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SUMMARY:Inland Empire (In-Person): Becoming a writer with Randy Jurado Ertll
DESCRIPTION:What to Expect at Our Next Meeting\nSaturday\, June 24\, 2023 – Randy Jurado Ertll\nRandy 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. \nRandy Jurado Ertll is an award winning published author\, credentialed teacher\, and newspaper columnist. He has also served as executive director for well-established\, prominent\, non-profit organizations. \nErtll served as a communications director for a Congressional member (Hilda Solis) on Capitol Hill in Washington\, D.C. He has published numerous opinion columns in newspapers and magazines such as the Los Angeles Times\, USA Today\, La Opinión\, Daily News\, La Prensa Grafica\, San Diego Union-Tribune\, Orange County Register\, Sacramento Bee\, Chicago Tribune\, Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, Houston Chronicle\, The Progressive and The American Interest magazines. He has been interviewed by networks such as NPR\, CNN\, PBS\, Univisión\, and Telemundo. He is an alumnus of Occidental College where he obtained the prestigious 2015 Alumni Seal Award for Service to the Community and obtained his master’s degree from Azusa Pacific University. He has published the following books: Hope in Times of Darkness: A Salvadoran American Experience\, Esperanza en Tiempos de Oscuridad: La Experiencia de un Salvadoreño Americano\, The Life of an Activist: In the Frontlines 24/7\, The Lives and Times of El Cipitío\, La Vida Y Los Tiempos Del Cipitío\, In The Struggle: Chronicles\, The Adventures of El Cipitío: Las aventuras del Cipitio\, La Siguanaba and the Magical Loroco\, La Siguanaba y el Loroco Magico\, Race Wars: El Cadejo\, El Cadejo: Entre El Bien y el Mal. Please visit his web site at WWW.RANDYJURADOERTLL.COM.
URL:https://calwriters.org/event/inland-empire-in-person-becoming-a-writer-with-randy-jurado-ertll/
LOCATION:Ovitt Family Community Library\, 215 E. C Street\, Ontario\, CA\, 91764\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person
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SUMMARY:Fremont (Zoom): Revising Your Own Work
DESCRIPTION:Jane K. Cleland\n“Revising Your Own Work”\nIf you write\, you know the process takes time. Even though you\nmay feel like you’re finished when you’ve completed your manu\nscript.you’ve only just begun. Now you have to start revisions.\nThis means “polishing the story\, adding complexity to the charac-\nters\, and burnishing the prose\,” Jane Cleland explains. “This is\nwhen you take your manuscript from draft to submission-ready.\nJoin FAW\, a branch of the California Writers Club\, on Saturday\,\nJune 24\, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm for “Revising Your Own Work”.\nThe presentation\, by award-winning author Jane K. Cleland\, should\nnot be missed. It’s FREE and open to everyone\, whether you’re pub-\nlished\, have just finished your first manuscript\, or have an idea you’d\nlike to put down on paper. Writers must revise; Jane can help!\nlane Cleland is the author of the 14-book Josie Prescott Anti-\nques Mystery series\, has won Agatha Awards for her how-to\nbooks on writing\, and writes articles on writing craft for the\nWriter’s Digest Magazine. She teaches writing at the univer-\nsity level\, and offers FREE monthly webinars on writing craft.\nFor more about Jane K. Cleland go to: www.janecleland.com\nTo get your link to this event\, follow the instructions to the right.\nGo to cwc-fremontareawriters.org for more on FAW and to\ncalwriters.org for the California Writers Club.\nAttention Writers and Poets\nFAW Social Write-In\nSocial Write-In 2nd Sat. June 10th 2 to 3:30 PM on Zoom\nCONTACT: Scott Davidson at scottfrombayside@yahoo.com\nFAW Writers’ Salon\nWriters’ Salon 4t Mondav June 26th 7 to 9 PM on Zoom\nCONTACT: Tony Pino at up.dragonfly.com@gmail.com\nAward-Winning Author\nJane K. Cleland\nEveryone is Welcome!\nFAW General Mtg\nSat. June 24th 2 to 4 PM\nFREE Zoom Meeting by Invitation\nEmail scottfrombayside@yahoo.com\nto request a link for the meeting\nGuest speaker: Jane K. Cleland
URL:https://calwriters.org/event/fremont-zoom-revising-your-own-work/
CATEGORIES:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Marin (In-Person): Tighten Your Writing with a Poetry Game
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Tighten Your Writing with a Poetry Game\nMonday June 26 6:30-7:30PM\nLive/Limited seating Free for all Participants\nCo-presented by CWCM and Mill Valley Public Library \nRSVP here: Mill Valley Public Library Events/Poetry Writing Game \n \nAnyone who aspires to be a better writer knows the importance of thoughtful word choice and editing. The best writers exercise these muscles every day—but sometimes we forget how much fun writing can be\, especially when we do it with friends. Bring your pencil to this one-hour interactive poetry workshop cohosted by CWC Marin and the Mill Valley Public Library. The game is a riff on the Japanese linked verse game known as renga\, played by Japanese aristocrats a thousand years ago. In it\, each person composes a haiku\, then passes it to a neighbor\, who completes it with a 14-syllable couplet. This simple\, limited poetry form encourages participants to choose words and metaphors with care. Don’t worry\, you don’t have to be a great poet\, you just have to be ready to play with words. \nAbout the Speaker:\nJean has been a student of the Japanese language since she first went to Japan as an exchange student in the 1980s. She is currently writing a book about Japanese feminist poet Yosano Akiko (1878-1942). She has translated hundreds of Akiko’s poems and posted them online. Jean is a Board member of the California Writers Club of Marin and a member of the Marin Poetry Center\, the Tanka Society of America\, Left Coast Writers\, and the Japan Foundation.
URL:https://calwriters.org/event/marin-in-person-tighten-your-writing-with-a-poetry-game/
LOCATION:Mill Valley Public Library
CATEGORIES:In Person
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SUMMARY:High Desert (Zoom): What are Agents Looking For? Act II
DESCRIPTION:ZOOM MEETINGS – ACT II\nLUCIANNE DIVER\, LITERARY AGENT\nJUNE 27\, 2023 AT 6 PM (TUESDAY)\nZOOM MEETING\n \nWhat are agents looking for? How can an agent help writers? What is required to become an agent? Best general advice an agent would give to writers today. If one does not have an agent\, what things can he/she do to get representation? ​\n​\nLucienne Diver joined The Knight Agency in 2008\, after spending fifteen years at New York City’s prestigious Spectrum Literary Agency. With her sharp eye and gift for spotting original new voices\, Lucienne is one of the most well-respected agents in the industry. A lifelong book addict\, she graduated summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Potsdam with dual majors in English/writing and anthropology. She thus came well-equipped for her work as an agent.\n\nOver the course of her dynamic career she has sold well over seven hundred titles to every major publisher\, and has built a client list of more than forty authors spanning the commercial fiction genres\, primarily in the areas of fantasy\, science fiction\, horror\, women’s fiction\, romance\, mystery/suspense and young adult. Her authors have been honored with the Hugo\, Nebula\, Colorado Book and National Readers’ Choice Awards\, and have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. A publishing veteran\, Lucienne has superb industry knowledge\, and a keen understanding of the foreign rights market. \nThis zoom presentation is open free of charge to all CWC members. Registration is not required. However\, there will be limited seating for what we feel will be a popular event. \n​Topic: Act 2 Meeting HDCWC\nTime: 6:00 \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86220784034?pwd=TThCMWhyc0FYbjRid1JmUnZiWit6Zz09 \nMeeting ID: 862 2078 4034\nPasscode: 375034 \nDial by your location \n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
URL:https://calwriters.org/event/high-desert-zoom-what-are-agents-looking-for-act-ii/
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SUMMARY:Central Coast (In-Person): Writing Active Hooks--or How Many Hooks Are Enough?
DESCRIPTION:July 18\, 2023\nMary Buckham\nWriting Active Hooks–or How Many Hooks Are Enough? \nReady to learn what exactly a hook is\, and what a hook isn’t? The simplest way to avoid a sagging middle\, and to keep a reader reading\, is to understand how to continually build hooks into your writing. In this presentation\, explore what hooks are and how they work\,  discover the 10 most common (universal) hooks and why they’re so widely used\, find where to place hooks to make them effective for both your genre and your audience\, and unlock the difference between a compelling story and one that drags. \nUSA Today bestselling author Mary Buckham learned to get into and out of trouble at a very early age. Time has added to her opportunities—detained by Israeli intelligence; strip-searched by a Greek border patrol while traveling with a priest\, sneaking into Laos. When not personally avoiding nuisances caused by her insatiable curiosity she creates lots of disorder in her two Urban Fantasy series—Alex Noziak and Kelly McAllister—as well as her co-authored young adult sci fi action-adventure series under the name Micah Caida. In her spare time\, Mary writes writing craft books including\, A Writer’s Guide to Active Setting\, Writing Active Hooks\, and Break Into Fiction® co-authored with Dianna Love.
URL:https://calwriters.org/event/central-coast-in-person-writing-active-hooks-or-how-many-hooks-are-enough/
LOCATION:Center for Spiritual Awareness\, 522 Central Ave.\, Pacific Grove
CATEGORIES:In Person
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