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 […]
Women’s National Book Association— San Francisco Chapter celebrates its 20th anniversary of Pitch-O-Rama! Saturday, April 29, 2023. 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. At Pitch-O-Rama, up to 100 writers can pitch to agents, book professionals, and publishers. Unlike other pitch events, this is organized by volunteers of WNBA-SF, so the registration fee is affordable. Since 2020, […]
JEFF GOTTESFELD ON WRITING GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED KIDS BOOKS ON THURSDAY, MAY 4 Both a successful TV soap opera writer and a visionary creator of books for young people, Jeff Gottesfeld will talk about “Writing Good, Old-Fashioned Children's Books in an un-Old Fashioned America” at our Thursday, May 4 Ridge Writer meeting. We’ll start at 6:30 p.m., […]
May 06, 2023 9:00am - 9:30am Networking 9:30am - 11:00am Guest Speaker Speaker Lisa Cupolo Topic "Building Tension and Surprise in Short Stories” Lisa Cupolo has been a paparazzi photographer in London, an aid worker in Kenya, a script doctor in Los Angeles, and a literary publicist at HarperCollins in Toronto. She has stories to […]
Rolynn Anderson Topic –Author Rehab: Rediscovering Possibilities and Rebuilding Confidence Rolynn Anderson loves makeovers! She crafted a curriculum to spark student learning as a high school English teacher and opened a cutting-edge high school as a principal. From scratch, she learned how to co-captain a trawler with her husband, cruising the Inside Passage for […]
Adam Plantinga Writing Realistic Police Procedures Adam Plantinga The San Fernando Valley Branch of the California Writers Club is pleased to welcome police veteran and author Adam Plantinga as the keynote speaker on Saturday, May 6th at 1:00 pm via Zoom, with a presentation titled “Writing Realistic Police Procedures.” Working on a crime story and […]
May Meeting WHEN — Wednesday, May 10, 7-9 p.m. WHERE — Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave. Napa Napa Valley Writers Present Bright Lights, Prairie Dust Napa Valley Writers will feature Karen Grassle, the author of Bright Lights, Prairie Dust: Reflections on Life, Loss, and Love from Little House’s Ma, published in 2021. […]
May 13th at 10AM: “Riveting Array of Character Quirks & Foibles” with Ellen Kirschman, Mystery Author & Clinical Psychologist Apr 24, 2023 | Event, Speaker, Writing Stan Lee, the pioneering writer of Marvel Comics, achieved unparalleled success by merging classical mythology with modern psychology, featuring heroes whose god-like powers were balanced by their all-too-relatable human […]
Research For Writers – Internet Skills All Writers Should Know Geri Spieler has written about the only woman who shot at a sitting U.S. President. Using her high-level investigative skills, Spieler got Washington to open the file on what happened that day, instead of what the FBI covered up, chronicled in her breakthrough book, Housewife […]
John Byrne Barry, Author. “When Plots Collide. Create Suspenseful Page-Turners by Weaving Multiple Storylines.” https://johnbyrnebarry.com May 13 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Add to calendar DETAILS Date: May 13 Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm ORGANIZER San Joaquin Valley Writers Email: Sjvalletwriters@gmail.com View Organizer Website VENUE Zoom event
Greta Boris and Megan Haskell Writing Workshop: "7 Steps to Your Author Brand"
Rykin Cord will be the speaker on May 15, 2023, at the North State Writers General meeting. Meetings are held the third Monday of each month from 6-8pm at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Chico.
May 16, 2023 Geri Spieler Advanced Internet Research for Writers: Skills All Writers Should Know How do you start your research process? What words do you use to find information? Do you know how to gauge when a website is genuine? In this presentation, you will learn the main topics of "Online Research Methods," which include […]