"Writing the Historical Family Saga" with Joy Lanzendorfer Joy Lanzendorfer’s fiction and nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, NPR, Plougshares, Raritan, Poetry Foundation, and many others. Her latest novel is Right Back Where We Started From, published by Blackstone Publishing. This gathering on Zoom is for members and their guests. Please note that due to […]
April 11 7PM : Writing for Younger Readers: The Art of Edutainment with Two-Time Emmy Winner, Sindy McKay-Swerdlove Apr 4, 2022 | Speaker, Writing Children. Young adult. These rank among the most lucrative genres in today’s competitive market. But although they are easier to read, they’re not necessarily easier to write. Crafting a compelling and […]
Writing in the Archives: How to Harness the Archives to Write Poetry, Biography, and Memoir Napa Valley Writers will host Iris Jamahl Dunkle, an award-winning writer and Poet Laureate of Sonoma County 2017-2018. The archives. In them, we can find the secret history. We can begin to see the past as it really was. For […]
Featured Speaker: Deborah A. Lott | Writing Childhood When: The 3rd Saturday of the month, 9:15-11:15 am. Join us 30 minutes early for breakfast and writer’s fellowship, January, February, April and June-November. Where: Hodel’s Country Dining, 5917 Knudsen Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93308. Fee: $10 for members, $15 for guests. Both include buffet breakfast. Pay at […]
April Meeting Live and Online Saturday, April 16th 10 AM - 12 PM Registration for this meeting is required. Redwood City Yacht Club 441 Seaport Ct. Redwood City, CA 94063 — Agenda — 10:00 AM – Mingle in breakout rooms with fellow writers Breakout rooms open at 10... join when you want. Note that our main […]
The Art of the Interview—How to Succeed at Interviews Without Really Lying Free Monthly Meeting, 1-hour Zoom presentation (includes Q&A) Saturday, April 16, 2022 Presentation 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Sign-in and social time 12:30-1:00 with Ed Goldman Syndicated columnist, author of five books, professionally produced playwright, composer and lyricist, visual artist In nearly 52 years […]
IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETINGS Join us on Saturday, April 16, at 1 p.m. Register, below, for a Zoom link or to attend in person at the Finley Center. Poetry, Music, and the Language of the Spirit with Diane Frank Diane Frank will read from her new book, While Listening to the Enigma Variations: New and […]
Kelley Way will present “Lessons in Literary Law” at the Tri-Valley Writers April 16, 2022 meeting. Every author should know their rights in relation to their work. This presentation looks at five areas of law – copyright, trademark, right of privacy and publicity, defamation, and contracts – and talks about how to protect your rights […]
Jaime Cortez Gordo, a Steinbeck Country Comedy in 11 Tragic Chapters Join us as Jaime Cortez reads and discusses selections from his short story collection, Gordo. Set in a migrant workers camp near Watsonville, California, in the 1970s, the stories, alternately tragic and comical, introduce readers to a cast of rambunctious kids, rebellious adolescents, and the […]
Super Sleuthing: Internet Research Secrets Everyone Should Know By Geri Spieler 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 workshop we will introduce the methods that combine the main topics of “Online Research Methods” that […]
Sustainable Storytelling: 4 Psychological Resilience Hacks For Your Characters—and Yourself Ranger Station (Joaquin Miller Park), United States, 94602 Sun 24th April 2022 Some of us write to process difficult times in our lives. Some of us write to help others out of difficulty. Some of us do the job of sending our characters to hell […]
April 24, 2:00 pm, Napa Valley Writers Presents: CWC - Napa Valley Writers invites you to a very special event: acclaimed author, actor, and narrator Peter Coyote in conversation with Kymberlie Ingalls. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CbkhYdCVT7G3lkvuLtmTcg After years as an award-winning actor and narrator, Peter Coyote has recently shifted his focus back to writing. Tongue of a Crow, published in 2021, […]
April is Poetry Month Writing the Feels: How Poets Render Emotion Michelle Peñaloza NOTE DIFFERENT DATE & TIME: Sunday, April 24, 5:00 p.m. Zoom We'll engage in close and critical reading of a few narrative poems together, examining specific craft elements to investigate different poets' strategies to render and elicit emotion. Syntax and lineation, understatement, […]
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 […]