Speaker

Our speaker will be Anne Da Vigo on “Creating Fiction from Real Events” Anne Da Vigo is the author of Night Flight, inspired by the real-life 1955 airplane bombing out of Denver […]

Our speaker will be Catharine Bramkamp on “The Creative Impulse in an Age of False Perfection” Catharine Bramkamp is a writing coach and workshop facilitator; and she has authored 27 books, […]

Our speaker will be Matthew Minson on “Similarities in Writing Comedy and Horror.” Screenwriter and author Matthew Minson has written for Esther’s Follies and numerous comedians. He received the “Best Indie Book Award for […]

Our speaker will be William O'Daly on “Imagination and Community: Translating Our Lives Into Poetry.” William O’Daly has translated eight books of the late-career and posthumous poetry of Chilean Nobel laureate […]

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 […]

Rebecca Inch-Partridge Wednesday July 15, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon Our speaker will be Rebecca Inch-Partridge on “The Trilogy Survival Guide: Do’s and Don’ts for Writers” Rebecca Inch-Partridge is […]

August Program Mary Jones & Rebecca Inch-Partridge Mentoring and Critique Groups Wednesday, July 19th, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon The program on August 19 is not “critiquing” but about our critiquing spin-off groups. Chery Anderson interviewed Mary and Rebecca last Wednesday, and here is what they expect to cover in their half of […]

September Speaker Teresa Jade LeYung Wednesday September 16, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon Our speaker will be Teresa Jade LeYung on “Attract ATTENTION Before and After Publication with […]

November Speaker Dan Hanel Wednesday, November 18, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon  Our speaker will be Dan Hanel on "History, Mystery and Murder - In the Shadow of […]