Forging Better Writers
The fourth Wednesday of each month is our Drop-in Critique. These events are in-person only. Members may bring up to five pages of their work, double spaced with Times New Roman size 14-point font, to read and receive feedback. For information please email goldcountrywriters1849@gmail.com To be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall. Click […]
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 […]
The second Wednesday of each month is our Drop-in Critique. These events are in-person only. Members may bring five (or six) copies of up to five pages of their work, double spaced, to read and receive feedback. For information please email goldcountrywriters1849@gmail.com To be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall. Click here for […]
All members are welcome to attend monthly business meetings of the GCW Officers, Directors, and Leadership Team.
Wednesday, April 29, is a fifth Wednesday, and Gold Country Writers will have a special celebration of 100-Word Story and Poetry Contest winners. The event is called "Hats Off," so wear a hat and bring a potluck dish (GCW will provide sandwiches). All entries will be read by the writers, and the top three chosen […]
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. Her books in the Rocky Nelson Boxing Mystery series, which features an amateur sleuth who boxes, are: A Deadly Combo (Book 1), A Deadly Match (Book 2), […]
The second Wednesday of each month is our Drop-in Critique. These events are in-person only. Members may bring five (or six) copies of up to five pages of their work, […]
All members are welcome to attend monthly business meetings of the GCW Officers, Directors, and Leadership Team.
The fourth Wednesday of each month is our Drop-in Critique. These events are in-person only. Members may bring up to five pages of their work, double spaced with Times New […]
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 Writing Program. Jojo served as president and chief editor of CSUMB’s “In the Ords” Literary Arts Journal where her poetry appeared in several issues. […]
The second Wednesday of each month is our Drop-in Critique. These events are in-person only. Members may bring five (or six) copies of up to five pages of their work, […]
This special event directly follows the March Business Meeting which starts at 10am. Everyone is invited to our first March Mixer. Meet new members, reconnect with current members, network, schmooze, […]