Category: Luncheon
Luncheon February 2014: Mamie Jean Calvert on Writing for Movies
Saturday, February 15th, 2013 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Note to Club Members: Luncheon meeting fee has increased to $14 (including lunch)
The guest speaker at the Saturday, February 15, 2014 CWC luncheon will be film producer, director and writer Mamie Jean Calvert to speak to luncheon attendees about Writing for the Movies.
Out of 200 entries, Ms Calvert’s script, Sunshine, won the 2012 AOF Festival Best Screenplay award. Inn 2009 she won the Best Screenplay award for Murder by Design. She has been involved in the entertainment industry for over 25 years.
In 1987, Mamie Jean founded Ambra Productions. The Magic of Christmas is the first short Mamie Jean wrote, produced, and distributed for Ambra Productions. Due to the overwhelmingly positive response to this film, she wrote, produced, and directed The Magic of Christmas II, which was released in Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Barnes and Noble in November 2012.
During her career, Mamie Jean has produced and directed more than 200 cable television shows. Her latest screenplay, In the Eyes of a Killer, was filmed on the Sacramento Delta in central California. The film has won many awards, including Best Film (NorCal Film Festival, Sacramento). The trailer for In the Eyes of a Killer can be seen on YouTube. The movie can now be rented at Blockbuster and can be purchased on Amazon. It is also available on pay-per-view. The film has sold to the foreign market as well as domestically to Monarch Films.
Today Mamie Jean continues to collaborate with other film makers, and several projects she is working on are in various stages of development. She is currently filming Magical Mrs. Claus in Elk Grove.
The monthly CWC luncheons are held at Cattlemens Restaurant, 12409 Folsom Blvd., Rancho Cordova
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The newly increased meeting fee: Members, $14; Nonmembers, $16 (lunch is included in the meeting fee).
As always, members and guests are welcome.
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Monthly luncheon is open to the public.
Cost is $14 for members, $16 for nonmembers.
The meeting fee includes buffet lunch and beverage.
Cattlemen’s Restaurant, 12409 Folsom Blvd, Rancho Cordova, CA.
The restaurant is located just east of Hazel Ave. at the northeast end of the Nimbus Winery complex along Highway 50. Cattlemen’s offers CWC a spacious meeting room with free WiFi, quality AV equipment, free off street parking and excellent buffet-style food.
Luncheon January 2014: Linda Joy Singleton on publishing
Saturday, January 18th, 2013 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Linda Joy Singleton
Note to Club Members: Luncheon meeting fee has increased to $14 (including lunch)
The guest speaker at the Saturday, January 18, 2014 CWC luncheon will be Linda Joy Singleton, speaking on “How to stay published in a changing market.”
With over 20 years of publishing experience, Linda will share how she’s continued to sell books to traditional markets while also diving into e-publishing. She has worked for eight traditional publishers, had four agents, had books published in five languages and had a movie option with Fox.
Linda is the author of more than 35 books for kids, including YALSA-honored Young Adult series The Seer and Dead Girl Walking. Her first book, Almost Twins, was published in 1992 and her 2012 book, Buried: A Goth Girl Mystery, is a spin-off from The Seer series. On March 1, 2014, her first picture book, Snow Dog Seasons, will be published by Albert Whitman. She offers writing tips and more on her website LindaJoySingleton.com.
The monthly CWC luncheons are held at Cattlemens Restaurant, 12409 Folsom Blvd., Rancho Cordova from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the California Writers Week celebration.
As always, members and guests are welcome.
*******
Monthly luncheon is open to the public.
Cost is $14 for members, $16 for nonmembers.
The meeting fee includes buffet lunch and beverage.
Cattlemen’s Restaurant, 12409 Folsom Blvd, Rancho Cordova, CA.
The restaurant is located just east of Hazel Ave. at the northeast end of the Nimbus Winery complex along Highway 50. Cattlemen’s offers CWC a spacious meeting room with free WiFi, quality AV equipment, free off street parking and excellent buffet-style food.
CWC Sacramento Holiday Social at Romano’s Macaroni Grill
Celebrate the holidays with your fellow writers and friends! The 6th annual CWC Sacramento Holiday Social will be held at Romano’s Macaroni Grill, 2739 East Bidwell St. in Folsom (Hwy 50, East Bidwell St. exit) on Sunday, December 8, 2013, from 1 PM to 4 PM. Before the luncheon, there will be a no-host Meet-and-Greet starting at noon in the bar area adjacent to the party room.
Cost for the luncheon will be $24 per person, including tax and gratuity, with choice of entree, salad, and non-alcoholic beverage.
Be sure to RSVP! Open to everyone, bring a guest!
Menu
Choice of salad: Caesar, Fresh Greens
Choice of entree:
Pasta (egglant quadratini, penne rustica, pasta milano, fettuccine alfredo with chicken, lasagna bolognese)
Chicken (pollo caprese, chicken scaloppine, chicken parmesan)
or Fish (shrimp portofino, grilled king salmon)
Luncheon November 2013: Writing teacher and mentor Nora Profit
Saturday, November 16th, 2013 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Nora Profit
The guest speaker at the Saturday, November 16, 2013 CWC luncheon will be writing teacher and mentor Nora Profit. Nora has conducted some of the most popular writing workshops ever sponsored by CWC. She will present “Outlining Your Book (fiction or non-fiction): A Roadmap to Literary Success.”
Nora will demonstrate the secret of “emotioneering” for your story or your information. She will help writers to avoid missing sales by missing the mark in their story. Nora says, “don’t ignore how readers read, what they expect and how they get emotionally involved in a book.”
Nora has coached writers from all over the world and many of her students have gone on to publish. She has conducted some of the most popular writing workshops ever sponsored by CWC. Her Writing Loft is based in Paradise and she conducts in-person and on-line classes in all phases of writing and the publishing and promotion process.
For more information about Nora Profit, visit TheWritingLoft.com.
**No Saturday luncheon in December. Be sure to RSVP for the Holiday Social on December 8th!**
The monthly CWC luncheons are held at Cattlemens Restaurant, 12409 Folsom Blvd., Rancho Cordova from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the California Writers Week celebration.
As always, members and guests are welcome.
*******
Monthly luncheon is open to the public.
Cost is $12 for members, $14 for nonmembers.
The meeting fee includes buffet lunch and beverage.
Cattlemen’s Restaurant, 12409 Folsom Blvd, Rancho Cordova, CA.
The restaurant is located just east of Hazel Ave. at the northeast end of the Nimbus Winery complex along Highway 50. Cattlemen’s offers CWC a spacious meeting room with free WiFi, quality AV equipment, free off street parking and excellent buffet-style food.