VIRTUAL BRANCH MEETING Join us on Zoom for our monthly meeting! See below for Reservation & Payment details* Rachael Herron will present a special workshop: “Get the Attention You Deserve: Queries, Synopses, and Blurbs” at the Tri-Valley Writers September meeting. Getting an editor or agent to notice you and your work in their cluttered email inboxes is a challenge. … [Read more...] about Rachael Herron, International bestselling author, September 19, 2020
Jim Azevedo, Smashwords Marketing Director, May 16, 2020 Webinar
The meeting will take place from the comfort of your own home, on your computer, using Zoom videoconferencing. You’ll need to register in advance for this meeting. It’s easy—just give us your name and email address (click the reservation link below). Please Note: Special Time MEETING AGENDA 12:45 p.m. – Meet online 1:00 p.m. – Speaker presentation Jim Azevedo, Smashwords … [Read more...] about Jim Azevedo, Smashwords Marketing Director, May 16, 2020 Webinar
July & August 2020
Tri-Valley Writers takes a brief summer hiatus during the months of July and August. The Board of Directors will be busy planning for a terrific 2020-2021 term. Monthly meetings will resume in September. Pending release from Shelter-in-Place (where applicable): Critique groups, Social Media Group, and a Zoom version of Pull up a Chair and Write will continue during the summer, … [Read more...] about July & August 2020
This Is What We’ve Trained For by Lani Longshore
The shelter-in-place order for California may not give you extra writing time. You may be so busy finding work-arounds for your normal duties that you don't have energy for your stories. As a writer, however, this is what you've trained for. Flex those writing muscles and create a file for future work by watching life unfold around you. I've always heard that adversity … [Read more...] about This Is What We’ve Trained For by Lani Longshore
Member Awards
Connie Hanstedt’s poem “Layers” has been named a finalist in the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards. Connie was invited to the Master Class in March 2020. Ed Miracle’s debut novel, Maker Messiah, won the Best Science Fiction Award for 2019 from IndiesToday. His essay “Submarine Dreams” won first place in the San Francisco Writers Conference Writing … [Read more...] about Member Awards
