California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch
Dedicated to Educating Writers of all Levels
Karen A. Phillips writes humorous, fun, action-packed mysteries. She has several short stories published in various anthologies. Her characters are engaging and fearless. The Rocky Nelson Boxing Mystery series features an amateur sleuth who boxes . . . and yes, Karen also takes boxing lessons.
Visit her at www.KarenAPhillips.com.
Publishing Paths for Today’s Strategic Author –
Choices, Decisions & Priorities
CWC-Sacramento Network Meeting
Friday, April 4th from 9 am to 11 am at
Denny’s Restaurant, 8841 Greenback Lane, Orangevale, CA, 95662
Denny’s has a nice private room where we can close the doors and keep the noise to ourselves.
Discover pros and cons of various publishing paths to determine which is the best match for your definition of success, time frame, budget, skill set, and level of control.
What attendees will learn from Lisa’s presentation:
Lisa Montanaro is the author of the novel, Everything We Thought Was True, and nonfiction books, The Ultimate Life Organizer, and “The Brand Called You! Personal & Professional Branding for Authors,” featured in Launch Pad: The Countdown to Marketing Your Book. Lisa serves as Webinar Host for the Women’s Fiction Writers Association.
We currently continue to hold hybrid meetings with zoom.
Please be aware that zoom participation may be limited interaction only.
Zoom will be opened at 10am ready for the presentation.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 817 3734 0307
Passcode: 227171
Sacramento Public Library Presents.
Submissions, from April 1 and ending May 31, 2025
At Sierra 2 Community Center for the Arts & Community, Room 9.
2791 24th St., Sacramento, CA 95818
Local independent authors can submit their works to the annual Indie Author Project (IAP) Contest for a chance to win cash prizes and build an audience for their work. I’ve included information and a link to the submission page below. As with all services through the Sacramento Public Library, all of our local author resources are free.
IAP Contest Prizes and Eligibility include:
The winners of this contest will receive:
Each book that is submitted to the contest must be:
Authors can submit work to the contest and get more information here:
CWC-Sacramento Meeting
Saturday, March 15th, from 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm at
The Spaghetti Factory, 1625 Watt Ave, Sacramento, CA 95864 Open to the Public!
Writing Coach and MFA faculty member, Sierra Nevada College
Imprudent, impulsive, poorly planned, wildly exciting—writing a short story is, as Lorrie Moore once pointed out, like having a brief intense love affair. Whereas a novel is a marriage. Marriages are fine and well, but if you’re writing and reading for fun, you might want to play the field a bit—fall in and out of love a few times, maybe get your heart broken without destroying your life. In this talk, we’ll focus on the craft (and process) considerations specific to this most exhilarating of literary forms.
A streetcar named desire?
What you will learn from Peter
Popular writing coach and instructor Peter Mountford is the author of the award-winning novels A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism, and The Dismal Science. His work has appeared in the Paris Review, Ploughshares, The Atlantic, New York Times (Modern Love), The Sun, Granta, Guernica, and elsewhere. He teaches at UNR’s low-residency MFA at Lake Tahoe. His collection of stories Detonator, will be out in fall, 2025. Learn more: mountfordwriting.com
Tickets are $30 if you buy 3 days before the event. Menu selection must be chosen at time of purchase. The buffet includes salad, bread, ice cream, and coffee. Walk-ins and late purchases will be $35.
Madam Pantaloons: a local historical figure
CWC-Sacramento Network Meeting
Friday, March 7th from 9 am to 11 am at
Denny’s Restaurant, 8841 Greenback Lane, Orangevale, CA, 95662
Denny’s has a nice private room where we can close the doors and keep the noise to ourselves.
How far have women’s rights come since the days of the California Gold Rush?
What attendees will learn from Jenifer’s presentation:
Jenifer Rowe has published numerous short stories. Unexpected Findings, her first novel, earned Finalist in the 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Madam Pantaloons: Gold Rush Pioneer (2023) will be followed by more juvenile non-fiction. Her second novel, Blood and Boundary, will be the first book in a trilogy.
We continue to hold hybrid meetings with zoom, but please be aware that zoom participation may be limited to audience only.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 817 3734 0307
Passcode: 227171