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Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe [Dame Shirley] (1819–1906) In twenty-three letters toher sister, Dame Shirley, from her first-hand experiences and female perspective,describes life in the gold-rush camps. The Shirley Letters were first published in 1854 as amemoir in the monthly literary journal The Pioneer . A poet and a part of California‘s early
literary scene, she also became a respected school teacher in San Francisco.
She said of herself: I am an “obstinate little personage, who hasalways been haunted with a passionate desire to do everythingwhich people said [I] could not do.”
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contents
President‘s Message 1
May Speaker 2
NorCal News 2
Poetry Page 3
Survey Results + May Survey 4
CWC-BB Board Nominations 5
Guest columnist: 10 ReasonsI‘m not Reading Your Blog 6
Part 2: Future of Publishing 7
Book Review & Member News 8
Meetings 9
Contests 10
Conferences 11
Workshop flyer 12
5th Grade Award Ceremony 13
Picnic Invitation 13
Speaker flyer 14
upcomingevents
5/8 Workshop: Linda Joy Myers―Truth or Lie: Writing on theCusp of Memoir and Fiction‖
5/15 Speaker: Linda Lee―10 Ways to Make YourWebsite Sticky‖
6/4 Awards Ceremony5th Grade Story Contest
6/19 Speaker: Cara Black
7/30 CWC PicnicJoaquin Miller Park
7/31 CWC-CB Jack LondonAwards
By Linda Brown
At last month‘s craft workshop, Alon Shalev started off by sharing books onwriting that he returns to when he writes his novels. I found myself both miffedand challenged.
I am miffed because I have read two of those books—Natalie Goldberg‘s WritingDown the Bones and Anne LaMotte‗s Bird-by-Bird (and at least ten more). Despitefollowing the advice in both books to write every day, I am not yet close topublishing my book and Alon has published three.
I wonder what is keeping me from meeting my goal of getting my nonfiction storyinto the news or published in book form. What is stopping me from converting myscribbles of outrage and insights, rants and raves, and research into a coherentstory?
One reason is that I am writing every day, but I write more for business or theCWC, where I am currently writing or revising job descriptions for your board andcommittees.
At times I wonder if I am lazy. I know I get distracted and prefer outdoor physicalactivity to sitting indoors. I have learned that reading skills are not writing skills.Is perfectionism or fear getting in the way?
View from the Mountain Top:
President Linda Brown
At the May speaker meeting, for fifteenminutes we are going to test market whatI am calling Member Time. My vision is forwriters to get to know other writersduring this time and share successes andtips for overcoming barriers.
As I get to know you, I would like to knowthe tools you use to move the story out ofyour head AND onto the paper or into thecomputer. And how do successful writersorganize a combination of paper andcomputer files for effective retrieval?
We all have writing skills to learn and tooland tips to share. I look forward to all ofus, at our own level of learning, helpingeach other reach our writing goals.
Writers Help Each Other Reach Goal
“Despite following the
advice in both books towrite every day, I am
not yet close to
publishing my book…”
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May Speaker
Marketing Your Brand
By David Baker
Attend any writers‘ conference, and we‘ll be told we need an interactive Website to reach prospective readers and that the time to set one up is now. If wewait until our work is published, self- or otherwise, we‘ve waited much too long.Perhaps so. But many of us are intimidated by terms like ―meta tag,‖ ―squeezepage,‖ and ―search engine optimization.‖ Enter Linda Lee, our featured speakerfor the May 15 meeting. Founder of the blog Smart Woman Stupid Computers,Lee is a writer, speaker, educator, and Web site designer who can help usovercome our technophobia and present ourselves online.
Her Web site, www.askmepcwebdesign.com, offers videos, including How toCreate and Start Your Own Free Blog Website in Under Five Minutes! and How toUse Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to Get More Visitors to Your Website or Blog. If after getting started we need professional help, Lee advises that we do
our homework before hiring someone. How does the potential designer‘s ownWeb site look to us? Easy to understand and navigate? Current? Does it have broken links or pages that don‘t work?Does the designer add keywords to each page so that search engines have more ways to find us?
Does he or she know how to add plug-ins, create a slideshow of photos, set up an e-mail capture form? By the timeLee finishes instructing us, we‘ll understand the importance of these issues and many more.
With a background in sales and corporate recruiting, Lee has learned how to read and reach clients. She also knowshow to fashion a brand, in our case, the nature of our work, how people respond to it, and who we are as writers.If you‘re uncertain what your brand is or how to market it online, come to the May 15 meeting. Lee will speak to usin language we can understand, preparing us to make the most of ever-changing Internet technology.
NorCal News Here is news from the most recent meeting of NorCal.
· Election of officers: Dave LaRoche (CWC-South Bay) is once again Chair of the group, and Joyce Krieg (CWC-Central Coast) is Secretary.
· Problem solving/sharing: The Central Coast branch is facing a problem of retirement of all its currentofficers, and there may not be enough folks available to step in. Various solutions were discussed, including a―round-robin‖ approach such as been implemented here at the Berkeley Branch.
· Publishing Pathways: This is a mentoring program that is in the works. The goal is to provide publishing andselling options and related support for CWC members. The plan is for mentors to be trained over the summerand the program to be functioning late in 2011. Stay tuned.
· The CWC Annual Picnic: NorCal members will help coordinate this event, scheduled for July 30 at the FireCircle at Joaquin Mill Park.
· Legal Seminar/Workshop: This is an idea that is in the incubation stage. The workshop would cover issues likeintellectual property rights. Stay tuned.
· CWC Catalog: This was a new discussion item. The idea is to create an online catalog that will list ourmembers‘ published works, with links to Amazon where appropriate.
NorCal Writers is an association of Northern California branches of the California Writers Club. Through exchange,collaboration, and execution of ideas, the intent of this group is to further the opportunities for writing andpublication to the betterment of branches and their members. http://www.cwcnorcalwriters.org/
Linda Lee
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Featured Poet:
Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich was born in Baltimore in1929. A graduate of Radcliffe, she wonalmost every award given for poetry.Although she was married and the motherof three children, the women‘s liberationmovement coincided with stretching thelimbs of her lesbianism. A political state-ment as much as a personal imperative.
As a peace activist, feminist and politicalactor, she said,
“We may feel bitterly how
little our poems can do in the
face of seemingly out-of-
control technological power and
seemingly limitless corporate
greed, yet it has always been
true that poetry can break
isolation, show us to ourselveswhen we are outlawed or made
invisible, remind us of beauty
where no beauty seems possible,
remind us of kinship where all
is represented as separation.”
Dark Fields of the Republic Poems 1991-1995, W. W. Norton, New York.London, 1995
Poetry
Page
In Those Years
In those years, people will say, we lost track
Of the meaning of we, of you
We found ourselves
Reduced to I
And the whole thing became
Silly, ironic, terrible.
We were trying to live a personal life
And, yes, that was the only life
We could bear witness to
But the great dark birds of history screamed and plunged
Into our personal weather
They were headed somewhere else but their beaks andpinions drove
Along the shore, through the rags of fog
Where we stood, saying I (1991)
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Guest Columnist
Ten Reasons I'm not Reading Your Blog
By Anne R. Allen
I hit hundreds of writers‘ blogs every week. Thing is—with all those blogs to check—I have only a moment for each
one, so some of you are losing me. If I can‘t grasp in a moment what your blog is about, who you are, what youwrite—and comment or follow if I choose—I‘m out of there.
I‘m not saying this is true of every blog reader. There may be lots of blocked writers leisurely surfers who have timeto waste linger in the blogosphere. But most of us have other priorities. Like our own blogs.
Social media guru Robert M. Caruso of Bundlepost likened social media to a freeway, where thousands of cars pass byevery minute. He says you need to have a fleet of cars of your brand on that freeway so you can catch the attentionof your audience, who are standing by the side of the road for only few short minutes each day.
Excellent advice as far as it goes: Tweet often.
But the truth is, more and more people are like you: driving on the freeway. Fewer and fewer are on the side of the
road waiting for great content to come by. So your audience is no longer standing still—even for a few minutes.They‘re sailing along on the freeway with you.
So you‘d better be able to get your message across in an instant.
Here are some things that aren‘t grabbing me during my drive-by visits.
1) Your site takes too long to load. If you have animation on your site or lots of graphics, you‘re stealing readingtime from yourself. If I‘ve got a minute and you take 30 seconds for loading—your content loses out. If you‘re anillustrator or write for small children, yes, your blog needs graphics. But if you‘re a writer, don‘t snail down yourloading time with a lot of visuals. And keep in mind that lots of people are reading you in RSS feeds or on otherdevices, so they don't see the graphics at all.
2) No focus. If your name is buried somewhere at the bottom of the page, I can‘t see what kind of stuff youwrite, and you call your blog ―meanderings in the mush of my mind,‖ I‘m gone. Your blog is like your book‘s firstpage or your story‘s lead—you gotta have a hook.
3) Music. Unless you‘re a musician hawking your wares, skip the sound track. If I want to listen to music, I‘llchoose my own, thanks—and chances are yours isn‘t in the same key.
4) Your posts are simply snippets of your WIP. This tells me:
a. You‘re a newbie: professionals don‘t do this. You‘re throwing away your first rights and embarrassing yourfuture, better-writer self.
b. You‘re needy and trolling for praise. (If you want critique, go to forums like Absolute Write or AgentQueryConnect.)
c. You‘re not thinking about your audience. I have no idea what your book is about or who these characters
are, and I don‘t have time to find out.
The exception to this is blogfests. When everybody‘s publishing a ―first kiss‖ scene or whatever, all those enteringare reading each other‘s posts. That's an excellent way to make friends and find writers whose work you like.
I also enjoy reading the occasional bit of microfiction or a short poem—but remember that‘s ―publishing,‖ so thepiece can‘t be submitted to most contests or journals after you‘ve posted it.
Read the rest of Anne’s post at http://annerallen.blogspot.com/2011/02/ten-reasons-im-not-reading-your-blog.html.
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To Be Held at May Meeting
Officers for 2011-2012 to Be ElectedReport of the nominating committee
For President: Linda Brown
Vice President of Administration: Al Levenson
Vice President of Membership: Clifford Hui
Vice President of Public Relations: OPEN
Vice President for Programs: Barbara Ruffner
Vice President for Marketing of Writers‘ Products: OPEN
Vice President of Writing Groups: Barbara Gilvar
Secretary: Kymberlie Ingalls
Treasurer: Madelen Longtiong
These nine officers will make up the Executive Committee to deal with everyday issues that arise between Board ofDirector's meetings. Board Directors are appointed by the President and approved by Executive Committee. Write Angles Editor, Tanya Grove; Workshop Chair, Barry Boland; and Speaker Chair, Jane Glendinning are having so muchfun they agreed to carry on their duties.
Below is an organization chart that your board will consider on April 30. We still have open positions. If you can helpfill these jobs, please contact President Linda Brown, [email protected] or Membership Chair Clifford Hui,[email protected]. Nominations can be made from the floor if permission has been granted by Nominee.
PresidentLinda Brown
VPAdministration
Al Levenson
VPMembership
Cliff Hui
VPCommunications
[open]
VP ProgramsBarbara
Ruffner
VP Marketingof Writers‘
Products[open]
VP WritingGroups
Barbara Gilvar
SecretaryKymberlie
Ingalls
TreasurerMadelenLontiong
DelegateCentral Board
[open]
DelegatesNORCAL
Jeff Kingman &KathleenOrosco
MarketingEducation
Alon Shalev
Members w/Newly Published
BooksCharlie Russell
NCIBA[open]
New MemberOrientation
Barbara Gilvar
Roster &Member
CommunicationCliff Hui
NominatingCommittee
Cliff Hui &Barbara Ruffner
MeetingHospitality
[open]
Special Events(Holiday Party,Picnic) [open]
Advertising& PublicRelations
[open]
Write AnglesEditor
Tanya Grove
SpeakersJane
Glendinning
WorkshopsBarry Boland
Fifth-GradeWriting ContestDebby Frisch
Write-OnContest[open]
5-Page Critique Anne Fox &David Baker
16 EyesBruce
Shigeura
Novelists[formerlyMystery]Jill Perry
Kiddie Lit-ersDebby Frisch
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Jennifer Snow
Greeter &Prospect List
ShereenRahman
Book RaffleFrancineHoward &
Shelley Wagner
Nonfiction[open]
Poetry[open]
Archivist/Historian[open]
Fundraising/Grants &
Sponsorships[open]
Awards &Scholarships
[open]
Write-A-Thon[In Rsch]
Eva Merrick
Social Media&
E-Calendars[open]
Web Master[open]
Tech TeamAdvisor
Kristen Caven
Copy EditorAnne Fox
Photographer/Photo Librarian
[open]
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The Future of Publishing, Part 2 of 3
Modernization Puts an End to the Vanity Press and Rescues Booksellers
By Ransom Stephens, Ph.D., member of Redwood branch of CWC
In most quarters of publishing, the phrase ―self published‖ equates to ―trash.‖ Self -publishing used to require thousands of dollars and orders of magnitude morepatience and sweat than working through the conventional publishing process. Ofcourse self-published books, by and large, sucked. Why would anyone go through allthat extra work unless they couldn‘t find a publisher to buy in?
But now, clicking the ―upload‖ icon to self -publish an ebook is free and easy. Withina few weeks anyone paying attention can see if the title has legs.
I fear that I self-published the electronic version of The God Patent. I admit it, Iclicked the ―upload‖ icon at Scribd.com. Call me a self -publisher, label it ―vanitypress‖ because I didn‘t send 100 queries and indulge the 18-month conventional
process. Call me crazy for investing the fraction of a calorie that it took to click themouse. The manuscript had to be ready anyway, and now that we‘ve all grown up onMicrosoft Word, formatting no longer calls on typesetters. Besides, the publisherNumina Press, LLC found it faster than if I‘d gone the conventional route.
The label ―vanity press‖ is a legacy concept. Is Scribd.com a vanity press? Smashwords? Amazon? Google? Throw theSix Sisters into a pool with these companies and ask yourself who is likely to survive the next decade. Interestingquestion, isn‘t it? Some of the new players won‘t make it; neither will some of the old players.
The most common objection to self-publishing is that crucial components of the process are ignored. That withoutthe copyediting and proofreading expertise of the legacy publishing industry we‘ll face an artistic meltdown. Thereis a tradition of excellence in established publishing, but more and more authors are being called on to employtheir own editors and fact checkers. At writing conferences it has become a cliché for editors from legacy pub-
lishing houses to complain that they have no time to actually ―edit.‖
Just as independent contractors in most fields must tend their own quality control, so must authors. They eitherhire brilliant copyeditors or do what Numina Press does: leverage the collective expertise of a community ofwriters. In San Francisco, writers congregate in workshops, grottos, and communities to share the burdens of―product development.‖ The God Patent was vetted by a dozen authors with bestseller credentials, an attorney,two particle physicists, a Baptist Preacher, a recovering Baptist Preacher, a retired English teacher, and a NewYork City agent before I posted it on Scribd.com, long before it appeared in print. It‘s not perfect, though thelatest electronic version is close.
For the rest of “The Future of Publishing, Part 2: Modernization Puts an End to the Vanity Press and RescuesBooksellers,” go to http://indiereader.com/2011/02/the-future-of-publishing-part-2-of-3-2/.
To read “The Future of Publishing, Part 3: The Next Big Move in Publishing Will Be Geographical,” go to http://indiereader.com/2011/01/the-future-of-publishing-part-3-of-3/.
Ransom Stephens, Ph.D., writer, physicist, and public speaker, has had a front row seat for three industry upheavals: the collapse of theestablished computer industry in the mid ’80s; the transition of the World Wide Web from a physicists’ tool to an economic cornerstone in theearly ’90s; the introduction of 3G and 4G technologies in the mid ’00s; and sees established publishers making the same mistakes that killedother legacy institutions. The San Francisco Chronicle called Ransom’s novel, The God Patent , “the first debut novel to emerge from the newparadigm of online publishing.” (www.TheGodPatent.com).
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Island Becomes a Place for Spiritual Awakening and Healing
Iona Dreaming: The Healing Power of Place by Clare Cooper Marcus
by John Q McDonald
In her excellent book House as a Mirror of Self , Berkeley author Clare Cooper Marcusexplored how the houses in which we live shape who we are and, in turn, how weshape our homes. It is an in-depth examination of what our space says about us.
In Iona Dreaming, Marcus turns much more personal in a memoir about the Scottishisland of Iona and how its wind-swept landscape served as a place of spiritual andphysical healing after she survived a life-threatening illness.
In the early 1990s, Marcus retired from her career in the department of Architectureand Environmental Design at UC Berkeley. That in itself was a major transition. It wasfollowed almost immediately by a diagnosis of breast cancer.
During her treatment (and her descriptions of the treatment are harrowing), she visualized the island of Iona as herplace of peace, a place containing all the elements of healing she needed during her treatments. She had visitedIona before, and this book encapsulates her long stay on the island after her cancer. There, she reflects on her life,the themes of nature in support of healing, and on the importance of place in our lives. She tells us of her upbring-ing in Britain during World War 2, of the people in her life, and of the path she took to Iona in her retirement.
She also relates her experience with the power of dreams to reveal the unconscious mind, its priorities, and itsunderstandings that elude us in our conscious life. What results is nothing less than a personal and spiritualawakening to the landscape of Iona, and to the power of dreams.
The book is full of descriptions of the stark and beautiful landscape of the island and Marcus's personal experiencewith it. The stories she tells are deeply personal, revealing and ultimately powerfully moving. It is an emotionalbook, full of vision and compassion, quite beautiful in its reflection on life, health, sickness, healing, and evendeath. Highly recommended.
JoAnn Smith Ainsworth signed with Dawn Dowdle, Agent, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC.
Risa Nye‘s essay on a medical-related subject—―The Tooth Revealed in a Dream: Ameloblastoma‖—was bought byonline You and Me Magazine and appeared in the April 8 issue. Risa‘s story, ‗Secret Life,‖ is online in ImitationFruit.
Francine Howard‘s novel, The Sisterhood Hyphen, published by Parker Publishing, was released April 6. Francine will have a book signing on May 24 in New York City (Book Expo at the AmazonEncore booth) for Paris Noire, hernovel to be released in September. AmazonEncore will include Paris Noire in its Fall 2011 premiere lineup. Andlook for Francine‘s book signing for The Sisterhood Hyphen and Page From a Tennessee Journal at Alexander Booksin San Francisco on June 3 between 12:30–1:30.
Lucille Bellucci‘s story, "Fishbone Confessions," was bought by Inkwell, a literary journal published byManhattanville College in Purchase, New York.
Therese Pipe is Co-Curator with Linda Rosen of a coming exhibit sponsored by the Berkeley Historical Society,"Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley: a Noble Venture," opening on May 15, 2011, 3 pm, at the Berkeley HistoryCenter, 1931 Center Street (Veterans Building). For more information, contact the Berkeley Historical Society,510-848-0181, or Therese, 510-841-5493.
Write Angles welcomes letters to the editor, book reviews, and articles of interest to writers. Submit to [email protected] you are a member and want to share news, please write “Member News” in the subject line. Deadline is the 15th of the month.
ember News
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Visit our web site @ calwritersclub.wordpress.com/
contacts
CLUB OFFICERS
President: Linda Brown
Secretary: Kymberlie Ingalls
Treasurer: Madelen Lontiong
VP Administration: Al Levenson
VP Membership: Clifford Hui
VP Communication: Position Open
VP Programs: Barbara Ruffner
VP Marketing Writers‘ Products: Position Open
VP Writing Groups: Barbara Gilvar
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Marketing Writers: Position Open
Publicity Chair: Position Open
New Member Orientation: Barbara Gilvar
Speaker Chair: Jane Glendinning
Workshop Chair: Barry Boland
Write Angles Editor: Tanya Grove
Copyeditor: Anne Fox
Central Board Delegate: Position Open
CWC-Norcal Delegates: Jeff Kingman &
Kathleen Orosco
Web Manager: Position Open
Write On! Story Contest: Position Open
5th-Grade Story Contest: Debby Frisch
Research on California cover author by Karren Elsbernd
Our monthly meetings are free and open to the public and feature a speaker, an author event, or both.
About Us: The CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB, founded in 1909, is a 501(c) (3) educational nonprofit dedicated toeducating members and the public-at-large in the craft of writing and in the marketing of their work.
CWC Meetings Around the Bay
These are the published meeting times and locations for the CWCbranches in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. If you’re thinking aboutattending one of their meetings, be sure to check the Web site first for details.
Berkeley: Third Sundays (except July & August), 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.Oakland's Main Library, West Auditorium, 125 14th Street, Entrance onMadison St. between 13th & 14th Streets. calwritersclub.wordpress.com
South Bay: Meets every second Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. at the Lookout Inn,Sunnyvale Golf Course, 605 Macara Avenue, Sunnyvale.southbaywriters.com
Central Coast: Meets on the third Tuesday of each month, exceptDecember, at the Casa Munras Hotel, 700 Munras Avenue, Monterey.The dinner hour begins at 5:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m.
centralcoastwriters.orgFremont: Meets (except in July, December, and on holiday weekends)from 2 to 4 p.m. on the fourth Saturday of the month at DeVry University,6600,Dumbarton Circle, Room 204, Fremont. Contact: Richard Scott,[email protected]; (510) 791-8639
Marin: Meets on the fourth Sunday of every month at 2 p.m. at BookPassage in Corte Madera. cwcmarinwriters.com
Mount Diablo: Meets the second Saturday of each month, except Julyand August, at 11:30 a.m. at the Hungry Hunter Restaurant, 3201 MountDiablo Boulevard, Lafayette (Pleasant Hill Rd and Hwy24).mtdiablowriters.org
Redwood: Meetings are held on the first Sunday of the month (except for holiday weekends), from 3 to 5 p.m. at Copperfield’s Books, 2316Montgomery Dr., Santa Rosa. redwoodwriters.org
Tri-Valley: Meets the third Saturday of each month, except July and August, at 11:30 a.m. at the Oasis Grille, 780 Main Street, Pleasanton.trivalleywriters.com
Sacramento: Meets at 11:00 a.m. the third Saturday of every month,except July and August, at Luau Garden Chinese Buffet, 1890 Arden Way,Sacramento 95815. sacramento-writers.org
San Francisco/Peninsula: Meets on the third Saturday of each monthfrom 10 a.m. to noon at the Belmont Library, 1110 Alameda De LasPulgas, Belmont. Sfpeninsulawriters
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Salamander Fiction Prize Deadline: May 15, 2011Entry Fee: $15Web site: www.salamandermag.org E-mail address: [email protected]
A prize of $1,500 and publication inSalamander is given annually for a short story.Jim Shepard will judge. Submit a story of up to40 double-spaced pages. Send an SASE or visitthe Web site for complete guidelines.
New Letters Literary Awards Deadline: May 18, 2011Entry Fee: $15Web site: www.newletters.org E-mail address: [email protected]
Three awards of $1,500 each and publication inNew Letters are given annually for a group ofpoems, a short story, and an essay. All entriesare considered for publication. Submit up to sixpoems or no more than 8,000 words of prosewith a $15 entry fee, $18 if sub-mitted online,which includes a subscription to New Letters.Send an SASE, e-mail, or visit Web site forcomplete guidelines.
Glimmer Train Press Short Story Award forNew WritersDeadline: May 31, 2011
Entry Fee: $15Web site: www.glimmertrain.org
A prize of $1,200 and publication in GlimmerTrain Stories is given quarterly for a short storyby a writer whose fiction has not beenpublished in a nationally distributed publicationwith a circulation over 5,000. Submit a story ofup to 12,000 words. Visit the Web site forcomplete guidelines.
Winning Writers War Poetry Contest Deadline: May 31, 2011
Entry Fee: $15Web site: www.winningwriters.com E-mail address: [email protected]
A prize of $2,000 and publication on theWinning Writers Web site is given annually for apoem on the theme of war. A $1,200 second-place prize is also given. Jendi Reiter will
judge. Submit up to three poems totaling nomore than 500 lines. Send an SASE, e-mail, orvisit the Web site for complete guidelines.
Boulevard Emerging Poets Contest Deadline: June 1, 2011Entry Fee: $15Web site: www.boulevardmagazine.org
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Boulevard is given annually for a group of poems by a poetwho has not yet published a poetry collectionwith a nationally distributed press. All entriesare considered for publication. Submit threepoems of any length with a $15 entry fee,which includes a subscription to Boulevard.Visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
Nimrod International JournalCalifornia Senior Poet Deadline: June 30, 2011.Entry Fee: $20 per entryWeb site: www.amykitchenerfdn.org
For American poets age 50 and older. Winnersannounced in July and are eligible for entry innational level contest. Visit Web site for fullcontest details.
Redwood Writers Memoir ContestDeadline: June 15, 2011.
Entry fee: $8 (members) $10 (nonmembers)
Nonmembers must live in Sonoma, Napa,Mendocino, Marin, Lake or Solano counties.Memoir must be a maximum of 2,000 words andnot previously published. The judges are SusanBono, Amber Lea Starfire and Linda Joy Myers.Contest winners will be announced at theRedwood branch‘s August 14th meeting. Formore information click Memoir Contest Flyer.
Inland Empire California Writers ClubAnnual Writing Contest
Deadline for entries: June 30, 2011Entry Fee: $10 per entryPrizes: 1st Place, $100; 2nd Place, $50; 3rd
Place, $25
The theme is Lost and Found and the categoriesinclude fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.Questions? [email protected]
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"Truth or Lie: Writing on the Cusp of
Memoir and Fiction”
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CALIFORNIA
WRITERS CLUB
BERKELEY BRANCH
www.cwc-berkeley.com
Since Oprah and James Frey, writers are
concerned with defining their genre. They worry
about hurting the family, whether their memories
are “right,” and also express concern about what
to include — should they mention secrets, lies,
and the dark stories that they’ve been taught
should not be told, or be silent. What stories
whisper in your ear, what stories do you want to
write even if no one reads them?
In this hands-on workshop, we will draw upon
writing exercises, such as turning point and
timeline exercise, and discuss the important
fictional tools that will help you create a
world in your memoir. There will be time to
write and share some of your memoir vignettes
Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D., MFT, is the President and
founder of the National Association of Memoir
Writers, and past president of the California Writers
Club, Marin branch. Author of The Power of Memoir — How
to Write Your Healing Story , and the award winning
memoir Don’t Call Me Mother, Linda has won prizes for
her work in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Throughher workshops, coaching, and speaking engagements,
Linda inspires people to capture their stories.
www.namw.org.
A CWC Mini-Workshop with
Linda Joy Myers
The CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB is a 501(c) (3) educational nonprofit dedicated to educating members and the public-at-large in the cof writing and in the marketing of their work.
To Register: Send a check to the CWC for $9 (members) or$29 (non-members—be sure to include e-mail address) to CWC-BB Attn: Workshops, PO Box 6447, Alameda, CA 94501Call Barbara Ruffner 510-845-1617 with questions
Sunday, May 8, 201110 a.m.-1 p.m.
Independence Plaza, corner of Webster St. and Atlantic Ave., in Alameda
Complimentary coffee, tea and cookies
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THE BERKELEY BRANCH of the 101-year-old CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB is proud to announce
WINNERS OF THE 25TH ANNUAL
FIFTH-GRADE STORY CONTESTReception & Awards Ceremony
WHEN: SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1:30-4:00 P.M.
WHERE: OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARYWest Auditorium125 14th Street (94612)Entrance on Madison St., between 13
th& 14
thStreets
Public Information: Library-238-3134.
WHO: WINNERS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY
All entrants are welcome.CWC Members are encouraged to come!
Event is Free. Open to the public.
HOW TO GET THERE:By Public Transit: Call 511 or go to www.511.org
Bus: AC Transit
BART: Lake Merritt Station, 9th and Madison - Walk five blocks northBy Car: Street parking is not recommended due to two-hour time limit. Parking lots are nearby, includingunderground parking 3 blocks south at the Oakland Museum, 1000 Oak St. Garage entrance is on Oak.
Refreshments Provided Questions? Write [email protected]
Ceremony Agenda 1:30 pm Arrive/Mingle2:00 Opening Remarks; Club History/
Awards History2:15 Student Story Reading & Awards3:45 Raffle3:55 Closing Remarks4:00 Group Photo
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So you have a website or a blog, now what? How can
people find you? What are
they looking for? How do you build up regular readers or
followers? What are some good ideas to promote
yourself online?
These are just a few of the topics LindaLee will be discussing with us in herpresentation. Discover some easy and funways that you can ―build your tribe
online‖ and keep your readers coming
back for more.
Linda began her own online business in 1998, and since then herentrepreneurial sensibilities havehelped others find their own place onthe web. She has uncanny ability todisarm anyone‘s computer anxieties.Linda teaches technophobes of allgenerations, from Millennials toBoomers. She is not your typicaltechie. Specializing in WordPress,Website design and Online BusinessConsulting, Linda has helped hundreds
of clients find success online. She isthe founder of Askmepc-webdesign, Smart Women Stupid Computers andWordPress Central.
Find Linda Lee atwww.askmepc-webdesign,
www.smartwomenstupidcomputers.cwww.wordpresscentral.org
10 Ways to MakeYour Website Sticky
and keep readers coming back for more with
LINDA LEE
Meeting Schedule:
1:00 p.m. Library doors open, MarketingGroup meets
1:30-2:00 Social time for members andnewcomers
2:00-2:15 Club meeting & announcemen
2:15-2:30 CWC-BB Published AuthorReading
2:30-3:30 Featured Speaker, including Q&A
3:30 p.m. Adjourn
CALIFORNIA
WRITERS
CLUB
BERKELEY BRANCH
Sunday,May 15, 2011 2:00 to 4:30 p.m.
West AuditoriumOakland Public Library
125 14th Street (94612)
Entrance also on Madison St.,between 13th and 14th Streets.wheelchair accessible
Our monthly meetings are freeand open to the public. Eachmonth we typically feature aspeaker and an author event.
Find out more about
our contests,
workshops, writing
groups, and more at
www.cwc-berkeley.com
The CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB isa 501(c) (3) educational nonprofitdedicated to educating members
and the public-at-large in thecraft of writing and in the
marketing of their work. ―Come write with us!‖
