Previous meetings/speakers - most pages have photos of the event
2008
- June '08 - Martha Engber (Great Characters From the Ground Up)
- May ’08 - Leslie Griffiths (Young Writers Banquet)
- April ’08 - Emily Boyd (Publishing From A to Z)
- March '08 - Meredith Maran (Nonfiction Workshop)
- February '08 - Hailey Lind (Inform Your Writing with your Passion and Knowledge)
- January '08 - Elisa Southard (Break Through the Noise)
2007
- December '07 – Fran Wojnar, Myles Knapp and Frank Thornburgh (An Author Trifecta: Crime, Book Reviews, and Performance)
- November '07 – Camille Minichino and Hailey Lind (Get Your Manuscript on the Road)
- October '07 - Ron Shoop, Random House Sales Representative (Inside Tips for Writers)
- September '07 - Bryan Tolin & B. J. West (Collaborative Writing)
- April '07 - Beth Lisick (Humor)
- March '07 - Beth Proudfoot (How to get the Most Out of a Writers Conference)
- February '07 - Simon Wood (Mystery/Thriller)
- January '07 - Janis Cooke Newman, Author, Kate Nitze, Editor (Historical Fiction)
2006
- December '06 - Two CWC members - Sally Tubach (POD Publishing), Bev Lauderdale (Time Sequencing In Novels)
- November '06 - Writing Coaches Jane Anne Staw and Donna Levin (Breaking Writers Block)
- October '06 - Larry Habegger (Travelers' Stories)
- September '06 - Andrew Sean Greer (Revising Fiction)
- June '06 - Kathryn G. McCarty (Writing for Stage and Screen)
- May '06 - Kathryn Reiss (Children's novel) & Young Writers Contest Awards
- April '06 - Justice James Marchiano (Stories from the appellate court bench)
- March '06 - Joshua Braff (Humor in serious fiction)
- February '06 - David Cole (How to get published)
- January '06 - Martha Alderson (Plots, scenes)
2005
- December '05 - Panel - Three CWC members - Jill Hedgecock (essays), Tammy Maxon (newsletters), Lee Paulson (humor)
- November '05 - Author-Panel Workshop (Story Writing)
- October '05 - Margaret Lucke (Short Story / Freelance)
- September '05 - Nina Schuyler (Historical Fiction)
- June '05 - Bark Magazine Editors (Literary animal fiction & nonfiction)
- May '05 - Lynn Hazen (Children's novel, picturebook) & Young Writers Contest Awards
- April '05- James Dalessandro (Fiction, nonfiction, screenwriting)
- March '05 - Ted Weinstein (Literary Representation)
- February '05 - John Billheimer (Mystery)
- January '05 - Jean Gonick (Humor, columns)
2004
- December '04 - Panel - Three CWC members - Donna Cook (self-publishing), Paul Cooper (columns), Ray Nelson (sci-fi)
- November '04 - Karen Joy Fowler (Fiction)
- October '04 - Ying Compestine (Children's & Cookbooks)
- September '04 - Marty Nemko ('How-to' books and articles)
- June '04 - Loretta Ichord (Children's nonfiction) & Young Writers Contest Awards
- May '04 - Richard Stockton (Humor)
- April '04 - Jill Lublin (Publicity)
- March '04 - Thomas Farber (Many genres - fiction & nonfiction)
- February '04 - Ann Parker, Mystery (Historical)
- January '04 - Gonzalo Ferreyra - A behind-the-scenes look at bookstores
2003
- December '03 - Panel - Three of our members - Betty Fielding, Katrina Prado, Pearl Atkins Schwartz
- November '03 - Dena Fischer (Amy Rennert Agency)
- October '03 - Ron Borland (Songwriting)
- September '03 - William Wong (Ethnicity in Journalism and culture in general)
- June '03 - Marisa Montes (Children's) & Young Writers Contest Awards
- May '03 - Writers Liz Pentacoff, Al Garrotto and Camille Minichino (What works for me)
- April '03 - Cara Black (Fiction - Mystery)
- March '03 - Tess Uriza Holthe (Novel - blending fact and fable)
- February '03 - Michael Larsen & Elizabeth Pomada (Agents and Publishing)
- January '03 - TenSpeed Press's Aaron Wehner & Gonzalo Ferreyra (Publishing)
2002
- December '02 - Barry Eisler (Fiction - Mystery)
- November '02 - Jessica Barksdale Inclán (Fiction)
- October '02 - Richard Dry (Fiction) & Matt Wills TV News Workshop
- September '02 - Wendy Lichtman (Freelance & Writing in First Person)
- June '02 - Gennifer Choldenko (Children's) & Young Writers Contest Awards
- May '02 - Debra Levi Holtz (Memoir) and David Alpaugh Poetry Workshop
- April '02 - James Kruger (Subsidy-/Self- publishing)
- March '02 - Ethan Watters (Writers community & freelancing)
- February '02 - Rhys Bowen (Mystery, YA and more)
- January '02 - Claudia Mon Pere (Essay and Memoir)
2001
- December '01 - Fritz Tubach, Bernat Rosner, Sally Tubach (Nonfiction)
- November '01 - Matt Wills (Television News)
- October '01 - Catherine Coulter (Historical Romance/Suspense Thriller)
- September '01 - Elizabeth Fishel (Memoir, nonfiction)
- June '01 - Katherine Sturtevant (Historical fiction/Children's)
- May '01 - Eric Maisel (Psychotherapy/How-to's for creative people)
- April '01 - Clive Matson (Facilitating creativity & Poetry)
- March '01 - James Dalessandro (Screenwriting, fiction & nonfiction)
- February '01 - Frank Baldwin (Fiction)
- January '01 - Tess Collins (Mystery & Writing)
2000
- December '00- Susan Page (Inspiration & How to get published)
- November '00 - Sarah Andrews (Mystery)
- October '00 - Carol Lynn Pearson (Poetry, Plays, nonfiction)
- September '00 - Journalists Panel (How to sell to the print media)
- June '00 - Marilyn Sachs (Children's books)
- May '00 - Gil Mansergh (Movies)
- April '00 - David Alpaugh (Poetry)
- March '00 - Gail Tsukiyama (Historical Fiction)
- February '00 - Christine Walker (Facilitating creativity)
- January '00 - Beverly Lauderdale (Freelance writing)
1999
- December '99 - Lori Fairweather (Mystery)
- November '99 - Stephen D. Gutierrez (Short story & essay)
- October '99 - Eric Maisel (Psychotherapy/How-to's for creative people)
- September '99 - Mary Jane Ryan (Publisher - nonfiction)
- June '99 - Three of our best!
- May '99 - Molly Giles (Short Story)
- April '99 - Cynthia Bass (Historical novel)
- March '99 - Jean Hegland (Futuristic)
- February '99 - Gary Bogue (Wildlife)
- January '99 - Penny Warner (Mystery)
1998
- December '98 - Brenda Hillman (Poetry)
- November '98 - Marion Cunningham (Cookbooks)
- October '98 - Thaisa Frank (Writer's Voice)
- September '98 - Ruth Heller (Children's books)