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Our speaker will be Jojo Cook on “Social Action Writing: What Makes The Pen Mighty?” Jojo Cook is a native of Auburn and a graduate of CSU Monterey Bay’s Social Action […]

Our speaker will be Karen A. Phillips on “Using Tropes to Strengthen Your Story.” Karen A. Phillips is a past president of Capitol Crimes, the Sacramento chapter of Sisters In Crime. […]

Our speaker will be Geri Spieler on “Bringing Journalistic Rigor to Fictional Storytelling.” Former Investigative Journalist Geri Spieler landed an agent and a publisher for her breakthrough book, Housewife Assassin: The Woman Who Tried to Kill President Ford (Diversion Books), based on her extensive and vetted research. Subsequently, she landed an option for a ten-episode TV series based on the […]

Our speaker will be Rebecca Inch-Partridge on “The Trilogy Survival Guide: Do’s and Don’ts for Writers” Rebecca Inch-Partridge is the author of the Paraxous Star Cluster trilogy — with Escaping the Dashia […]

Mentoring Program with Mary Jones & Specialty Critique Groups with Rebecca Inch-Partridge The program on August 19 is not “critiquing” but about our critiquing spin-off groups. Chery Anderson interviewed Mary […]

Our speaker will be Teresa Jade LeYung on “Attract ATTENTION Before and After Publication with Ease” Teresa Jade LeYung is a Story-theme Consultant and Platform-building Coach. Teresa’s mantra is “Reach out, not stress out. Help your fans find you!” Visit her blog via http://ourbeautifulbrains.com, and her YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/videos.  

 Our speaker will be Dan Hanel on "History, Mystery and Murder - In the Shadow of Diablo Series" Dan Hanel is author of the In The Shadow of Diablo historical mystery series — Mystery of the Great Stone House, Death at the Healing Waters, Ghosts of Black Diamond, and Beneath the Tangled Vines. Dan worked in public education for forty […]