“Intergenerational Dialogue” with Lyndsey Ellis on October 16th, 2022
The 3rd week of October is California Writers Week! This year we celebrate California's deep, historical diversity with an exciting conversation with an up-and-coming West Coast & Midwest author.
The Nuances of Writing Cultural Complexity
Regardless of race and class, many attitudes, behaviors, and belief systems stem from values hat are specific to our age groups. Exploring ...
“Sustainable Storytelling” with Kristen Caven April 24, 2022
Some of us write to process difficult times in our lives. Some of us write to help others out of difficulty. Some of us do the job of sending our characters to hell and back! In this interactive storytelling workshop, novelist/playwright/cartoonist/psychology writer Kristen Caven will teach four positive psychology principles of post-traumatic growth that will energize your writing, inspire ...
Member Amarjit Pannu’s novel is a love story set during India’s struggle for independence [Interview]
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 Austin Macauley Publishers of London, Cambridge, New York, and Sharjah. She will be the featured member at the Sunday October 17th meeting, so mark your calendars. While Splintered Waters is her ...
5 Insider Secrets to Show-Stopping Novel Beginnings
Join Us on Zoom September 19th to Learn Annalisa's Parent's Insider Tips to Get Readers Hooked on your Novel
You know you’ve got a great story idea, but how do you make it so great that it rises from slush pile to publication?
Author and Writing Coach Annalisa Parent has helped hundreds of writers to improve their craft and to become published authors. She knows the inside tricks to get ...
An Interview with our November Guest, Author Joan Gelfand
Four questions for Joan Gelfand, an author whose reviews, stories, essays and poetry have appeared in over 100 national and international literary journals and magazines.
June 5th WORKSHOP: "Setting that Works" with John Byrne Barry
Get your tickets to our setting that works workshop, rescheduled for June 5th.
Planning your Novel: an Interview with Beth Barany
Today we have an interview with our April Keynote Speaker, Beth Barany.
An award-winning novelist, Master NLP Practitioner, and certified creativity coach for writers, Beth Barany specializes in helping genre fiction writers experience clarity so they can write, revise, and proudly publish their novels to the delight of their readers. Her courses are packed with useful hands-on information ...
April 21st— "Plan Your Novel Like a Pro" with Beth Barany
At our April meeting Beth Barany will help you brainstorm the steps to create your novel—from character development to plot structure to story themes and world building—so you can start writing your novel with clarity and confidence.We’ll do bite-sized exercises step-by-step to help you stretch your imagination and get excited about the writing process.If you have never written a novel, still feel lost on how to go from brilliant idea to The End, or always hit that sagging middle and lose focus, this event will help you dream up exciting ways to torture—er, challenge—your characters all the way to the resolution of the story.
SPEAKER 3/17/19— "From Print to Performance: Adapting Books to Film and Theater" with Victoria Zackheim
March 17th acclaimed writer of The Bone Weaver and other bestsellers will share her substantial knowledge on how to get your works adapted to film and theater. We will also have a reading from featured member Leena Prasad.
Feb 18th: "Grounding Our Characters to the Real World" with Jacqueline Luckett
Our members have told us that want more opportunities to improve their craft, and we listened. on Sunday, February 18th, novelist Jacqueline Luckett will help us improve our character writing in her feature lecture, "Grounding Our Characters to the Real World."
In the real world, we’re eager to learn as much as we can about the new people we meet. Readers should experience that same excitement when they’re introduced to a novel’s characters. At February's meeting, we'll look at a few ideas to keep readers interested and engaged in a character from the first pages of a novel to the last.
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