Mt. Diablo Branch
CWC Board Members
David George, President
President:
David George
Vice-President
William Stong
Treasurer
Joanne Brown
Secretary:
Barbara Bentley
Board Members:
Catherine Accardi
Ann Damaschino
Jody Denison
Danard Emanuelson
Al Garrotto
Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff
Aline Soules
Elisabeth Tuck
Fran Wojnar
Advisory Board Members:
Nannette Rundle Carroll
Betty Iverson
Lee Paulson
Veronica Rossi
Jack Russ
Committee Chairs
Barnes & Noble Fundraiser:
Camille Minichino
Branch Historian:
Fran Wojnar
Central Board
Representative:
David George
Central Board
Alternate Rep:
Jack Russ
Event Logistics:
Danard Emanuelson
Membership:
Jody Denison
Newsletter:
Catherine
Accardi
Programs &Website Chair:
Al Garrotto
Publicity:
Ann Damaschino
Young Writers
Contest Chair:
Elizabeth Koehler-
Pentacoff
Workshops Chair
Elisabeth Tuck
Nannette Rundle Carroll
For information contact info@mtdiablowriters.org
One Hundred Years of Excellence in Writing”
(1909 – 2009)
The California Writers Club ~ Mount Diablo Branch
Features
Suzanne Woods Fisher
“Starting Small”
February 13, 2010
Suzanne Woods Fisher encourages writers to dream big, without overlooking the smaller steps along the writing/publishing path. “Starting small,” she says, “provides many advantages—having time to develop one’s writing craft, understanding the business of book promotion, and learning to speak in front of groups.” Before launching her career as a novelist, she was a contributing editor to Christian Parenting Today. Her work has been featured in Today’s Christian Woman, Marriage Partnership, and Worldwide Challenge. Hooked by the book-writing bug, she began with small royalty presses, then advanced to a larger publisher. Suzanne is the author of the new Amish series, Lancaster County Secrets (Revell). The Choice (January 2010), already in its third printing, is a runaway best seller and book club choice (Crossings, Doubleday, Bookspan). The Waiting is due in October, and she has signed a new three-book contract with Revell.
Date & Time: Saturday, February 13, 2010, from noon to 2:30 p.m. Sign-in begins at 11:30 a.m.
Location: Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant at 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill (near the corner of Gregory Lane and Pleasant Hill Road). Parking is available both in front and behind the restaurant. The restaurant’s phone number is (925) 933-9091.
Cost: $20 for CWC members, $25 for non-members.
Menu: Zio Fraedo’s delicious luncheon buffet.
Reservations: Reservations are required and must be received no later than noon on Wednesday, January 6. To make a reservation, contact Jean Georgakopoulos, via e-mail at, jeaniegpops@comcast.net, or by phone at (925) 934-5677. Expect confirmation only if you e-mail your reservation.
Centennial Writing Contest
Discover the Jack London, John Muir, or Joaquin Miller in you.
Get out your pencils, find your definitive how-to notes,
and write an award-winning query letter in the voice of one of these CWC founders.
Submission deadline -- April 15, 2010
Winners announced -- June 1, 2010
Cash prizes awarded -- June 12, 2010
[All members of Mt. Diablo and Tri-Valley Branches are eligible to enter.]
Click below on for details.
Additional Contest Instructions (pdf)
Contest Judges
To receive information about the above events
and the regular monthly meetings of California Writers Club, Mt. Diablo Branch
e-mail: info@mtdiablowriters.org
Other links
Member's Websites & Blogs | State & Branch
Websites
Members’ Books | Members' Writing Awards | Winners of our 2009 Young Writers Contest