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SUMMARY:July Speaker Meeting
DESCRIPTION:July 17\, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon\, PDT \n\nOur speaker will be Karen Phillips.\nHer subject will be \n      “It’s All in the Presentation — Cover Design and Book Formatting.” \nThis meeting will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.\nThe public is invited. The meeting is free to attend. \nClick here for Rose Room address\, map\, and directions. Also\, info on Rose Room parking\, now offsite only. \n  \nKaren Phillips is the author of A Deadly Combo (Book 1) and the upcoming A Deadly Match (Book 2) in the Rocky Nelson Boxing Mystery Series. As a graphic designer with a degree in Applied Art & Design from Cal Poly\, San Luis Obispo\, she is passionate about book covers and has worked freelance for many indie authors and small publishers. Her cover design business is Phillips Covers. https://phillipscovers.com/
URL:https://goldcountrywriters.com/event/july-speaker-meeting/
LOCATION:Auburn City Hall – Rose Room\, 1225 Lincoln Way\, Auburn\, CA 95603\, CA\, 95603\, United States
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SUMMARY:April Speaker Meeting\, Beverly Parayno
DESCRIPTION:April Speaker Meeting\nApril 17\, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon\, PDT \nOur speaker will be Beverly Parayno.\nHer subject will be “Drawing from Lived Experience to Write Fiction.”\nThis meeting will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.\nThe public is invited. The meeting is free to attend.\nClick here for Rose Room address\, map\, and directions. Also\, info on Rose Room parking\, now offsite only. \nBeverly Parayno is the author of the debut story collection Wildflowers (PAWA Press\, 2023). Her fiction\, memoir\, essays\, and author interviews appear in Narrative Magazine\, Bellingham Review\, The Rumpus\, Warscapes\, Huizache\, and Southward: New Writing from Ireland. She serves on the board of Philippine American Writers and Artists\, and the Munster Literature Centre in Cork\, Ireland. In 2023\, she participated in and moderated events for the Cork International Short Story Festival.  You can visit her website at www.wildflowersbp.com \n 
URL:https://goldcountrywriters.com/event/april-speaker-meeting-beverly-parayno/
LOCATION:Auburn City Hall – Rose Room\, 1225 Lincoln Way\, Auburn\, CA 95603\, CA\, 95603\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry Contest Celebration
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Poetry Contest Celebration will be held at 12:30 – 3:00 p.m. on the afternoon of April 3\, 2024\, in the Rose Room of the Auburn City Hall. \nMembers are asked to bring a salad or dessert to share for the potluck lunch. \nPoems entered in the contest will be read\, and the top three winners chosen by an outside judge will be honored with certificates. \nClick here for Rose Room address\, map\, and directions.
URL:https://goldcountrywriters.com/event/poetry-contest-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:Auburn City Hall – Rose Room\, 1225 Lincoln Way\, Auburn\, CA 95603\, CA\, 95603\, United States
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SUMMARY:March Speaker Meeting\, Scott Thomas Anderson
DESCRIPTION:March Speaker Meeting\nMarch 20\, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon\, PDT \nOur speaker will be Scott Thomas Anderson\, California Journalist.\nHis subject will be “How I Wrote and Produced the Documentary Crime Podcast Trace of the Devastation.”\nThis meeting will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.\nThe public is invited. The meeting is free to attend.\nClick here for Rose Room address\, map\, and directions. Also\, info on Rose Room parking\, now offsite only. \nScott Thomas Anderson is a journalist\, author\, and podcaster. Scott is the writer and producer of the documentary crime podcast “Trace of the Devastation.” He is also the writer and producer of the documentary travel and cultural podcast series\, “Drinkers with Writing Problems.” Both podcasts are available on iTunes/Apple and Spotify. His two nonfiction books are Shadow People: How Meth-driven Crime is Eating at the Heart of Rural America\, and The Cutting Four-piece: Crime and Tragedy in an Era of Prison Overcrowding. Scott has written for a diverse range of publications and had been awarded the California News Publishers Association’s highest honors for feature writing\, governmental coverage\, agricultural reporting\, and breaking news. https://www.scottthomasanderson.com/
URL:https://goldcountrywriters.com/event/march-speaker-meeting-scott-thomas-anderson/
LOCATION:Auburn City Hall – Rose Room\, 1225 Lincoln Way\, Auburn\, CA 95603\, CA\, 95603\, United States
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SUMMARY:February Speaker\, Lisa Schliff
DESCRIPTION:Our speaker will be Lisa Schliff\, Gold Country Writers member.\nLisa wiil speak on the subject  “Write a Newsletter to Promote Your Books.”\nThis meeting will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.\nDue to a recent change in Auburn City Hall policy\, Gold Country Writers members and guests are no longer allowed to park in the Auburn City Hall parking lot at the rear of the building.\nClick here for Rose Room address\, map\, and directions. Also\, info on Rose Room parking.\nThe public is invited. The meeting is free to attend. \nLisa Schliff is a life-long writer of stories and poems and a teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL). Her debut novel\, Fire in the Springs: A tale of star-crossed immigrants\, is a historical romance novel based loosely on the lives of her great-grandparents\, who immigrated from Germany to Arkansas in the mid-1800s just before and after the American Civil War. Born and raised in Los Angeles\, she received a B.A. in Spanish from UCSB and an M.A. in English/ESL from San Francisco State University. She is currently the Newsletter Editor for the monthly Gold Country Writers Dispatch newsletter. https://lisaschliff.com/
URL:https://goldcountrywriters.com/event/february-speaker-lisa-schliff/
LOCATION:Auburn City Hall – Rose Room\, 1225 Lincoln Way\, Auburn\, CA 95603\, CA\, 95603\, United States
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SUMMARY:January Speaker - Lara Gularte
DESCRIPTION:The third Wednesday of each month is our Speaker Meeting.\nFor January\, our speaker will be Lara Gularte.\nShe will speak on the topic “Is It a Prose Poem or Flash Fiction?”\nThis meeting will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.\nDue to a recent change in Auburn City Hall policy\, Gold Country Writers members and guests are no longer allowed to park in the Auburn City Hall parking lot at the rear of the building.\nClick here for Rose Room address\, map\, and directions. Also\, info on Rose Room parking.\nThe public is invited. The meeting is free to attend. \n\n  \n\nLara Gularte\, Poet Laureate Emeritus of El Dorado County (2021 to 2023)\, is the author of two books of poetry: Fourth World Woman (Finishing Line Press) and Kissing the Bee (The Bitter Oleander Press). Nominated for several Pushcart Prizes\, her work has been published in national and international journals and anthologies. Lara hosts the Poetry of the Sierra Foothills readings at Chateau Davell Winery in Camino and co-leads the Poets and Writers Workshop at the Cameron Park Library.
URL:https://goldcountrywriters.com/event/january-speaker-lara-gularte/
LOCATION:Auburn City Hall – Rose Room\, 1225 Lincoln Way\, Auburn\, CA 95603\, CA\, 95603\, United States
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SUMMARY:Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:December 13 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm PST\n\n\nOn Wednesday\, December 13\, 2023\, starting at 10:00 a.m.\, Gold Country Writers will hold our annual Holiday Party.  The event will inculde a potluck. We hope that all attendees will bring their favorite dish to share with everyone! The event will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall. \n  \nClick here for the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall address\, map\, and directions.
URL:https://goldcountrywriters.com/event/holiday-party/
LOCATION:Auburn City Hall – Rose Room\, 1225 Lincoln Way\, Auburn\, CA 95603\, CA\, 95603\, United States
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