CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB, SACRAMENTO BRANCH
2010 -- Celebrating 101 Years
Dedicated to Educating Writers of all Levels
The Sacramento Branch of the California Writers Club is one of 18 branches located throughout California. The Sacramento Branch has monthly luncheon meetings at 11:00 a.m. the 3rd Saturday of every month, except July, August and December, and members receive the write on! newsletter, published every month except July, August and December.
Luncheon meetings are held at Luau Garden Chinese Buffet, 1890 Arden Way, Sacramento 95815. The restaurant is behind Washington Mutual Bank, near Kohl's and Petco.
Members $12.00
Non-Members $14.00
For reservations, contact Julie Bauer at (916) 344-5778; joolieb@aol.com or just drop by. There's always room for more.
Upcoming Luncheon Speakers/Programs
March 20
Group Genre Workshop attendees will meet in nonfiction and fiction groups to exchange ideas and materials. Also, "Major League Tryouts With Writing Career Coach Teresa To Build Your Names.” presented by Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan. April 17
Lance Armstrong is the author of Echoes of Yesterday: Elk Grove, an American Authors Association 2007 Golden Quill Award winner for regional history. He will discuss how his passion for local history led him to become a newspaper writer and historical author. See his website at www.echoesofyesterday.net. May 15
Michael Troyan is the Community Relations Manager of Barnes & Noble at Birdcage in Citrus Heights. He is the author of a Greer Garson bio titled A Rose for Mrs. Miniver. June 19
Arden Moore is a pet expert/writer and has written several pet advice books: Happy Cat Happy You, Happy Dog Happy You, The Cat Behavior Answer Book and The Dog Behavior Answer Book. www.ardenmoore.com.
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March 20, 2010
Two Writing Workshops
Nonfiction, Fiction Writing Genres
and Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan Please arrive at 10:45 a.m. for the March CWC Sacramento Branch luncheon program. Lunch will begin at 11:00 a.m. At 11:45 a.m. the Group Genre Workshop will get started.
Barbara O’Donnell will facilitate the fiction group. Participants will explore creativity, the writing process, and getting ideas and putting them onto paper. The discussion will also include the audience (who are you writing for), as well as plot, setting and characterization. Bring a project to share with the group. Copies aren’t necessary as the group will be reading their works.
Kathy Landis, who has sold nonfiction articles to custom, trade and consumer publications, will facilitate the nonfiction group. The discussion will focus on the basics of getting published, including crafting query letters, article development and marketing. Please come with project ideas and questions to ask the group.
Plan to stay for the bonus workshop, “Major League Tryouts With Writing Career Coach Teresa To Build Your Names.” This part of the program will begin at 1:30 p.m. and end at 2:30 p.m.
Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan will show how you are the expert of your experiences, whether you’re writing fiction or nonfiction.
“When you make your name synonymous with the themes/subject matters/issues in your writing,” she says, “you are building your career/platform. You too can be happily published.”
She helps writers build their names by identifying the themes and archetypes in their fiction and non-fiction, before and after publication.
Her “22-minutes-for-22-days Build Your Name, Beat the Game: Be Happily Published” workbook will be available for $22. For more, see http://WritingCoachTeresa.com.
Major League Tryouts with Writing Career Coach Teresa to Build Your Name
Here are three optional exercises you can try before the meeting.
Go to www.google.com. Key in your name inside quotation marks (example: "Charlie Brown) and press "Google Search." Make a list of the resultant websites in response to your query and bring the list to the meeting. Be sure to put your name inside quotation marks.
If you have renewed your membership with CWC-Sacramento branch, go to the members page on this site. Contact a board member and ask how you can help the club and get your name listed on the CWC website.
Building your name begins with linking your name with CWC.
Submit a comment on Coach Teresa's blog post. Go to http://writingcoachteresa.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/what-is-a-blog-why.
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Northern California Publishers & Authors
Conference 2010
“A Publishing and Writing Odyssey” This daylong conference is an opportunity for emerging and established authors and publishers to hear firsthand from experts. Lunch is included in the registration price and several generous breaks will give you a chance to network.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Red Lion Inn
1401 Arden Way
Sacramento, CA 95815-4002 For forms and more information, visit www.ncpa.willowvalleypress.com/
Registration Dates and Fees
Regular Registration – Received by April 19, 2010
Member* $120.00, Non-Member $ 130.00
Late and On-Site Registration – April 24, 2010
Member* & Non-Member $145.00 *CWC members qualify for the member rate
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 CRITIQUE GROUPS One benefit of membership is the opportunity to network with other writers and form critique groups. Any member may join any critique group - or form a new one! Frequent guests of critique groups are encouraged to join the CWC. The NONFICTION NETWORK meets the first Friday of every month at 9 a.m. at the International House of Pancakes (aka IHOP), 2216 Sunrise Blvd., Rancho Cordova (off Sunrise north of Highway 50). Participants include book, newspaper, magazine, and trade journal writers. For more information, contact Bob Quinlan, bobquinlan1@comcast.net.
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Open Mic for Writers
Enjoy 15 Minutes of Fame Sponsored by the California Writers Club
Sacramento Branch Second Friday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Sign-ups begin at 6:45 p.m. Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Birdcage Center, 6111 Sunrise Blvd.
Citrus Heights, CA 95610
in the magazine section Readers and Listeners Welcome
Contact: susanosborn41@comcast.net
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2010 Personal Essay Contest -Open to All Writers-
Membership in the California Writers Club is not required Prizes: $100, $50, and $25 prizes (for first, second, and third place)
Word Count: 750 words maximum
Cover Page: Type your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, title and word count. Include one cover page, paper clipped to each entry.
Entry Format: Submit four copies. All entries must be typed, double-spaced in black, 12 point Times New Roman font, on one side of 8 ½ x 11 white paper. For additional pages, put title on upper left corner and page number on upper right corner. Do not include your name on the entry.
Entry Fee: $10 for each submission. Enclose a check made payable to CWC, Sacramento Branch.
Deadline: Must be postmarked by March 31, 2010.
Winners: Winners will be announced in the June 2010 branch newsletter and honored at the June 19, 2010, Sacramento Branch meeting, 11:00 a.m. at Luau Garden Chinese Buffet, 1890 Arden Way, Sacramento, CA. Winners need not be present to receive their prizes. Winning entries will be published in the branch newsletter, write on! Entries must be unpublished. Entries will not be returned, and authors retain all rights. Submit to:
Contest Chair
CWC, Sacramento Branch Writing Contest
P.O. Box 1157, Citrus Heights, CA 95611-1157
For more information, contact Margie Yee Webb at mywebb@sbcglobal.net. What is a Personal Essay?
A personal essay demands the thoughts, feelings, ideas, and personal input of the writer. A writer will often write in the first person-i.e., using “I” for the narration, as in “I think” or “I feel”-and include personal anecdotes, thoughts, interpretations or ideas.
www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-personal-essay.htm
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