Kenneth Lipman is Writing about the Circumcision Decision
Our long-standing tradition of giving a member the mic before our keynote speaker helps us get to know what our colleagues are working on. Our 5+5+5 guidelines (5 minutes of backstory, 5 minutes to read, and 5 minutes of Q&A) help emerging writers polish their professional skills.
Kenneth Lipman will take the Member Spotlight before our March speaker, Ericka McIntyre. Get tickets here.
Kenneth Lipman has been working on a memoir, Dancing with Chronic Fatigue (read a sample ...
Carolyn Lee Arnold Wants You to Be Brave!
Our long-standing tradition of giving a member the mic before our keynote speaker gives us a glimpse at what our colleagues are working on. Our 5+5+5 guidelines (5 minutes of backstory, 5 minutes to read, and 5 minutes of Q&A) help emerging writers polish their professional skills.
Carolyn Lee Arnold will take the Member Spotlight before our next speaker, “Writing as Play” with Jorjeana Marie on February 19th, 2023. Get tickets here.
Carolyn gives informed dating advice ...
“Story is My Life” for Bobbie Kinkead
Our long-standing tradition of giving a member the mic before our keynote speaker helps us get to know what our colleagues are working on. Our 5+5+5 guidelines (5 minutes of backstory, 5 minutes to read, and 5 minutes of Q&A) help emerging writers polish their professional skills.
Bobbie Kinkead will take the Member Spotlight before our January speaker, Gail Carriger on "The Heroine's Journey". Get tickets here.
Bobbie has always created stories
Bobbie Kinkead's father had a pile ...
Kathleen Orosco writes about Jackie Kennedy
Our long-standing tradition of giving a member the mic before our keynote speaker gives us a glimpse at what our colleagues are working on. Our 5+5+5 guidelines (5 minutes of backstory, 5 minutes to read, and 5 minutes of Q&A) help emerging writers polish their professional skills.
Kathleen Orosco has been an an active and interested member since 2009, and at last we get to hear some of her writing! She has a very special message for members of the Club.
My children Elizab...
Curious Writer: Jordan Pastor
Our long-standing tradition of giving a member the mic before our keynote speaker gives us a glimpse at what our colleagues are working on. Our 5+5+5 guidelines (5 minutes of backstory, 5 minutes to read, and 5 minutes of Q&A) help emerging writers polish their professional skills.
Meet Jordan Pastor at our meeting today! Get tickets here!
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Jordan Pastor is a self-published psychological adventure thriller fiction author, poet, and seasonal music journa...
Jessi Honard’s Unrelenting Approach to Writing
Our long-standing tradition of giving a member the mic before our keynote speaker helps us get to know what our colleagues are working on. Our 5+5+5 guidelines (5 minutes of backstory, 5 minutes to read, and 5 minutes of Q&A) help emerging writers polish their professional skills.
Jessi Honard
Jessi Honard recently joined CWC. She has been a regular participant in the Wednesday evening Berkeley Writers Circle since the pandemic began, and in that context, I’ve had the pleasure ...
What Does A Poet Do After Last Call?
Write poetry, of course! The poems in Randall McNair's third volume of Bar Poems, Last Call, are sardonic, wry, heartfelt, and poignant. McNair captures the ineffable in his latest collection.
Our long-standing tradition of giving a member the mic before our keynote speaker helps us get to know what our colleagues are working on. Our 5+5+5 guidelines (5 minutes of backstory, 5 minutes to read, and 5 minutes of Q&A) help emerging writers polish their professional skills.
Sandy Bliss: ...
Terry Tierney Takes His Readers on a Lucky Ride
Terry Tierney is January's Featured Member of the California Writers Club-Berkeley Branch. He'll tell us about his writing life, and read excerpts from his newly published novel, Lucky Ride, when the CWC-BB meets on Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 1:00 pm. Terry says, "Lucky Ride followed the traditional road trip model—until I realized Flash’s story was more than merely a road trip."
Member Amarjit Pannu’s novel is a love story set during India’s struggle for independence [Interview]
Our long-standing tradition of giving a member the mic before our keynote speaker helps us get to know what our colleagues are working on. Our 5+5+5 guidelines (5 minutes of backstory, 5 minutes to read, and 5 minutes of Q&A) help emerging writers polish their professional skills.
Author Amarjit Pannu will be the featured member at our October 17th meeting. Mark your calendars!
Amarjit Pannu’s book Splintered Waters: Tryst with Destiny was published in March of this year by ...
Interview with Featured Member Lily Iona-MacKenzie
Lily Iona MacKenzie
Raised on the Canadian Prairies, under cumulous clouds that bloomed everywhere in Alberta’s big sky, Lily Iona MacKenzie soon realized that all objects are in motion, waiting for stories to illuminate them. They were herfirst creative writing instructors, scudding across the heavenly blue, constantly changing shape: one minute an elephant, bruised and brooding. The next morphing into a rabbit or a castle.
She soon realized that all objects are in motion, waiting for ...