Capture Those Special Moments

Before They Flitter Away

 

with

Ingrid Lundquist

Author/Speaker

About the speaker:

Ingrid Lundquist, founder of The Book-in-Hand Roadshow, is a creative spirit with talents in photography, writing and event production. Author of five business books, a photo story book, and the short story collection Touching Venus, she also teaches classes for Sierra College, Elk Grove Adult Community Education, and the Crocker Museum.

Join Ingrid and learn tips and tricks about building a book that can be wrapped as a present and maybe even serve as a group-bonding project.

See IngridLundquist.com

Writers Network Meeting
November 1, 2019
9-11 AM

Perko’s, 6215 Sunrise Blvd., Citrus Heights (north of Greenback)

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 Research Tips for All You Write

with

Gini Grossenbacher

Award-Winning Author, Editor, Speaker at  Elk Grove Writers & Artists/JGKS Press

About the speaker:

Gini Grossenbacher, M.Ed. A California native and former CWC board member, Gini Grossenbacher teaches creative writing in the AWA method, edits fiction and memoir, and writes historical romantic fiction and poetry. She has recently published Madam in Silk, a woman’s novel of Chinatown in 1849 San Francisco. Her debut novel Madam of My Heart garnered the 2018 IPPY silver medal for Historical Fiction; finalist in the 2018 American Fiction awards for Historical Fiction; honorable mention at the 2018 San Francisco Book Festival for General Fiction; and runner-up in the 2017 Hollywood Book Festival for Genre Fiction; and was a “recommended book” by Kirkus Reviews.

Writers Network Meeting
October 4, 2019
9-11 AM

Perko’s, 6215 Sunrise Blvd., Citrus Heights (north of Greenback)

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Questions? Ask via our Contact page.

 How Fiction & Creative Nonfiction

Can Influence & Improve Your Work

 

with

Valerie Fioravanti

Writing Instructor & Coach

Stretching is good for muscles, and it’s good for writers, too. Writing in a different genre can supply a greater awareness of language, purpose, and perspective, qualities which can then inform and influence your current form.

About the speaker:

Valerie Fioravanti is the author of the linked collection of Brooklyn stories Garbage Night at the Opera from BkMk Press, which won the Chandra Prize for Short Fiction. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in many literary journals, including North American Review, Cimarron Review, and Hunger Mountain. Her work has garnered eight Pushcart Prize nominations and a Fulbright Fellowship to Italy. A New York City native, she lives in Sacramento, where she teaches workshops and coaches writers privately.

 

Writers Network Meeting
September 6, 2019
9-11 AM

Perko’s, 6215 Sunrise Avenue, Citrus Heights (north of Greenback)

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Questions? Ask via our Contact page.

Writing What You Know

– A Writer With Ink in His Veins –

 

with

Andy Furillo

Author, Crime Reporter, Newsman

Andy Furillo has always been a writer with name recognition, first as a journalist, then as the author of a book about his famous father, sportscaster and writer Bud Furillo, published in 2016 by The Santa Monica Press.  Andy now writes crime fiction set in Sacramento.  He shares his observations of a writer’s life in and out of the public’s eye.

About the speaker:

Andy Furillo grew up the son of a newspaperman and became one as well.  He spent most of his career at the Sacramento Bee, winning several national journalism awards.  His first book chronicled his father Bud Furillo’s career as a renowned sportswriter and radio and television broadcaster.  Andy self-published his first crime fiction novel in 2018.

 

 

First Friday Network Meeting, August 2, 2019
9-11 AM Coco’s, 7887 Madison Avenue, Citrus Heights
Bring Market Leads & Marketing Tips

 

 

Questions? Ask via our Contact page.

Power Launch Your Book on Facebook

 

with

Christine Villa

Publishing Services Consultant, Author and Poet

Are you worried that you don’t have the budget to throw a big book launch party? Or, are you anxious about how many people will show up on your book launch? No need to fret or frown! You don’t have to spend a fortune or leave the comfort of your own home to get people excited about your book. I will give you some tips and guidelines to host a successful virtual book launch party on Facebook.

About the speaker:

Christine “Chrissi” L. Villa, founder of Purple Cotton Candy Arts, started a small business to explore her own creativity in arts and crafts and is subsequently expanding into publishing children’s picture books. Christine has published nine book titles since 2014, two of which won first place in the 2018 and 2019 Northern California Publishers and Authors (NCPA) Book Awards Competition.

Christine is also an award-winning tanka and haiku poet published in respected online and print journals. Her collection of Japanese short-form poetry is entitled The Bluebird’s Cry. She is the founding editor of Frameless Sky—the first DVD haiku and tanka video journal that is a collaboration of art, poetry, and music.

 

First Friday Network Meeting, July 5, 2019
9-11 AM Coco’s, 7887 Madison Avenue, Citrus Heights
Bring Market Leads & Marketing Tips

 

 

Questions? Ask via our Contact page.