California Writer Club member Christie Nelson, author of Dreaming Mill Valley, Woodacre and My Moveable Feast
and
John M. King, writer and Publisher of Mill Valley Literary Review, Place as Character
Please join us for a discussion, reading and slide show
Thursday, September 19, 1PM
One West Blithedale, Mill Valley 94941
www.outdoorartclub.org
415-383-2582
Free and Open to the Public
Hello again, Marin writers and CWC members!
Only three weeks until our exciting Marin Writes mini-conference on September 22! We’ve got Constance Hale as plenary speaker, agents and publishers waiting to hear your pitches, and wonderful readers—and a lot of great donations of food and beverages.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
If you would like to participate in organizing this important event, click here . . .
The California Writers’ Club is one of the oldest writer’s organizations in continuous operation in the nation. Our members are poets, journalists, essayists, technical writers, and creators of genre and literary fiction, as well as editors, booksellers, and others involved in related fields, all joined together for the common goal of educating ourselves and the community on the craft of writing and publishing.
Lukas’ bestselling novel The Oracle of Stamboul (Harper Collins 2011) was the “OneBookOneMarin” 2012 selection. He has been a Fulibright Scholar in Turkey, a night-shift proofreader in Tel Avid, and a waiter at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference in Vermont.
He is a recipient of scholarships from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Sate Summer Writers’ Institute, Squaw Valley Community of Writers, and Elizabeth George Foundation. He writing has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal VQR, and Slate, among others. When he is not writing, he teaches creative writing to third and fourth graders at an elementary school.
Third Week of October: California Writers Week
The Marin branch was chartered with CWC in 1999. For additional information, visit our History page or the California Writers Club website: www.calwriters.org
Date: October 27, 2013
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
The 2013-14 “Opening Act” series will begin October 27th at 1:00 pm in advance of our regular monthly meeting.
Part One: Sunday. Oct. 27
“Present to Past and Back Again
The retrospective narrator in fiction and memoir”
This session explores how authors leave the present to explore their own or their character’s past lives. It includes examples from four novels as well a take-home exercise in plotting your own retrospective story.
Our guest speaker is Marin Branch member, Jo Haraf, who has graciously offered to present a two-part discussion on the use of Retrospective in fiction and memoir.
If you are interested in making your “Opening Act” presentation, concerning any aspect of the craft of writing, please contact Jon Shearer at: jc.shearerart@yahoo.com for scheduling. We all possess literary talents that we can share with our fellow members. Take the opportunity to let us know what you know!