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California Writers Club - Sacramento Branch Board of Directors
La Ronda Bowen Kimberly Edwards Susan M. Osborn Bob Quinlan Ken Umbach Steve Liddick, Public Relations
Member Websites
Elva Anson www.familyfirstbooks.com
Blog: http://soulmatetips.blogspot.com Lance Armstrong www.echoesofyesterday.net LaRonda Bowen http://bowen.writer.googlepages.com Lorraine Holden www.dontgetthin-gethealthy.com Frances Kukugawa www.francesk.org Blog: http://franceskakugawa.wordpress.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FrancesKakugawa Norma Lehr www.normalehr.com Kathleen Low www.casanovawasalibrarian.com Susan M. Osborn www.susan.osborn.bz Karl Palachuk karl@greatlittlebook.com Shirley Parenteau www.shirleyparenteau.com Terry Prince www.terryprince.com Blog: Terry's Thinking Blog: Transition Your Life Kiyo Sato www.dandelionthroughthecrack.com Ken Umbach www.umbachconsulting.com Helene Vorce-Tish www.directcon.net/tish
Member News
Grace Ertel's article, “Amazing Grace: Coping with a Determined Older Mother,” appears in the May 4 issue of Senior Spectrum. Susan M. Osborn's story about Rev. Carol Schroder, “Angel Investor Earns Heavenly Returns,” is featured as the cover article in the May 4 issue of Senior Spectrum.
Shirley Parenteau has some exciting news from Candlewick Press. Her picture book, Bears on Chairs (released August, 2009) will be reprinted as a toddler board book February, 2011. Her counting book, One Frog Sang, released in hardback in 2007 and in paperback by Scholastic (with audio) in 2008, has just been reprinted by Candlewick in a trade paperback version. One Frog Sang has also been accepted into the Raising Readers program in Maine and will be one of five books in an anthology to be given to every child in Maine at well-child checkups. Candlewick has accepted a second book about the bears to be called Bears in Beds, scheduled for publication in August, 2012. Shirley has also recently sold four toddler board books (in English) to a publisher in Korea for a home-school program there.
Evelyn Luscher, CWC Board member, passed away Tuesday, March 2, ending her courageous battle to regain her health and rejoin CWC. Born in Nottingham, England, each of her six published books, spanning from early 20th century England, through WWII to adult fairy tale intrigue, leave readers feeling as though they have enjoyed a vicarious trip to England. She preferred to write under her birth name, Evelyn Swift.
We are sorry to report the passing of Beverly Pierce Stroebel on Feb. 5. In September she reported that her book, Full Sail: A 21st Century Spiritual Cruise On Board The Mayflower, was published by VMI Publishers. She was featured as author-of-the-month on the VMI Web site. Navigate through www.mayflowerfullsaillogbook.com to read more about Beverly's book, which is based on the Christian and civil Mayflower Compact signed by her ancestors in the 17th century.
Susan Osborn’s article, “Renowned Judo Master Turns 96: Her Life is a Masterpiece,” has been published in a new book, Bow from the Heart: The Life of Judo Master Keiko Fukuda, 9th Dan.
Frances Kakugawa’s short story, “You’re Going to Hell,” won first prize for non-fiction in the 2009 CWC Inland Empire writing contest. The story will appear in their newsletter, Fresh Ink. She was also featured in the Dec. 7 issue of The Sacramento Bee. The article was based on her short story, “The Enemy Wore My Face,” about her experiences as a child during the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Bill Holden's memoir of his third grade teacher, "Miss Burger and the Tale of Christopher Columbus," appeared in Spectrum.
Meet Our Board and Officers
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