I Love to Teach Writing Workshops!

I joined the California Writers Club eons ago when I first moved to the state. I’m still involved years later because what an impressive organization!

According to the Website history:

The informal gatherings of Jack London, poet George Sterling and short story writer Herman Whitaker, among others, eventually formed the Press Club of Alameda. In 1909, a faction of the membership split off to form the California Writers Club with Austin Lewis, an English civil libertarian, as the first president. Under the leadership of Dr. William S. Morgan, a quarterly bulletin was started in 1912, and California Writers Club incorporated in 1913, choosing the motto “Sail On!” from Joaquin Miller’s poem, “Columbus.”

The club now has hundreds of members and 21 branches.

Next week is California Writers Week, an official designation declared by the California State Assembly in 2003.

Out of curiosity, what’s your favorite line of dialogue?

Mine: “My, she was yar.” Kathryn Hepburn in “The Philadelphia Story.”

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SCATTERED LIGHT, a novel, sequel to WINTER LIGHT, (Nov. 2025)

THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD a historical novel

BLISS ROAD, a memoir

WINTER LIGHT, a novel, in paperback and audiobook

THE WIND THIEF, a novel

GROWING GREAT CHARACTERS, a resource for writers

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