What do you do after you’ve screamed in the shower and punched your pillow? When you’re a writer, you sit down and write. While we are all going through the same pandemic, our experience is personal and unique. At the October 2, First Friday Forum on Zoom, we will have an opportunity to share our pandemic experiences. It doesn’t have to be your best writing or ready for publication, just what you are willing to share.

Bring (if you choose) something to read aloud: 500 word limit.  We are a kind audience of your peers.

Passcode: 043907

 

 

with

Nanci Lee Woody

Author

Nanci Lee Woody has been a college professor, author of textbooks in math and accounting, and Dean of Business at American River College. Her first novel, Tears and Trombones, won an IPPY (Independent Publishers) medal for BEST FICTION IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC REGION and a 5-STAR REVIEW and MEDAL from Readers’ Favorites in the Literary Fiction category.

Nanci’s short stories and poetry have been published in print anthologies and online.  She wrote the book and lyrics for a musical, “Hello to Life!,” and produced it in collaboration with her husband, a musician.

In her spare time, she draws and paints and takes photos.  Her artwork has appeared in numerous juried shows in the Sacramento area and in the KVIE (PBS) annual on-air fundraising auctions.   Her photo, “Supermoon,” won the Juror’s Award in the Fine Arts Category at the California State Fair in 2017.

For reading and art samples – nancileewoody.com

 

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with

Amy Rogers

Writer, Scientist

Genre fiction readers expect certain things. To please them, use these tried-and-true techniques from successful thriller writers.

 

• Understand how reader expectation determines reader satisfaction in genre fiction
• Identify a book’s “hook” and distinguish it from “theme”
• Learn Steve Berry’s definition of story: Goals + Motivation + Conflict
• Learn tricks to incorporate science into a novel
• Understand the importance of defining your audience before putting technical material in your fiction

 

Amy Rogers, MD, PhD, is a Harvard-educated scientist, novelist, blogger, journalist, and educator who specializes in all things science-y. Her thriller novels use real science and medicine to create plausible, frightening scenarios in the style of Michael Crichton. She is a long-time member of CWC and International Thriller Writers. Learn more at AmyRogers.com.

 

 

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This month’s Writers Network will be an opportunity to bring your most intractable, gruesome, horrendous writing challenge to our forum of compassionate writers for ideas. We can’t promise a perfect solution, but we can promise sympathetic ears and our best suggestions. Think of it as crowdsourcing on a tiny scale.  If that chapter ending eludes you, a character won’t cooperate, or your tendency to procrastinate is out of control, together we may help you find a way through it.

To leave time for discussion, we only ask that you bring a problem that can be explained succinctly. Using examples from your work is encouraged. Comments on the work of others should be supportive and brief.

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You will need a computer with camera and mic (best would be a new-ish laptop), or smart phone, or camera attachment for your computer plus telephone to call in for audio portion.

Karen Holladay Durham lives and writes in Sacramento. She has published in the literary magazine American River Review, and has been a featured reader on the live-recorded writersontheair.com radio show and blog.

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You will need a computer with camera and mic (best would be a new-ish laptop), or smart phone, or camera attachment for your computer plus telephone to call in for audio portion.