Celebrate the new year with others whose passion for writing is as strong as your own. Join us for a meeting filled with open-mic readings by our members during our Winterfest celebration. Sign up early to snag one of the nine five-minute reading slots. This is your time to share your poems, flash fiction, short-short stories, or excerpts from longer form manuscripts with your … [Read more...] about Winterfest: Open Mic, January 18, 2020
Past Meetings
Workshop Á La Carte, December 21, 2019
Have you poured your heart and soul into a draft of your novel or spent the month of November writing 50,000 + words for NaNoWriMo, and now don’t know what to do with all your effort? Are you stuck with your research? Or not sure if you’ve done enough to properly world build? Perhaps you have questions about self-publishing. Maybe you want to try your hand at poetry. Then join … [Read more...] about Workshop Á La Carte, December 21, 2019
Brooke Warner, Publisher of She Writes Press & SparkPress, November 16, 2019
Brooke Warner will present a “What You Should Know about Hybrid Publishing" workshop for Tri-Valley Writers’ November meeting. The publishing process is mysterious to many writers. How do agents determine what's commercial and what's not? What if your writing is not commercial? Are there options other than commercial publishing and self-publishing? Brooke will demystify the … [Read more...] about Brooke Warner, Publisher of She Writes Press & SparkPress, November 16, 2019
Camille Minichino, Author of 26 mystery novels, October 19, 2019
Camille Minichino will discuss “Hacks for Writing Suspense” as Tri-Valley Writers October speaker. Whatever the genre, suspense is an important component of fiction. We’ll examine ways of creating suspense through all the elements of a good scene: action, dialogue, setting, internal thoughts, and physiological response. Camille is a retired physicist turned writer. She’s the … [Read more...] about Camille Minichino, Author of 26 mystery novels, October 19, 2019
Adam Plantinga, Author of 400 Things Cops Know, September 21, 2019
Adam Plantinga, author of 400 Things Cops Know, will discuss “The Police: Fiction vs. Reality” as Tri-Valley Writers September speaker. This presentation will cover Adam’s first book’s rocky road to publication (hint: persistence can still pay off) as well as some of the key differences between fictional cops and real cops. Attendees will learn that screenwriters and novelists … [Read more...] about Adam Plantinga, Author of 400 Things Cops Know, September 21, 2019
