Enough time has passed that I've evaluated my writing resolutions list and wondered what I was thinking at the end of December. Usually I toss my list away, but this year I want to encourage us all to add one more item to it. Let's resolve to make 2016 the year we get more training. I can hear the screams already. Who has the time, money, or energy to take classes? How can I … [Read more...] about The Value of Training by Lani Longshore
Like Rose Petals, or Why the Paperless Society Is a Terrible Idea by Lani Longshore
This morning I remembered what I had forgotten. Yesterday I made a note to self to check an old to-do list. What I had forgotten was not on that list, but now I've remembered, so it's okay (or will be, as soon as I do what I remembered I had forgotten). The point is, I might not have remembered at all if I hadn't scattered notes to self all over the house like rose petals at a … [Read more...] about Like Rose Petals, or Why the Paperless Society Is a Terrible Idea by Lani Longshore
Member Successes
Stacey Gustafson’s book, Are You Kidding Me? My Life With an Extremely Loud Family, Bathroom Calamities, and Crazy Relatives, reached #1 Amazon Best Seller in Parenting & Family Humor and Motherhood for the second time in December 2015. Stacey was guest speaker at the Author’s Tea and Auction in Pleasanton for the Philanthropic Educational Organization, PEO. This … [Read more...] about Member Successes
Jan. 16, 2016: Winterfest
Join us on January 16, 2016 as we celebrate Voices of the Valley: Word for Word, the third anthology of the Tri-Valley Writers. Sample the joys and sorrows, the inevitable highs and lows, the truths and deceptions in the indelible scenes of life. Share in the readings as we journey through the stories and poetry crafted by the members of Tri-Valley Writers. Winterfest is a … [Read more...] about Jan. 16, 2016: Winterfest
Dec. 19, 2015: Workshop A La Carte
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? Perhaps you are not sure if you have hooked your reader. Maybe you are stuck with the muddle in the middle. Then join us on December 19, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard … [Read more...] about Dec. 19, 2015: Workshop A La Carte
