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All Day Writing Workshop
| WF will host an all-day writing
workshop presented in collaboration with Nora Profit and The
Writing Loft.
Complete information here. |
| Jun. 5, 2010 | Charlotte Cook
|  The Final Edit: From Manuscript to Publisher
President of KOMENAR Publishing Charlotte Cook will share tips on how to polish your pages. As an acquisition and story editor, she explains how editors find novels and bring them to publication. In 2010, Charlotte is judging four fiction categories for the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book awards as well as participating in the Willamette and California Central Coast Writers Conferences and leading special events for the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Southern Oregon Rogue River Writers, and California Writers Club. |
| May 8, 2010 | Sallyann Keith
| What a character!
Pointers on creating characters from former Shasta College English instructor Sallyann Keith. The program Includes writing exercises and the opportunity to read aloud to the audience. |
| Apr. 10, 2010 | Susan Wooldridge
|  poemcrazy: freeing your life with words a talk/workshop
Bring scratch paper, pens and a few books of poems to a talk/workshop that will make you feel excited about language as well as poetry and prose. Susan teaches creativity and writing workshops throughout the U.S. This is the seventh year of her series of Northern California rural library workshops sponsored by Poets and Writers Organization and the California Center for the Book.Susan’s book poemcrazy: freeing your life with words (Three Rivers, Random House) is in a twenty-first printing. You’re going to love it, and love writing poetry more for having read it.” About Susan’s more recent book Foolsgold: Making Something from Nothing (and Freeing Your Creative Process), published by Harmony ( Random House), Rachel Naomi Remen wrote that “it’s a book that may save your life.” |
| Mar. 13, 2010 | A panel of four WF members.
| Writing for the Children's Market: Picture Books to YA Crossover.
A panel of four members of the Writers Forum who have published in this popular genre will cover the bases, including writing for the children's market, how to publish through traditional methods, with or without an agent, and how to self-publish.
A drawing for door prizes will celebrate the new meeting location.
Panelists: Jamie Weil, YA author and moderator; Linda Boyden, illustrated children's book author; Charlie Price, YA author; and Carol Giacomucci, children's author.
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| Feb. 13, 2010 | Simon Wood
|  Mystery Writer Simon Wood travels to Redding from the San Francisco Bay Area to speak to Writers Forum on January 9, 2010. His talk will include How to Write Short Stories and How to Create Suspense. Wood is an ex-racecar driver, a licensed pilot and an occasional private investigator. He's had over 150 stories and articles published. His short fiction has appeared in a variety of magazines anthologies, such as Seattle Noir, Thriller 2 and Woman’s World. He's a frequent contributor to Writer's Digest Magazine. He's the Anthony Award winning author of Working Stiffs, Accidents Waiting to Happen, Paying the Piper and We All Fall Down. As Simon Janus, he's the author of The Scrubs and Road Rash. His next thriller, Terminated, will be out next June. His books will be available for purchase and signing at the meeting. |
| Jan. 9, 2010 | Read Around
| Members read their original work on a first come first served basis. Reader's are allowed up to five minutes for their session. Limited spots for non-members are also available. |
| Dec. 12, 2009 | Nora Profit
|  Writing Mistakes That Keep Writers from Getting Published
"With the=2 0right information, anyone can write well and get published,"says Nora Profit. She should know. She’s been writing and getting paid for what she writes for more than thirty years including being a featured author in both the Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul and Chicken Soup: Living Your Dreams. Nora, founder of The Writing Loft, Northern California’s only creative writing school, knows that grammar mistakes are easy to cure. Style mistakes are not. Style mistakes send an unqualified message that a writer is an amateur. Publishers and editors are willing to take a chance on a new writer, but they are leery about taking a chance on a writer unfamiliar with the necessary craft of writing. Nora will show attendees how to move their writing from ordinary to memorable by identifying common style errors essential for mastering the magic of craft. |
| Oct. 10, 2009 | Steve Brewer
|  What I Learned From Writing a Screenplay.
WF member, author and columnist shares this unique experience in what is sure to be an entertaining, thoughtful and humorous talk. |
| Sep. 12, 2009 | Pamela Spoto
| Poetry that Speaks Out.
Pamela Spoto is a performance artist, published poet, educator and lover of Mother Earth—and all her inhabitants. Her poetry moves through love to politics to the environment to peace and justice. She will read some of her poetry, talk about her writing process, put forth ideas on sustainability—and possibly do one performance piece with a hand drummer. |
| May 2, 2009 | Doni Greenberg
|  Recycling a trashed career: When forced do-overs bring magical make-overs
Amazing adventures can follow life disasters. Sometimes that's exactly when the most interesting life options appear.
Doni Greenberg is an award-winning journalist, opinion columnist and food writer who lives with her husband, in Igo, California. Her writing excellence has been recognized by the Associated Press, the California Newspaper Publishers Association and E.W. Scripps. In 2007 Doni received the Woman of Achievement Community Award from the American Association of University Women. 2007 was also the year Doni's job abruptly ended at the local newspaper, so she founded her online website, Food for Thought. Later joined by Kelly Brewer, the site's name to Food for Thought: A News Café,
www.anewscafe.com. |
| Mar. 7, 2009 | Kelly Brewer
|  GO PUBLISH YOURSELF! How the Changing Media Landscape Frees You
from the Tyranny of Pinheads
Kelly Brewer is a career journalist who has written and edited newspapers, magazines, novels, textbooks, corporate brochures and websites. She and business partner Doni Greenberg own and operate aNewsCafe.com, an independent-journalism website offering North State news, color and commentary from a variety of contributors. |
| Jan. 31, 2009 | Charlie Price
|  After the First Book: The Agony and the Ecstasy. Charlie Price has worked in psychiatric hospitals and schools for at-risk children for many years. Now he is an executive coach who writes psychological thrillers for teens. Charlie's first novel, DEAD CONNECTION, was released in paperback this year and his second book, LIZARD PEOPLE, has received good reviews. Charlie will speak to the unique challenges and rewards of working on the “next book.” |
| Jan. 3, 2009 | Jane Arnett and Mary James
| Dinner at Home Should Be More Than A Brought-In Bucket of Chicken. Guaranteed to renew our traditional interest in home cooked meals, local authors Jane Arnett of Inwood, up Shingletown way, and Mary James of Churn Creek Bottom - now publishing their 3rd edition of their popular "Inwood Farms Cookbook" - will share their history and taste filled experiences in the making of their cookbooks from their collection of 50 years of recipes. |
| Nov. 1, 2008 | Lezlie Winberry
| The importance of speaking engagements when promoting your nonfiction book. She'll answer questions such as: Me, speak in front of an audience? I'd rather die! Why do I need to promote my book? Where do I start? Who is my audience? Can I get paid? |
| Oct. 11, 2008 | Rob Rock
|  INDIA 2008 Robert Rock, local author and lecturer, will present a powerpoint tour of India at 10:30am in the Community Room of Shasta County Library on Saturday September 6. The presentation is sponsored by the Northern California Writers Forum. The public is invited, admission free. Robert and his wife Margrid traveled in February of this year through the central and southern regions of India, photographing temples, palaces, people and the tea mountains of Kerala. |
| Sep. 6, 2008 | Tony D'Souza
| Tony returns to the forum to talk about his new book, The Konkans. |
| May, 2008 | Dr. William Shadish
| Retired Redding physician Topic: his recently published book, When Hell Froze Over, a memoir of the 1010 days he spent in a Chinese prison camp during the Korean War |
| Apr., 2008 | Sharon Owen
| Writer and teacher in the mystery genre, Author Events Coordinator at the Shasta College Library.Topic: "I Don't Know Beans About Writing Mysteries." Writing mysteries, sub-genres, agents, publishers, self publishing, conferences, workshops, organizations, editors, online support groups, research, resource books. Helpful handouts. Q&A and discussion. |
| Mar., 2008 | Celeste White
| Award winning author of the novel The Last Good Fairy which received the New England Book Show Award and the children's book The Legend of the Flying Hotdog which was chosen by Parents magazine as one of the Best Kids' Books of the Year for 1989. Celeste is founder and publisher of Keswick House Publishers and co-founder of the local literary magazine, The Hot Air Quarterly. |
| Feb., 2008 | Tom Sears
| "Outside the Wire"
Former International Peace Advisor in Iraq shares his experiences. |
| Nov., 2007 | Mel Jackson
| "A Sculpture of Words." First meeting at the new Redding Library location!
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| Sep., 2007 | Steve Brewer
| Author and Columnist addresses the fun and excitement of selling screen rights to a book. |
| Apr., 2007 | Cathy Elliot
| Author of "A Vase of Mistaken Identity,"
leads a workshop on "Before and After Book Publication:
The Art of Productive Waiting and Author Promotion." |
| Feb., 2007 | Charlie Price
| "Underground Voices." Author of teen novels shares tips and views. Charlie works with private companies and onprofit agencies in the areas of leadership, team building, executive coaching, strategic planning, and conflict resolution. |
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