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Past Events
Speaker Meeting – James L’Etoile
November 15, 2023
You can view James L’Etoile’s talk from November 15, 2023 on Auburn Community TV here:
Gold Country Writers, James L’Etoile :Building Author-Bookstore Relationships.” – YouTube
Speaker Meeting – Meera Ekkanath Klein
October 18, 2023
You can view Meera Ekkanath Klein’s talk from October 18, 2023 on Auburn Community TV here:
Gold Country Writers, Meera Ekkanath Klein “Food and Fables in Fiction Writing.” – YouTube
Speaker Meeting – Sands Hall
September 20, 2023
You can view Sands Hall’s talk from September 20, 2023, on Auburn Community TV here:
Gold Country Writers Sands Hall – YouTube
Sands Hall gave her “Overlapping Strategies in the Writing of Fiction and Memoir” presentation to Gold Country Writers on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. Sands Hall—author, professor, theatre artist, singer-songwriter—is the author of a novel, Catching Heaven; a book on the craft of writing, Tools of the Writers Craft; and most recently of the award-winning memoir, Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology (Counterpoint Press); Blackstone Audio produced the audio book, read by the author. A popular teacher, she leads workshops and lectures at the Community of Writers — summer writing workshops in Olympic Valley, California. Sands also teaches courses on Scene, Point of View, and more. For details: https://sandshall.com.
Speaker Meeting – Two Programs
August 16, 2023
Speaker Meeting – ML Hamilton
July 19, 2023
Speaker Meeting – Richard Meredith
June 21, 2023
Speaker Meeting – Lois Ann Abraham
May 17, 2023
Our speaker was Lois Ann Abraham, author of Deborah’s Gift and other works. Her topic was “Feelings, Nothing More Than Feelings.”
You can view Lois Ann Abraham‘s talk from May 17, 2023, on Auburn Community TV here:
Gold Country Writers Lois Ann Abraham – YouTube
Speaker Meeting – Susan M. Osborn
April 19, 2023
Our speaker for April 2023 was Susan M. Osborn, author of Awful Bosses Coloring Book and other works. Her topic was “Creating Flash Fiction.”
You can view Susan M. Osborn’s talk from April 19, 2023 on Auburn Community TV here:
Gold Country Writers Susan M. Osborn – YouTube
Speaker Meeting – Barbara Young – March 15, 2023
Our speaker was Barbara Young, author of “The Heart That Rocks Health Care: Nurses—Move from Stress to Success, Empowerment and Influence.” Her topic was “Manifesting Your Book.”
You can view Barbara Young’s talk from March 15, 2023 on Auburn Community TV here:
Speaker Meeting – Kathy Lynne Marshall – February 15, 2023
Our speaker was Kathy Lynne Marshall, author of seven books that record the lives of her European and enslaved African American ancestors. Her topic was “Research for Writers.”
Speaker Meeting Wednesday, January 18
You can view Georgette Unis’ talk from January 18, 2023, on Auburn Community TV here:
Gold Country Writers Georgette Unis – YouTube
Holiday Party & Potluck December 14
In December, our 2nd Wednesday meeting will be a Holiday Party. This event will be held in-person at the Barnstormer Room at the Auburn Municipal Airport. Map, address, and directions are on our home page.
For information, please email goldcountrywriters1849@gmail.com
Speaker Meeting (Third Wednesday) Brian Wallace
November 16 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm PST
The third Wednesday of each month is our Speaker Meeting. For November, our speaker will be Brian Wallace, an award-winning artist. His topic will be “Finding Inspiration and Staying Inspired.” Brian will talk about the five things that helped him stay inspired to write, illustrate, and publish his first children’s book, Daisy and the Dirty Dozen.
This event will take place on November 16, 2022, from 10am to noon. The public is invited.
This meeting will be held at the Barnstormer Room at the Auburn Municipal Airport. Map, address, and directions are on this page.
Speaker Meeting (Third Wednesday) Joey Garcia
October 19 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm PDT (No video available for this event.)
Gold Country Writers will be meeting at the Barnstormer Room at the Auburn Airport throughout the month of October, including the above meeting. The change is because of water remediation in the Rose Room at City Hall. Thanks to Frank Nissen, above is a map to help you find the Barnstormer Room. Address and directions are below the map.
On Saturday, September 24, at 1:00 pm, Gold Country Writers celebrated Our 10-Year Anniversary Gala at the Barnstormer Room, Auburn Municipal Airport. Click here to see wonderful photos!
On Saturday, September 8 – 11, Gold Country Writers will have a booth at the Gold Country Fair.
You can view Amy Rogers’ talk from September 21, 2022 on Auburn Community TV here:
Gold Country Writers Amy Rogers – YouTube
You can view Dierdre Wolownick’s talk from July 20, 2022 on Auburn Community TV here:
Gold Country Writers Dierdre Wolownick – YouTube
You can view Joan Griffin’s talk from June 15, 2022 on Auburn Community TV here: Gold Country Writers Joan Griffin – YouTube
You can view James L’Etoile’s talk from May 18, 2022 on Auburn Community TV here: Gold Country Writers Jame L’Etoile – YouTube
You can view Mary Helen Fein’s talk from March 16, 2022 on Auburn Community TV here: GCW Mary Helen Fein – YouTube 
