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 […]
Join us in person at the Sequoia Yacht Club, 441 Seaport Ct., Redwood City, CA 94063 Please bring a mask. Descriptively Yours! Writing with full and fluid descriptions takes a bit of practice, and it helps to have a few helpful hints along the way. Come learn productive ways to paint words into your latest […]
Saturday, May 20, 2023 Fireside Chat with Stacy Ennis: Q&A on book writing, author platform, location independence, and more Join this Q&A with best-selling author, coach, and speaker Stacy Ennis. Throughout more than 13 years in publishing, Stacy's coaching, trainings, and content has helped hundreds of authors uncover their unique story, stand out in a […]
Monthly Meeting, May 20 – Beginning Again: Putting Fun Back Into Writing Saturday, May 20 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! […]
AM Larks, Author and Editor, May 20, 2023 March 21, 2023 AM Larks will present “Published! Tips and Tricks from an Indie Editor” at the Tri-Valley Writers May 20, 2023 meeting. Larks will cover tips and tricks on submitting to and publishing in blogs, journals, agents, and publishers. This lecture will include an overview of […]
May Honors Dinner – Members and Guests Only It’s time to ramp up for our May Honors Dinner. Unlike our “teaching” meetings, this meeting is a dinner, a social opportunity, and a time to honor those who have met certain goals. Peggy Connelly Scholarship Presentation Robert C. Hargreaves Achievement Award Writers of Kern Active Member […]
“Building Your Author Platform” with Jay Hartlove on May 21st, 2023 You’ve written and published your book. Congratulations! What tools should you use to not only reach your audience, but build a loyal fan base that can translate your efforts into SALES? Come discuss the important business practices of advertising, web sites, email newsletters, social […]
Sunday, May 21, 2:30-3:30 p.m. SmatchUp New Meeting Location: the Community Center of Mendocino, 998 School Street, Mendocino. If you cannot be with us in person, try joining us at live streaming our meeting on Facebook.To watch the meeting on Facebook Live, please join WMC's new Facebook Account--also titled Writers of the Mendocino Coast. If […]
Saturday, May 27, 2023 Jan Herrman – The Last Cowboy Jan Herrman will share his interest in the characters, places and events of what we think of as the Old West. He will to do so by reading some excerpts from The Last Cowboy and explaining the research that led to the plot development and […]
DOUBLE THE TALENT, DOUBLE EXPOSURES JUNE 1 Ridge Writers president Daniel Stallings will interview Mark Pahuta and Liz Babcock about High Desert Double Exposure: A Photographic Retrospective of Ridgecrest and Its Neighbors for our Thursday, June 1, general meeting that starts at 6:30 p.m. at Ridgecrest Presbyterian Church, 633 W. Las Flores. Public welcome. No charge for […]
June 03, 2023 9:00am - 9:30am Networking 9:30am - 11:00am Guest Speaker Speaker Patty Civalleri Topic "Applying Trader Joe’s Tactics to the Business of Writing” Writer Patty Civalleri was selected and hired to tell the story of how Trader Joe’s became one of the greatest successes in independent grocer history. Founder Joe Coulombe developed innovative […]
Our next meeting is Saturday, June 3, 2023, in person at the Nipomo Library and via Zoom, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. June Presenter – Brian Schwartz Topic – ChatGPT, the Author? How AI (Artificial Intelligence) is Transforming the Publishing Industry and What it Means to Authors Brian Schwartz is the director of the […]
June 3rd Ross Berger Writing for Video Games and New Technologies Ross Berger Picture courtesy of Yfat Yossifor The San Fernando Valley Branch of the California Writers Club is pleased to welcome author and screenwriter Ross Berger as the keynote speaker on Saturday, June 3rd at 1:00 pm for our first HYBRID meeting (in-person and […]