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  • Mt. Diablo (In-Person): A Deeper Dive into Page to Stage: Public Speaking Skills Every Writer Needs

    Zio Fraedo's Restaurant 611 Gregory Ln, Pleasant Hill, CA, United States

    CWC Mt. Diablo Presents October Workshop With Betsy Graziani Fasbinder October 8, 2022 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Includes buffet lunch A Deeper Dive into June’s Topic Page to Stage: Public Speaking Skills Every Writer Needs     Back by Popular Demand!   Betsy Graziani Fasbinder is an award-winning, genre-jumping author, a licensed psychotherapist, and […]

  • Long Beach (Hybrid): Your Outreach to Readers: Tips for collecting an email list and landing reviews 

    Ruth Bach Neighborhood Library 4055 N. Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA

    “Your Outreach to Readers: Tips for collecting an email list and landing reviews"  with Tessa Smith McGovern   In this post-pandemic time,  we are testing hybrid (in-person and Zoom) meetings.  In-person attendance for members is by reservation only. Our in-person meetings are open to visitors who request a seat in advance, or request a Zoom link, for a […]

  • South Bay (Zoom): Revision, Transformation, and Success

    October 10th 7PM : “Revision, Transformation, and Success,” with Jennifer Givhan Sep 28, 2022 | Event, Speaker, Writing Hollywood has portrayed Mozart as a creative freak who dashed off perfect first drafts. This is a myth. His compositions underwent extensive revisions prior to performances. As Orison Swett Marden points out, “Great writers have ever been known […]

  • Napa (In-Person): Piecing together Yuba City, Hollywood, and Napa: Co-creating a Memoir

    Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA

    $5 Fee for members, $7 for non-members. Students with ID – free. Piecing together Yuba City, Hollywood, and Napa: Co-creating a Memoir Napa Valley Writers will feature actress Charlotte Stewart and writer Andy Demsky on Wednesday, October 12 from 7-9 p.m. Charlotte Stewart, a veteran actor of TV and film, worked with writer Andy Demsky to write her memoir Little […]

  • Writers of Kern (In-Person): Do the Twist

    Hodel’s Country Dining 5917 Knudsen Drive, Bakersfield, CA, United States

    15 October 2022 | Featured Speaker: Mike Apodaca | Do the Twist You’re Invited to Our Next Writing Workshop Pop in at one of our monthly meetings/workshops to see what Writers of Kern is all about. Not a member? No problem! We’d love to have you. When: The 3rd Saturday of the month, 9:15-11:15 am. […]

  • Sacramento (Hybrid): Crossing Genres

    Arden-Dimick Library 891 Watt Ave, Sacramento, CA, United States

    Crossing Genres   Free Monthly Meeting Live and Zoom presentation (includes Q&A)  Saturday, October 15, 2022  10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Arden-Dimick Library 891 Watt Avenue Sacramento, CA – OR – Click here to register for Zoom with ML HAMILTON Amazon Top 100 Mystery Author People always say, “Write what you know,” but to be […]

  • SF Peninsula (In-Person): Editing & Self-Editing

    Stuart Horwitz Editing & Self-Editing 10:00 am – Club business and mingle with fellow writers 11:00 am — Speaker Join us in person at the Redwood City Yacht Club, 441 Seaport Ct., Redwood City, CA 94063 Please bring a mask. Editing & Self-Editing Writers are usually tasked with editing other people’s work at some point, […]

  • Tri-Valley (In-Person): How to use surroundings/location as a character

    Glenda Carroll, Author, October 15, 2022 Glenda Carroll is the author of the Trisha Carson mysteries that are set in the San Francisco Bay area. Open water swimming is the undercurrent that runs through all the thrillers. The series includes Dead in the Water, Drop Dead Red,and Dead Code. She is currently working on the […]

  • Berkeley (Zoom): Intergenerational Dialogue

    “Intergenerational Dialogue” with Lyndsey Ellis on October 16th, 2022 The 3rd week of October is California Writers Week! This year we celebrate California’s deep, historical diversity with an exciting conversation with an up-and-coming West Coast & Midwest author. The Nuances of Writing Cultural Complexity Regardless of race and class, many attitudes, behaviors, and belief systems […]

  • Mendocino (Zoom): Ekphrasis Returns

    EKPHRASIS RETURNS Sunday, October 16, 3 p.m. Zoom This annual event reveals the secret pairings of WMC writers with artists from The Artists’ Co-op of Mendocino. Writer Initiators: Lynn Kiesewetter, Nona Smith, Naty Osa, Michelle Blackwell, Sharon Bowers, Norma Watkins, Nancy Harris McLelland, Mary Ellen Mynatt, Les Cizek. Art Responders: windflower, Susan Fisher, Karen Lewis, […]

  • North State (Hybrid): How to Write Frightful Fiction that Sells

    Chico Veteran's Hall 54 Rio Lindo Ave., Chico, CA, United States

    Oct. 17: N.J. Hanson, “How to Write Frightful Fiction that Sells.” Meetings begin at 6:00 p.m., are hybrid events, and are free to all. In-person at Chico Veterans Hall, 554 Rio Linda Ave., Chico. To request the Zoom link, send an email to northstatewriters@gmail.com no later than 5:00 p.m. the Sunday prior to the meeting.

  • Central Coast (In-Person): Booktoberfest

    Pacific Grove's Juice n' Java 599 Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA

    Booktoberfest!   CCW is sticking with our tradition of hosting Booktoberfest in October. Seven of our members will be readers. Each reader will be allotted approximately 8 minutes of reading time.

  • Inland Empire (In-Person): Websites that wow readers: How to create or update your online home

    Ovitt Family Community Library 215 E. C Street, Ontario, CA, United States

    Saturday, October 22, 2022 Websites that wow readers: How to create or update your online home   Your website is the cornerstone of your writer platform, and it needs to work hard for you, 24 hours a day. Learn easy tips and insider tricks so you can spend less time battling technology, and more time […]

  • Marin (Zoom): Finding Your Voice

    Topic: Finding Your Voice – Member Panel Discussion Voice is about establishing our personalities as writers and connecting with readers through our writing style. Our tools include tone, verb tense, point of view (first, second, and third-person pronouns), and more. How we use these tools is important because it shapes what we are saying and […]

  • East Sierra (In-Person): Beyond the Book: websites, blogging, audio versions, publishing others, consulting, and podcasts

    Ridgecrest Presbyterian Church 633 W. Las Flores, Ridgecrest, CA, United States

    JENNIFER CRITTENDEN BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND On the heels of her extremely successful summer program, Ridge Writers has brought publisher/author Jennifer Crittenden back to Ridge Writers to address a new subject, this time “Beyond the Book:” websites, blogging, audio versions, publishing others, consulting, and podcasts.” She will speak on Thursday evening, November 3, 6:30 pm […]

  • Orange County (In-Person): If You Can’t Stand the Heat…Stay in the Kitchen and Write About It

    Anaheim Packing House 440 S. Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim, CA, United States

    D.J. MacHale Topic “If You Can’t Stand the Heat…Stay in the Kitchen and Write About It" D.J. MacHale is the best-selling author of the middle-grade Pendragon adventure series, the spooky Morpheus Road trilogy, and The Monster Princess picture book. His writing success led to career in Hollywood as a writer, director, executive producer, and creator […]

  • Coastal Dunes (Hybrid): Not Just Another Book About War

    Nipomo Library 918 West Tefft Street,, Nipomo, CA, United States

    Our next meeting is Saturday, November 5, 2022, in person at the Nipomo Library and via Zoom, from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM.  Speakers: Annette Langlois Grunseth Annette Langlois Grunseth, is published widely in journals and anthologies. She has won awards with Wisconsin People and Ideas, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, and The Mill: A place […]

  • San Fernando (Zoom): The Power of Myth in Story Telling

    November 5th - Vincent Virom Coppola The Power of Myth in Story Telling     The San Fernando Valley Branch of the California Writers Club is pleased to welcome author, philosopher and lecturer, Vincent Virom Coppola, as the keynote speaker on Saturday, November 5 at 1:00 pm via Zoom, with a presentation titled, “The Power […]

  • Napa (In-Person): Ten Cookbooks that Changed How America Eats

    Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists 1625 Salvador Ave, Napa, CA

    Napa Valley Writers meets  second Wednesday of the month 7 – 9 p.m. $5 Fee for members, $7 for non-members. Students with ID – free. “Ten Cookbooks that Changed How America Eats”   Napa Valley Writers will feature Janet Fletcher, James Beard award-winning food writer. She is the author or co-author of more than 30 […]

  • Mt. Diablo (In-Person): Three of Our Own & Holiday Book Sale

    Zio Fraedo's Restaurant 611 Gregory Ln, Pleasant Hill, CA, United States

    Three of Our Own and Holiday Book Sale Saturday November 12, 2022 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Holiday Book Sale The event is happening a month early! Published Members are welcome to bring their books to sell and sign Feature Presentation Three of Our Own: Just One Thing That One Sure Thing that works to […]

  • San Joaquin (Zoom): How to Make Writing Your Day Job

    Nov. 12: Jennifer Grainger Schoenborn, “How to Make Writing Your Day Job.” Meetings are Zoom only, noon to 2:00 p.m. Free for all. For the link, sign up for the branch mailing list, https://sjvalleywriters.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=899132e01f7a84cc55e31563e&id=7acdb2b23f