Free Monthly Meeting

(includes Q&A) 

Saturday, February 18, 2023

 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Arden Dimick Library
891 Watt Avenue
Sacramento, CA

 – or –

Join with Zoom

Passcode 868719

 

with

Somadhi Kakwasi 

Author, Storyteller, Writing Teacher

Join me on a dive into braiding differing themes to create unforgettable creative
nonfiction for your reader’s heart and mind.

Attendees will:

* Learn what makes a creative nonfiction essay braided.
* Learn how braiding (or threading) adds meaning to the overall message
* Learn how to create coherence or unity in a braided essay
* Learn where to find additional resources on the braided creative nonfiction essay
* Learn a 5-minute mind-map to discover 2-3 braids for your creative nonfiction

In 2007, Somadhi Kakwasi earned an MFA in creative writing to help her
settle into authoring in her senior years. She’s published “Coming Forth
by Day,” a novel, two children’s books, and her flash fiction stories have
appeared in Flash Fiction magazine, an online literary journal.

 

 

Free Monthly Meeting

(includes Q&A) 

Saturday, January 21, 2023

 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Arden Dimick Library
891 Watt Avenue
Sacramento, CA

 – or –

Join with Zoom

Passcode 674974

with

Jill Hedgecock

Awarding-Winning Novelist and Freelance Writer

Travel broadens your life perspective, creating a muse board reveals the details—both experiences will make you a better writer.

Attendees will:

• Understand the importance of treating setting as character in travel-based writing
• Take the necessary steps to retain the sensory details of your travel experiences
• Learn what a muse board is and how to create one
• Discover the 12 benefits of writing a muse board

Jill Hedgecock is an award-winning and internationally published author of four novels and writes monthly book and pet columns for a Bay Area paper. Jill was the Program Coordinator for Mount Diablo CWC for 8 years, twice received a Distinguished Service award, and currently judges the club’s young writer’s contest. To learn more visit www.jillhedgecock.com.

 

Free Monthly Meeting
Live and Zoom presentation
(includes Q&A) 

Saturday, November 19, 2022

 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Arden Arcade Library
2443 Marconi Avenue
Sacramento, CA
– OR –
Click here to join via Zoom

with

Paul Zeidman

Award-winning Screenwriter

Every film begins with the script. Knowing the basics of writing a screenplay can set you on the right path.

Attendees will learn:

• The importance of “Show, don’t tell”
• What should and shouldn’t be on the page
• What do we mean by structure, and why is it so important?
• Familiar, but different, OR, Where have I seen this before?
• It’s a marathon, not a sprint

Paul Zeidman is an award-winning screenwriter and the author of the three Go Ahead and Ask screenwriting books. Paul has also been running his screenwriting blog Maximum Z since 2009, co-hosts the Creative Writing Life podcast, and has been the featured guest on several
screenwriting podcasts.

Free Monthly Meeting
Live and Zoom presentation
(includes Q&A) 

Saturday, October 15, 2022

 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Arden-Dimick Library
891 Watt Avenue
Sacramento, CA
– OR –
Click here to join via Zoom

with

ML HAMILTON

Amazon Top 100 Mystery Author

People always say, “Write what you know,” but to be successful you need to write what you love.

Attendees will:

• Learn the features of the fantasy genre
• Learn the features of the mystery genre
• Learn how to switch genres successfully
• Learn what makes a “good” book no matter the genre
• Learn how to evaluate their own goals for writing

In 2010, ML Hamilton made her first New Year’s resolution – to get serious about her writing. That same year she found a publisher, Wild Wolf Publications, in England and became a traditionally published author. After five years with Wild Wolf, she decided to venture into the exciting world of self-publishing. Since that time, she’s published 65 novels, written an award-winning screenplay, and sold more than 300,000 eBooks.

 

Free Monthly Meeting
Live and Zoom presentation
(includes Q&A) 

Saturday, September 17, 2022

 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Arden-Dimick Library
891 Watt Avenue
Sacramento, CA
– OR –
Click here to register for Zoom

with

Jacquelyn Smithson Howard

Poet-Author-Ghostwriter-Editor-Publisher 

The lessons are the blessings. I help people tell their stories in ways they never thought possible!

About the speaker:

• I write between the lines.
• I don’t follow academic rules.
• I follow my own God-Winks and Heartsongs.
• I am stubborn and unapologetic.
• The Dash is the Journey.
• I speak my truth and invented the Giggle N Smooch Club through my writing. 

Jacquelyn Smithson Howard is a freelance writer and poet who writes about the shared experiences of life and love and uses her stories to uplift others. She is a member of the ZICA Creative Arts & Literary Guild. She has published 19 books, three of which are with her 96-year-old Aunt, who was a Black Catholic Nun for nearly 70 years until her death on 5/13/22. The royalties for their books together fund a scholarship program for at-risk Black youth in their hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. She resides in Elk Grove, California, and can be reached at itsmytimetosoar@gmail.com.