March 24, 2013
The Berkeley Branch is the founding branch of one of the oldest professional writers’ clubs in the country.
Come to our next meeting,
New York Times Bestselling Author Julia Flynn Siler will be speaking on Hawaii’s Last Queen. Click here for more information.
Members always get a discount.
May 21, 2013
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When their editor called authors Louise Hart and Kristen Caven to announce the new title for their book, they were stunned. What is the antidote to bullying?
Come listen to this mother- daughter writing team talk about their long journey through the publishing world. Since their first book was published in 1989, they’ve been published, re- published, self-published, and everything in between. Louise made it to the top as an internationally recognized speaker, retired, then came out of retirement to write some more, inspired by her daughter and grandchildren.
“Inventing Zorgos” is the kick-off event for their book launch of The Bullying Antidote: Superpower Your Kids for Life, coming out in July from Hazelden Publishing. Come find out what Zorgos is, and how you can use it in your writing career.
The location of the talk is the Oakland Public Library (enter on Madison Street); see flyer for meeting schedule. The CWC Featured Author is Judith Newton.
Dr. Louise Hart is the author of The Winning Family, On the Wings of Self- Esteem, and the forthcoming The Bullying Antidote. CWC’s own Kristen Caven, who illustrated Louise’s first two books, has been Louise’s partner every step of the way—as graphic designer, editor, ghostwriter and co-author, writing and publishing her own books along the journey as well. Together they have founded three publishing companies. Sign up for the Zorgos Reader at www.zorgos.wordpress.com.
May 16, 2013
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Julia Flynn Siler with Kristen Caven at the Lost Kingdom book launch
We are looking forward to this Sunday’s meeting!
Julia Flynn Siler is a prize-winning author and journalist. Grove/Atlantic published Lost Kingdom in early 2013. Her first book was The New York Times bestseller, The House of Mondavi.
As a veteran correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and Business Week, Ms. Flynn Siler spent more than two decades in Europe and the United States before being offered a book deal from a major publisher.
Read more about our event here.
Berkeley CWC Author Kristen Caven will be ‘opening’ for Julia with a reading from her new YA novella (about a different kind of queen), The Souls of Her Feet.
May 15, 2013
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The winners of our 27th Annual 5th Grade Story Contest have been selected! Click here to see the list of our winners, in alphabetical order. ONE of these is the grand prize winner… come to the Awards Ceremony on June 2nd to find out which one!
Thank you to member Debby Frisch, author of A Mango for the Teacher, for your organizing this wonderful contest year after year!
April 29, 2013
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We are delighted to welcome New York Times Bestselling Author Julia Flynn Siler to our Speaker Series!
Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure brings to life the clash between a vulnerable Polynesian people and expanding capitalist powers. At the center of the story is Lili’uokalani, the last queen of Hawaii.
The story begins around 200 A.D., when intrepid Polynesians navigated thousands of miles across the Pacific and arrived at an undisturbed archipelago. For centuries, their descendants lived with almost no contact from the Western world. In 1778 their isolation was shattered with the arrival of Captain Cook and his men. Lost Kingdom deftly weaves together a memorable cast of characters.
Julia Flynn Siler is a prize-winning author and journalist. Grove/Atlantic published Lost Kingdom in early 2013. Her first book was The New York Times bestseller, The House of Mondavi.
As a veteran correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and Business Week, Ms. Flynn Siler spent more than two decades in Europe and the United States. A graduate of Brown University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, she also earned an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
The CWC Author Reading will be Kristen Caven presenting her new YA novella (about a different kind of queen), The Souls of Her Feet.
April 29, 2013
Dear Readers of Write Angles, CWC-BB’s monthly newsletter,
May’s issue has poetry, a book review, important membership information, fun facts, humor, tips on how to organize your writing time, the winner of our monthly writers’ contest, a little bit of history, an article on the publishing industry, member news, and more.
WA’s monthly contest is taking a hiatus and will not be in the June issue. But it may return in another form, so watch for it this fall! And be sure to read our May winner’s story, "Pathways."
April 18, 2013
Announcements, Speakers alon shalev, book marketing, lloyd lofthouse, publishing, success group, writers' club 1 Comment
We’re so proud to feature our very own Lloyd Lofthouse as our speaker this Sunday. Lloyd, the author of the award-winning My Splendid Concubine historical novels and much more, has years of experience in successful self-publishing. He is also a generous mentor to the club, keeping up the club’s marketing blog as a dual member of two branches.
But wait, there’s more! Alon Shalev, author of five novels (several of them published by Lloyd’s publishing house, Three Clover Press), will be our featured club author who opens for Lloyd.
Both Lloyd’s and Alon’s literary success are tied to the club, as the two of them founded our Marketing Success Group. This group meets on Sundays at 1pm before the meeting, and like all of our support/critique groups, guests are welcome to audit one meeting before joining the club.
We hope to see you Sunday for this exciting celebration of good writing and successful publishing. Lloyd’s talk is entitled, “You CAN Get Published,” and this duo is proof of that. The meeting is from 2-4:30, with plenty of time for networking with other writers, and the location is the Oakland Public Library (enter on Madison Street).
April 1, 2013
This is no April Fool’s trick. This is truly the April issue of Write Angles.
Enjoy!
