Jill Hedgecock

Fiction Writer

Writing tips

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/

January 23, 2023 Travel Writing Event

Sacramento/Central Valley Friends and Fellow Writers (Zoom available): Come learn about travel writing and muse boards in the New Year. #authorlife #sacramentowriters #travel #travelblogger Zoom is also an option. #speaker #speaking #writingcommunity

https://www.cwcsacramentowriters.org/2022/monthly-meeting-january-2023-travel-writing/

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.

October Diablo Gazette: Half Moon Bay, Tom Franco Interview and Upcoming 10/30 event, and More

Lots of content in this month’s Gazette, please see my interview on page 16 with actor/sculpture artist Tom Franco.

Also, check out my piece on Half Moon Bay on page 11, TWO book reviews this month for Tosca Lee’s medical thrillers on page 14, plus sweet Bennet and info on dog food recalls in my dog rescue column on page 15.

http://www.diablogazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Diablo-Gazette-October-21D.pdf?utm_medium=website

January 25th So You Want to Write a Book Panelist

What’s happening at Orinda Books?

So You Want to Write a Book…
Four local writers, all members of the California Writers Club, Mt. Diablo Branch, will discuss their writing and publishing journeys and offer tips for aspiring writers. A Q&A session will follow.
Saturday, January 25, 2:00 to 3:30

Joining us will be:

David George has published his debut novel, Granddad’s Garden – Stories of the Natural World.  Granddad’s Garden explores the relationship shared by a granddad and his grandson while discovering nature’s laws together. David is President of the California Writers Club, Mt. Diablo Branch, and writes a monthly column on gardening for a local newspaper.

Jill Hedgecock writes monthly book reviews and dog rescue columns for The Diablo Gazette. Her short stories, personal essays and nonfiction pieces have appeared in multiple anthologies, newspapers, and magazines. Her debut novel, Rhino in the Room, won a New Apple Literary Award in 2019.

Dorothy Edwards recently published her first children’s story, Langston’s Moon, a picture book about a young boy who sees the full moon for the first time and believes it is a giant sugar cookie. When the moon dwindles to a tiny sliver, he fears a sky monster has eaten it and the moon will disappear forever.

Andrew Benzie has published a series of books on die-cast collectables which are available on Amazon. A Bay Area native, with over 30 years of experience in the design industry, Andrew established Andrew Benzie Books in 2010 to help authors design, publish, and market their books.

If you have any interest in writing and/or being published,
this is “must-attend” event.

Orinda Books, 276 Village Square, Orinda, CA (925) 254-7606