Tri-Valley Writers Conference 2015 The Tri-Valley Writers Conference is a full day event on the art and business of writing. Share your passion for writing and network with writers and industry leaders. Featuring three tracks: Craft, Marketing, & Self-Publishing Date: Saturday, April 18, 2015 Time: 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CONFERENCE PRESENTERS: JIM AZEVEDO is the […]
Community — A Poem on Coming of Age Croneicles
Re-blogged from: Community – A Poem Community – A Poem by Ann Winfred from Coming of Age Croneicles In bygone days, Neighborhood folks gathered on porches Touched the world and each other Nodding, smiling, calling out. Sprinklers caught sunlight in rainbows. – In bygone days, Inner-city folks gathered on […]
Betsy Streeter's Silverwood
Betsy Streeter’s Silverwood
William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying is Faulkner’s fifth novel published in 1930. Most of the 59 chapters are short and are narrated by 15 different characters in a stream of consciousness writing technique. He wrote it in six weeks and didn’t change a word of it. It’s considered one of the best novels of 20th-century literature. […]
Story Accepted for Publication
Los Positas College accepted my story called “Waiting” for their 2015 anthology.
What Is The Correct Genre?
My present project, Norman in the Painting, needs a specific genre. I called it a suspense with paranormal elements but someone said that category didn’t fit. A suspense novel involves imminent danger, high stakes, and threats. Usually the readers and characters know the perpetrator, but the problem is to avoid the impending doom. Waves of […]