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May 10th Speaking Event: Mount Diablo California Writers Club Writer’s Table

SF Bay Area Writers: Please come join me at the May 10th Meeting of the Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club. Writer’s Table starts at 11:15 am and goes until noon. The featured speaker, Allison Landa will follow from 1 to 2 pm and will speak on What Can We Learn About Writing from Reality TV? Gordon Ramsay. The Kardashians. And … you? As preposterous as it may sound (and it does!), we can learn about our craft by watching reality television. Join us to learn more!

Location: Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant

611 Gregory Lane
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Click here to register:
https://cwcmtdiablo.org/meetings-and-workshops/

FEATURED SPEAKER: Allison Landa is a writer of memoir and fiction. Her book BEARDED LADY is an account of living with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, but it’s really about what makes you feel weird in the world. Her work has been featured in venues including Business Insider, Parents Magazine, GoodRx, The Guardian US, and The Washington Post. She has held artist residencies at MacDowell, Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow, WordSpace, Playa Summer Lake, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and The Julia and David White Artists’ Colony. Allison earned her MFA in creative writing from St. Mary’s College of California and writes, teaches, and coaches from her home in Berkeley, where she lives with her husband, son, and manic dog. Stalk her at allisonlanda.com.

Cost

Members: $30             Guests: $35
Includes buffet lunch.
Pay online or at the door. Note: Price increases after May7th.

Filed Under: book launch, Events, Publishing, Uncategorized Tagged With: #bookannouncement, #booklaunch, #bookmarketing, #bookrelease, #writing, book launch planning, book release methods, how to launch a book, tips for authors

11/26/22 Event -Transformed by Travel at Flashlight Books

Please join Heidi Eliason, Lucinda Jackson and myself from 2:00 to 3:30 pm at Flashlight Books in Walnut Creek.

Filed Under: Africa, Bay Area, Events, Reading, Uncategorized Tagged With: bookstore, Confessions of a Middle Aged Runaway, Flashlight Books, Heidi Elliason, Lucinda Jackson, Project Escape, reading, speaking, transformed by travel, travel, writing

Speaking Event: November 12, 2022 Mount Diablo California Writers Club

Topic coming soon.

Meeting 11:00 am to 1:00 pm

Zio Fraedo’s Restaurant
611 Gregory Lane
Pleasant Hill, CA

$25 to $30 (nonmembers), includes lunch.

Register at https://cwcmtdiablo.org/

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August Diablo Gazette Articles

Loads of content in the August edition of The Diablo Gazette. My book review of The Maid by Nita Prose appears on p. 11, learn about sweet husky Sergeant Rocky, dog surfing competitions, dog food recalls and more on p.12 and my article on Danville’s Eugene O’Neill Tao House is on p. 20.

And much more!
http://www.diablogazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Diablo-Gazette-Aug-22-D.pdf

Filed Under: Book Review, Diablo Gazette, dog rescue, Dogs, Reading, Uncategorized, zipper nose doberman Tagged With: dog food recall, Dog rescue, dog surfing, dog training, Eugene O'Neill, excessive barking, husky, Maid, Nita Prose, rubydooby_do, Tao house, writing fellowship

2/16/22: Muse Board Podcast: Link and Blog Post

Please listen in at 10 am on 2/16 to my interview with the Nonfiction Authors Association. Here is the link: https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/podcast-interview-jill-hedgecock-02-16-2022-how-to-use-a-muse-board-to-keep-your-writing-process-on-track/

The associated blog can be found at:

Muse Boards – A Time-Saving Writing Tool by Jill Hedgecock

Filed Under: Events, Uncategorized Tagged With: muse board, Nonfiction Authors Association, podcast interview, Stephanie Chandler, writing, writing techniques, writing tool

July Diablo Gazette

Any bird of prey enthusiasts out there? Please see my story on the remarkable recovery of the peregrine falcon in East SF Bay on page 11. Also see my book review of The River by Peter Heller on page 9 and sweet one-eyed husky Colleen who needs a home on page 16. Also on page 16, don’t miss household dangers for your dog, dog owner liability, the winner of Westminster agility, and making your dog a blog star. And gardeners – check out David George’s column on sage on p. 6.

#birdwatching #birdlovers #reader #huskylife
http://www.diablogazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Diablo-Gazette-D_JUl_21.pdf

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Event: June 21, 2025 Book Reading and Scavenger Hunt at Reasonable Books

San Francisco Bay Area people please come to this fabulous event. Win the scavenger hunt and get a huge gift basket! Don’t forget to RSVP! Hope to see you there!

May 10th Speaking Event: Mount Diablo California Writers Club Writer’s Table

SF Bay Area Writers: Please come join me at the May 10th Meeting of the Mount Diablo Branch of the California Writers Club. Writer’s Table starts at 11:15 am and goes until noon. The featured speaker, Allison Landa will follow from 1 to 2 pm and will speak on What Can We Learn About Writing […]

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