Please register on this form to get a reminder with the Zoom link, and pay with PayPal below. CWC members (any branch) — $5.00. Non-members — $10.00.
You can also make a donation that goes to the presenter, Susan Spann
In this entertaining and interactive class (at least as interactive as zoom allows!), Kerry Schafer will share her secrets for using elements of psychology and Myers-Briggs Personality Typing to create characters so lifelike readers feel like they could sit down with them for a cup of coffee — or follow them off on an adventure!
Kerry (who also writes as Kerry Anne King) is a Washington Post and Amazon charts bestselling author who writes quirky paranormal mysteries and compelling and transformational stories about family and personal growth.
Kerry has been chosen as the 2020 Writer of the Year by the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Association. Her most recent novel, Everything You Are, is a finalist in the Nancy Pearl Awards hosted by the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. In addition to writing, she is enthusiastic about encouraging and supporting other writers and is the host of Tell Me Your Secrets, a videocast/podcast featuring lively, informal interviews with authors and other people involved in bringing books into the world. She also loves speaking and teaching on a variety of writing related topics.
When not absorbed in creative pursuits, you’ll find Kerry Anne hanging out with her real-life Viking on their little piece of heaven in rural northeastern Washington. www.writeattheedge.com
Register at cwcmarin.com/october.
Saturday, September 19, 1:00 – 2:30 pm Online
Redwood Writers presents
Submit to Indie Lit! with Lise Quintana
If you’re still new to submitting, smaller independent literary journals are a great place to break in—most of them are starving for great content. Learn how to find the right lit journal for your work, and how to maximize your chances for success using a submission management program.
Lise Quintana’s work can be found in SLAB, Red Fez, Drunk Monkeys, Instant Magazine, The Rambler, and Role Reboot, among others. She headed Zoetic Press, which produced the journal NonBinary Review and the Viable chapbook series. She is the former editor in chief of Lunch Ticket, the literary journal of Antioch Universtiy Los Angeles’s MFA program. She’s the inventor of the Lithomobilus ereader, a program for creating and reading nonlinear literature. She is active with the Bay Area Book Festival, Litquake, and National Novel Writing Month. Her latest effort is a podcast about weight-related issues called Living Large in America.
To Register (Become a Marin Member first for member discount): https://redwoodwriters.org/meetings/
Hello Writers!
Thank you to all of you who responded for our brainstorming session. Your assistance was invaluable, and your passion for the Marin branch heart-warming. Although we did not manage to recruit new board members (but did recruit one volunteer), we decided that we would buckle down and not only keep the branch going, but sow the seeds to help it grow.
To that end, in addition to Marin pulling together an exciting speaker program lineup for the year, we have made an agreement with Redwood Writers (CWC in Santa Rosa) to provide even more opportunities for our members. Our agreement will allow our members to participate in Redwood Writers’ online meetings at the member rate, and vice versa. Members will not have to become a dual member for this discount.
If members choose to take advantage of Redwood Writers’ online meetings, our members have the opportunity to pay the Santa Rosa branch $30 upfront for their year’s meetings through June 2021 (with the exception to December and February meetings which are open to Redwood Writer members only). Otherwise, they charge a $5 member rate for each meeting attended. More info on how to do that to come.
Marin’s meetings will continue to be $5 for members and $10 for non-members with the exception of possible special events which would have their own pricing structure with a discount for members.
One of our brainstorm participants said that “last year was one of our best years yet.” We hope you’ve been able to take advantage of our rich programming this past year including presentations by David Corbett on “Compelling Stories with Three Dimensional Characters and Four Corner Conflict,” Mary C. Moore on “How to Query an Agent,” and Ruth Schwartz on “Best Practices for Self-Publishing with KDP and IngramSpark,” and many other incredibly talented presenters. You can see our past events on our website. (As always, we welcome your ideas for new programs).
With our collaboration with Redwood Writers, we expect nearly twice the number of equally-engaging online meetings this next year for you to enjoy. If we are lucky, we may have a few in person gatherings if conditions permit.
So, we invite you to renew your membership in the California Writers Club–Marin today.
Why Join CWC-Marin?
We will continue to feature programs to help you with your writing:
CWC Member-Only Benefits:
Your membership is vital to help us continue to deliver quality programs for writers like you. So, whether you are a current member or you have let it lapse, please join today.
Current Members:
Current members can renew for only $45 if paid by September 30. The fee for new members and members renewing after Sept. 30 is $65 — that includes the state organization’s $20 fee for new members. To renew, please look out for the PayPal invoice shortly, or go to https://cwcmarin.com/join/. If you wish to pay by check, please make it payable to CWC and send it to: CWC- Marin, Treasurer, 124 Tiburon Blvd, San Rafael, CA 94901.
Former Members and New Members:
Come back and join in the fun. Go to our website https://cwcmarin.com/join/ to join for $65.
Students:
Join the fun for only $10. Go to our website https://cwcmarin.com/join/ to become a member.
Out of the Area:
Consider a Dual Membership for only $25 when Marin is your second membership. Go to our website https://cwcmarin.com/join/ to join.
Renew today! Our membership year runs from July 1 – June 30.
Upcoming Events:
Due to the fires, our September event line up may change. We will announce the upcoming events by early September.
The first online event will be on Saturday, September 19th 1:00 – 2:30 pm. Details to follow, but mark your calendar.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at marincwc@gmail.com.
We look forward to seeing you again on Zoom!
Sincerely,
The CWC-Marin Board
Mike Van Horn, Alison Marshall, Jett Walker, Mary Krefting and Diane Vickers
We’re thrilled to welcome Linda Joy Myers for our June 28 meeting. She’ll be speaking on “The Magic of Memoir — Weaving Memory and Story.”
To sign up, fill out the RSVP below and we will email you the link in advance of the presentation.
The presentation is free, however, we are asking for donations, which will contribute to the honorarium for our presenter. You can donate before or after the presentation.
(In-person meetings are $5 for members and $10 for non-members.)