, and Revision of Your Thoughts, Beliefs, and Actions Luzmaria Espinosa On Saturday, April 1st at 1:00 pm via Zoom, the San Fernando Valley Branch of the California Writers Club celebrates National Poetry Month by welcoming internationally-acclaimed, Ventura County Poet Laureate, Luzmaria Espinosa, ‘Luzma’, to read […]
April 8th at 10AM: “Imaginative Realms: The Authentic in the Fantastical” with Keith Ekiss by Tatyana Grinenko | Mar 18, 2023 | Speaker, Writing Many of our literary classics were in fact written as genre fiction for the masses. Examples include Bram Stoker’s Dracula (horror), H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine (science fiction), J.R.R. Tolkien’s The […]
SATURDAY APRIL 8 AT 10 AM AT THE COMMUNITY CHURCH AT JESS RANCH AWARD WINNING POET, POETRI The High Desert Branch of the California Writers Club (HDCWC) is proud to announce that Poetri, a renowned poet, actor, and producer, will be giving a presentation at the Community Church at Jess Ranch 11537 Apple Valley Road […]
April 8 2023 at 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Discover Keys to Flash: Urgency, Conflict, and a Twist In A Flash, The Art and Craft of the Short, Short Story Andrea 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 cofounder […]
Join the San Joaquin Valley Writers club on Saturday, April 8, at noon when Chelle Honiker, the publisher of Indie Author Magazine, presents on trends in indie publishing and how write nonfiction pieces. From Chelle’s biography on the Indie Author Magazine website: “Chelle brings over two decades of executive operations and leadership experience…. It's said […]
Writing Workshop With Rebecca Foust About the Workshop What makes work—a poem, short story or essay—"good" and—not always the same thing!—what makes it publishable? What makes writing “good” is dedication and hard work. The answers to the second question are as multiple as there are print venues—many thousands. It's a matter of fit (taste), itself […]
April 8, 2023 Gustavo Hernandez "How Setting Amplifies Writing" Gustavo Hernandez is the author of with Flower Grand First (Moon Tide Press 2021), a collection of poems that one reviewer described as “a triumphant poetry collection that reads like a hero’s journey.” Gustavo also authored the micro-chapbook, Form His Arms (Ghost City Press) and his poems have been […]
WRITING THE EMOTIONAL PIECE Napa Valley Writers will feature Randall McNair, the author of the multiple award-winning #BarPoems series, published in 2020, 2021 and 2022. If Charles Bukowski, Sharon Olds, and Billy Collins somehow had a child, Randall McNair would be it. Described by his inner circle as “Poet Laureate of the Absurd,” McNair spent […]
April Featured Speaker – Jenny Margotta Workshop Title: Writing Incredible Dialogue Writing dialogue can be so much fun—and so much work. When it’s done correctly, it can individualize your characters and add a delightful layer to your stories. When it’s done incorrectly . . . well, let’s not go there. Dialogue should sound as if […]
Writing Intimacy Scenes: Avoiding the Corny, the Porn-y, and the Clinical When Writing Sex Whatever your writing genre, from sweet romance to erotica, from Regency Romance to erotic romantic suspense, sexual, or at least romantic, intimacy between your characters is likely going to occur. Whether it’s a chaste kiss in a Victorian garden or a […]
Saturday, April 15, 2023 1 – 2:30 p.m. A Poetry Celebration With Fran Claggett-Holland and readings from special guest poets About the presentation: Please join us for a special celebration of all things poetry. At our April general meeting, we will celebrate Poetry Month with poetry readings, the announcement of this year's poetry contest award […]
Pitching to Agents or Publishers Saturday, April 15, 2023 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Arden-Dimick Library 891 Watt Avenue Sacramento, CA 95864 Free Meeting – Open to the Public Zoom link Come see your fellow writers! Hear what everyone’s working on! Find new friends who share your genre! with Jordan Bernal Author Craft Your Pitch […]
Connie Post, Poet Laureate, April 15, 2023 Future Meetings / By Deborah Bernal Connie Post will present “Finding your creativity, in the ‘Between Places’” at the Tri-Valley Writers April 15, 2023 meeting. Connie will be exploring the places to find creativity and the exploration of meaningful work in unexpected places. Specifically, these can often be found […]
Sunday, April 16th, 3:30 p.m. THE STORY BEHIND THE IMAGE In this interactive workshop, Susan Ito will take you on a narrative journey through and beyond your most meaningful, mysterious, evocative and precious photo images. Using photographic images as prompts, we will explore the stories that lie beyond the frame. Bring 4-6 personal photos that […]
Being Poetry Month, members Joan Goodreau and Hope Hill will each do a short poetry reading between 6:10 and 6:25pm as part of our new member reading segment to kick-off the meeting. The speaker for the April 17th meeting is a long-time member of North State Writers, C. David Ivy, sharing with us his […]
April 18, 2023 Kevin Fisher-Paulson With a Trowell not an Axe: The Gentler Way of Editing A good writer knows that editing is a part of the process, like gardening is to the growth of flowers. But some go at their gardening with indifference, and some go at it with an axe. This presentation will […]
The Creative Side of Research — A Workshop with Amy Shea — 4/22/23 In The Creative Side of Research: The Anatomy of a Creative Essay, essayist and writing teacher Amy Shea shares the power of incorporating research into your narrative nonfiction, longform essay, and creative nonfiction. April 22, 2023, 10-12am on Zoom How does a […]
Saturday, April 22, 2023 – Randy Jurado Ertll Randy 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. Randy Jurado Ertll is an award winning published author, credentialed teacher, and newspaper columnist. He has also served as executive director […]