After the San Francisco Writers Conference volunteer meeting, we went to dinner at the Delancey Street Restaurant with a view of the S.F. Bay Bridge. Nice dinner with enthusiastic talk about the up-coming S.F. Writers Conference, February 13th through the 16th. Michael Larsen and Elizabeth Pomada work hard to provide the best writers conference for […]
Written Across the Genres
We are very close to ordering the galley proof for Written Across the Genres. Another step closer to publishing by February 1st. One section toward the end of the book has several name tag mini shorts. The object was to write in one hundred words, a mini short with the sentence, “I have rain in […]
Poet Laureate 2013-15 Sandra Harrison Kay
Pleasanton Poet Laureate Sandra Harrison Kay came to our open mic night for the first time. She read her excellent poem about a woman who said a man she knew recently passed away in his 80’s and that he was such a nice person. The ending resonated with me on many levels. She also read […]
Anthology is in Final Review
The anthology title is now confirmed, Written Across the Genres, and it is at Luminare Press. I’m working with the cover designer for the finishing touches and Linda, ace copy editor, is helping me scan the PDF file to check for possible corrections. Then we get a galley proof and look the whole thing over […]
Haiku Andy on Christmas Day
Haiku Andy sends a Haiku a day if you sign up on his site haikuandydotcom Today’s was: trees at night I tiptoe around the silence Peace to all of you on this Christmas Day.
Harlequin Anthology Reading
Harlequin’s 2014 Christmas Anthology, A Kiss Under the Mistletoe
My story, “The Crumpled Card” has been published in Harlequin’s 2014 Christmas Anthology called, A Kiss Under the Mistletoe. I will have a book reading in Pleasanton Tuesday night. Neva Hodges also will be there to read her story, “The Christmas Tree”. Jordan Bernal will read from her newly published fantasy novel, The Keepers of […]