Category: Luncheon
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.
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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.
Luncheon September 2013: Best-selling thriller author James Rollins
Saturday, September 21st, 2013 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
James Rollins, local best-selling thriller writer
New York Times best-selling author James Rollins is the scheduled guest speaker at the Saturday, September 21, 2013 CWC, Sacramento Branch luncheon. His subject: “Put the Thriller in Your Thriller” (or any novel).
The former Sacramento area veterinarian discovered he had a knack for writing; specifically, writing thrillers. He sold his vet practice and has since written 27 action-packed novels—with more on the way.
The New York Times says Rollins’s “roguish charm comes from his efforts to persuade readers the story is credible [through] real-life sources for his novel’s science, history and geography.” Rollins’ rare blend of action, suspense, and knowledge was also mentioned by the Huffington Post, which stated that “After Crichton passed away in 2008 he clearly passed the baton to James Rollins who, like Michael Crichton, is a renaissance man.”
Rollins will share with CWC Sacramento Branch luncheon attendees some of his secrets for building thrills into his thrillers. He will also be open to questions about his work methods, his path to publishing success and how he got to where he is today.
The monthly CWC luncheons are held at Cattlemens Restaurant, 12409 Folsom Blvd., Rancho Cordova from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Since Jim’s appearance is likely to draw more attendees than usual, it is strongly advised that members who plan to attend RSVP by email to Steve Liddick. RSVPs will be given first priority for seating.
As always, members and guests are welcome.
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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.
Luncheon June 2013: Bud Gardner & Jennifer Martin on writing principles that WORK
***New location for CWC-Sacramento Saturday Luncheon Meetings***
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.
Saturday, June 15th, 2013 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
As always, members and guests are welcome.
Writing coach Bud Gardner and author Jennifer Martin will address the CWC June 15, 2013 luncheon, the final luncheon before the summer break. Bud taught creative writing at American River College. He mentored CWC member/past presenter Dahlynn McKowen, who says luncheon attendees can expect a very entertaining presentation.
Their presentation title: “Writing Principles That Work.” Bud will begin with a writing check-up, asking if writers are pleased with the results they are currently getting, and then he and Jen will share five unique principles that will lead to better results. Bud and Jen will share memorable stories to support their intriguing writing principles. They will add a dash of humor to keep the balance, touch on conquering the fear of writing, and share how to write from the heart.
Jennifer Martin has been a published author since the age of ten. A high school and college teacher/administrator, a television host/producer in the Sacramento area and on the Travel Network, and an award-winning novelist (The Huna Warrior) and screenwriter (The Hunatics Club), Jen has many stories published in the Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies. Bud Gardner, named the most Inspirational Writing Coach in America, motivated his students to write and sell 10,000 articles and stories, plus 200 books, earning for themselves more than $10,000,000, reaching 600-million readers worldwide. He is the co-author of the bestseller Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul. He is also founder and Head Coot of the Sun City Harmonicoots, the largest working harmonica band in America.
You won’t want to miss this extraordinary presentation with Bud and Jen, which just might jump-start your writing career.
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Monthly luncheon is open to the public.
Cost is $12 for members, $14 for nonmembers.
The meeting fee includes buffet lunch and beverage.
New location: Cattlemen’s Restaurant, 12409 Folsom Blvd, Rancho Cordova, CA