Triple congratulations to Hector Timourian for his poem "The King"; a short story, "Coffee Brewing Trouble"; and a memoir, "The Legend of Enrique Santos" published in the Livermore Adult Education Creative Writing Group anthology. … [Read more...] about Hector Timourian published in local anthology
Stacey Gustafson at Towne Center Books
Stacey Gustafson's short story, "Hair Gone Wild" … [Read more...] about Stacey Gustafson at Towne Center Books
Slogging through slue by Lani Longshore
I found a book titled 100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up or Mangles (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, from the editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries). Having a fondness for trivia, I bought the book. The words listed were all familiar to me. I was about to congratulate myself on paying attention in school when I reached the section on "slew", "slough", and "slue". Slew, a … [Read more...] about Slogging through slue by Lani Longshore
An extra hour to write by Violet Carr Moore
More than a dozen CWC Tri-Valley Branch members have taken the annual National Novel in a Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge. Cooking, house cleaning and yard work will be ignored. Laundry bins overflow. The trash begs to be taken out. Our fingers fly over computer keyboards toward a common goal—50,000 words by November 30. For the past four years I’ve begun my manuscript at one … [Read more...] about An extra hour to write by Violet Carr Moore
Writing in the dark by Lani Longshore
I bragged about writing in the dark-waking up at night and scribbling a few notes without turning on the light. Then I thought about other images that phrase conjures. Pushing myself through the writers block of the late afternoon, I struggle for the perfect ending to my story. The final paragraphs shimmer in my imagination, waiting for my fingers to catch up with my thoughts. … [Read more...] about Writing in the dark by Lani Longshore
