Jill Hedgecock

Fiction Writer

Publishing

January Diablo Gazette: Chinchillas, Christmas Bird Count and Covid Early Alert Dog Stories

I wrote a lot of articles for January: My Covid dog story on Early Alert Canines is on page 7. Book review of This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel on page 12, Adopt a chinchilla as a pet on page 16, page 11 for the results of the 2022 Contra Costa Christmas Bird Count.

2/11/23 Mount Diablo California Writers Club – Writer’s Table Featured Speaker

I will be speaking on Book Hooks: Eight Seconds or Bust at the Mount Diablo CWC from 11:15 till noon, at Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant, 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523, followed by a buffet lunch and Kevin Fisher Paulson who will speak on the topic of Honoring the Creative Self

Meeting Cost (includes buffet lunch): $25 Members and $30 Non-Members for early bird registration
Pay an additional $5 for registration at the door
Registration required:
https://cwcmtdiablo.org/cwc-mt-diablo-presents-kevin-fisher-paulsen/

November 12, 2022 Event Mount Diablo California Writer’s Club

This Saturday!

I’m so excited to be speaking at the Mount Diablo branch of the California Writers Club on 11/12 at Zio Freados Italian Restaurant 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA. Preregistration required.
https://cwcmtdiablo.org/meetings-and-workshops/
$25 members/$30 nonmembers.
Includes a Buffet Lunch at Zio Freados! Members can sell their books!
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Exciting Announcement! New Event: Nonfiction Authors Association Podcast Interview 2/16/22

I’m thrilled to announce that I will be interviewed by the amazing Stephanie Chandler of The Nonfiction Authors Association on Monday 1/24 at 11:00 am. I’ll be discussing the benefits of using a Muse Board.

Upcoming Event-2/13/21 Mount Diablo CWC

Jill: The End: Finding the Best Way to Wrap It All Up

Penny Warner: Writing Dialogue
10 am 2/13/20 $5 CWC members; $10 nonmembers
 https://cwcmtdiablo.org/current-cwc-mt-diablo-meeting/:

Whether it’s a chapter ending or the conclusion of a novel or memoir, endings matter. Not every chapter needs to end with a cliffhanger, but there should be a sense of drawing the chapter’s purpose to a close.  Every book should leave the reader with a sense of satisfaction. It doesn’t have to be a happy ending, but it does need to tidy up all the loose story ends. There’s nothing worse than leaving your reader with this thought: “Did their printer run out of ink?”

During this Writer’s Table, I will cover:

How beginnings and endings are linked

Examples of successful ways to end books

How genre can affect endings

Differences between chapter versus book endings

When to think about your ending

Writing Exercise