Discovering Your Author Voice with Renee Swindle – November 16, 2025
We all have a unique set of talents—whether writing compelling dialogue or complex characters. What makes any work of fiction stand out, however, is “voice.” Writing with voice, which is often elusive and difficult to pinpoint, transforms storytelling from the everyday to compelling and original. In this talk Renee share examples of authors who write with distinctive prose and will discuss ideas that will help you develop your unique voice as a writer.
About Renee Swindle
Renee Swindle is the author of Shake Down the Stars, A Pinch of Ooh La La, and Please Please Please, an Essence Magazine bestseller. Her latest novel Francine’s Spectacular Crash and Burn was included in Net Galley’s We Are Bookish as a top 25 must-read by black authors for 2025, Publisher Weekly’s BuzzBooks best of Spring/Summer 25 and listed as “best of raucous reads featuring messy heroines” by Goodreads. She lives in Oakland, CA
Check out her book!
http://www.reneeswindlebooks.com
Schedule
$5 for members, $10 for guests, free tickets available*
Community
1:00 Doors open
1:30 Welcome and networking with members & guests
Program
2:00 p.m. Club Announcements
2:30 p.m. Special Programming
3:00 p.m. Featured Speaker: Renee Swindle
4:00 p.m. Author Support Group more info here.
See meetings for more info.
Our November speaker event will Renee Swindle and will also be at Gilman Street Brewing. Tickets available now!
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Marilyn R Flower 10/25/2025 (12:46 pm)
Hi , I ijust renewed my membership and tried to get a ticket for the 16th, and it only took me to the 17th. How do I sign up and get the Zoom link?
Thanks
Karma Bennett 11/03/2025 (3:36 pm)
I believe Jasper updated the link, and it’s working now. I’ll email you as well. Thanks for the letting us know!
Edit to add: please note that this event will be live! Not on Zoom.
Kristen 11/10/2025 (11:51 am)
Free tickets available for members who have purchased a package and writers who cannot afford the ticket price. Enter “VP” (for Virginia Prentiss, Jack London’s foster mother and sponsor) and hit “apply” after entering it at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/discover-your-author-voice-cwc-tickets-1842126693529?