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Tuesday, September 17 Vicki Stiefel Writing a scene can be a daunting prospect. But scenes are the chains that link your narrative together, transforming it into a story. What exactly is a scene? How is one put together? How do you create tension? What's the scene goal? The answers to these and other questions will light the path to writing a dynamic and active scene, one that makes your readers drool for more.
Award-winning author Vicki Stiefel's fantasy romantic suspense series, The Afterworld Chronicles, launched with Chest of Bone. The fourth in the series, Chest of Fire, will be released in 2019. Her mystery/thrillers—Body Parts, The Dead Stone, The Grief Shop (winner, Daphne du Maurier award), and The Bone Man feature homicide counselor Tally Whyte. Tapping into her love of knitting, she wrote Chest of Bone: The Knit Collection and co-wrote 10 Secrets of the LaidBack Knitters. Vicki taught fiction writing at Clark University and ran The Writers Studio with her late husband, William G. Tapply. She is currently working on Altered, the first book in the Made Ones Saga.
Tuesday, October 15 Booktoberfest! WHAT’S INSIDE
Booktoberfest! Share your published work 2019 CCW BBQ Pictures 5-6 at the October CCW meeting! This is a Announcements 3-4 wonderful opportunity for our members As the Pen Flows 9 with published works to share a few CCW President’s Letter 2 passages. Contests and Conferences 10 If you 1) are a club member, 2) published in the last three If the Shoe Fits 11 years, and 3) would like to read for 5-7 minutes at the October meeting, please let Laurie Sheehan know at Member Profile 7 [email protected] or 831-324-0376. Additional The Last Word 11 details to come in your favorite email inbox. The Poetry Corner 8
Bonus! Quilt raffle at Booktoberfest. Tickets are $10 each. Toni Morrison (1931-2019) 5
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CCW President’s Letter By Laurie Sheehan
September President’s Letter
September has long been a favorite month of mine. I was one of those nutty kids that really did look forward to the first day of school. I liked blank notebooks begging to be filled with brilliant ideas, Trapper Keepers, seeing my friends, catching up on the summer happenings, and new shoes. After high school I got a “real” job and rented a miniscule house near the yacht harbor in Santa Cruz. And, I truly mean miniscule. The bathroom door bumped into the toilet and I had to step into the cement shower stall to close the door. The only sink was in the kitchen, which was basically a fridge, stove, and sink along one wall. The whole building was 15 feet by 15 feet. The gap under the front door was big enough that snails could crawl in, so I slept with a flashlight to check where to step at night. I was 18, and I thought that dumpy house was fabulous. But, I digress. September late afternoons were light enough and warm enough that it was possible to spend hours at the beach. And, with the proper group of friends those afternoons would turn into evenings of bonfires and stories and music.
Once I was a bit older, I appreciated the first crisp, clean breezes that came with September and how even slight changes in weather are harbingers of our minor California seasonal changes. I began to look forward to the annual festivals of September—the Capitola Art and Wine Festival, the County Fair, and honestly any Octoberfest. I loved these things, but they were even more fun once John and I began to date and I had someone to share the experiences.
When John left Santa Cruz to attend Aviation Officer Candidate School, I was 23 years old. Maybe a part of me thought things might go back to the way they had been before, more likely I didn’t give any thought to what it would be like (Laurie at 23 was not a woman of planning and forethought). What I soon realized was that, without John, nothing was as enjoyable. It might sound clichéd, but that’s when I realized I’d found a soul mate; I didn’t know what I had until it was gone.
I’d like to say that I was thrilled when John asked me to marry him, and I was in a way. But, mostly I remember feeling calm and certain. That brings me to my favorite thing about September. This month, in 2019, John and I will celebrate th our 30 anniversary. Thanks, Honey it’s been a grand adventure, and I’m looking forward to another 30 years … together.
I wish each of you your own grand adventures that feed your soul and your writing.
Laurie
[Ed. Note and correction from last month. Laurie’s handmade bookish quilt is to be raffled off at the Booktoberfest meeting in October. If you haven’t bought raffle tickets yet, you can do so at the September and October meetings. Tickets are $10 each.]
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Announcements
Welcome to our new CCW members: Debra Kirkley, Cindy A. Stein
Member Congratulations CCW member Jeanette Nicely has published Book Two of the Womara Series, Warrior Rising, in her fantasy trilogy. The journey continues for Seanna, warrior scout for the all-female clan of the Womara, with sweeping adventures full of love, betrayal, and a looming threat in this epic tale. Catch up on Book One, Unconquered Warrior, a tale of a defiant women who escaped slavery into an ancient forest rather than return to bondage. Available on Amazon or at JLNicely.com.
“Delivering the salt- and blood-kissed depths readers expect, this vampire tale is everything a sequel should be.” —Kirkus Reviews RISING by T.C. Zmak was featured in the August 1st issue of Kirkus Reviews magazine, which called the DARK SURF sequel "a real treat to read, maybe even more than the original.” The full review can be found at http://www.darksurf.com or https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/tc-zmak. SAVE THE CAT + Writing Mysteries—the Next Ccw Confab Maybe you’ve heard fellow writers talking about “Save the Cat” and wondered what the heck that is all about. Maybe you’ve wanted to write a mystery, but could use a little help. Or maybe you’d just like to mingle with fellow writers.
Join Central Coast Writers for our next “confab”—our semi-regular series of writing get-togethers—on Saturday, September 21, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30-ish at the Monterey Public Library. Joyce Krieg will give an overview of the “Save the Cat” method of plotting, and will do a crash course on writing mysteries—plus answer your questions. This mini-workshop is appropriate for writers of any level, and you don’t need to be working on a mystery—“Save the Cat” is applicable to any genre of popular fiction.
Most of you know Joyce, but in case you are new—she is the author of three mysteries published by St. Martin’s Press, is the immediate past president of our parent organization, California Writers Club, and is the secretary of our branch. She has taught classes on writing mysteries through the UC-Santa Cruz extension.
Free admission, open to all, no pre-registration needed. Just c’mon down to the Monterey library, 625 Pacific St., Monterey, on Saturday morning September 21.
An Evening With Dorothy Parker Submitted by Carol Marquart Dorothy Parker—poet, screenwriter, playwright, writer of short stories, and fierce drama/literary critic for Vogue and The New Yorker got her start with the Algonquin literary roundtable. Famous for her “black and blue” verse, her razor-wire wit, her rocky romances, and her suicide attempts, Dorothy Parker lives on in this three-person staged reading by Carol Marquart, starring Fred Bologna, Harriet Lynn and Andrea McDonald. Last Perfomance: Saturday, September 7, 3:00 p.m., at the Little House, Jewell Park, Pacific Grove. Come early. Seating is limited.
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Announcements (con’t.)
Steinbeck Festival Report Submitted by Patricia Hamilton CCW sponsored a workshop—How to Write Dynamic Settings—at the Steinbeck Festival held on August 3 at the National Steinbeck Center. We had 17 attendees who were very pleased both with what they learned and with the camaraderie they experienced by sharing their stories about writing dynamic settings with other writers. Presenters: Joyce Krieg, California Writers Club President 2016-2019, published author and professional editor; Patricia Hamilton, publisher, Pacific Grove Books; with Sarah Pruitt at the CCW Information table.
Joyce Krieg and writers Sarah Pruitt with attendees Elayne Azevedo and Nancy Ferguson
Patricia Hamilton and the MAN!
Heritage Theatre Artist’s Consortium Audition Notice Heritage Theatre Artist’s Consortium is seeking actors to portray historic Monterey individuals for the Monterey 250 th Mosaic Community Celebration on June 3, 2020 in honor of the 250 anniversary of Monterey. Harriet Lynn, director/playwright for this celebration, will conduct the auditions Monday, September 9, 2019, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at Monterey Public Library in the Community Room. Contact [email protected] or call/text: 443-630-5312.
Scene Mastery Workshop Submitted by Dorothy Vriend Our friend and speaker C.S. Lakin is having a 3-day workshop here from November 3 - 6. She writes: "It's a super intensive, fun boot camp in which writers not only learn deep technique for crafting powerful scenes, but also read scenes, work and rework them, applying what's taught, to end up with scenes that are terrific. The process is so helpful because once writers get how to write scenes that will move readers emotionally, they can use all these techniques for all future writing, fiction and nonfiction. "Here's the info on the boot camp writingforlifeworkshops.com/workshops/scene-mastery. The max is 20 people, and since you all are in the area, you can come for the day sessions (Monday-Wednesday, 8:30-4:30) instead of having to book a room." Those who have attended her workshops rave about them!
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Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
An accomplished and impactful writer, Toni Morrison gifted us with eleven novels, children’s books, plays, and an opera. Two CCW members weigh in on how she influenced them.
“My friend, the novelist Sona Charaipotra, says that fiction can be a mirror or a window. For me, Toni Morrison was both. I was raised in my Southern family's romanticizing of our slave-owning ancestors. My childhood playgrounds were Civil War battlefields and cemeteries. My cousins donned grey uniforms to “fight for the South” in reenactments. Confederate flags flew everywhere in my hometown even though two historically black colleges are located there. As a child, I never gave any of it much thought. No one talked about it. It just was. But when I first read Beloved in college, I felt the earth of my soul crack open. I saw my white family's history reflected back to me in the mirror of that novel, and through the window, I saw people who lived in the same place as my ancestors but never in the same world. I saw truths that were always there if I had only looked. After Beloved, I read all her novels that had come before and all she wrote after. That crack in my soul will always be there, and through its imperfections, I will see all the better.“ —Shelly King
“Toni Morrison wrote of the universal human experience. She wrote to the bone and put flesh on it.” —Harriet Lynn
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2019 CCW BBQ August BBQ Pictures Captured by Clarissa Conn A beautiful day made the August BBQ extra special this year. The Grices grilled delicious meats, salmon, shrimp, and veggies and we had plentiful side dishes. John Sheehan’s beautiful hand-crafted games were again a hit. Some members who responded in the positive did not appear, but a few who were expected to come let us know they could not make it after all, and that’s much appreciated.
Whispering Pines is an excellent venue. Thanks so much to John and Laurie for all of pre-picnic work and to Clarissa Conn who arrived early to help. Did you know that the Grices arrive at 6 a.m. to work their magic? It seems magic to us, but I’m sure they (and the Sheehans) are exhausted at day’s end.
Also, Clarissa not only took the photos, but cropped and sized them, and identified everyone. What a champ!
The Gathering Griller Harold Grice Sam and Deb Grice Shanna Iudice and Trish Watson and Ivan Olguin Jeanne Gavrin
Trish Watson, Carol Renati Mannan Patrick Whitehurst Nancy Swing and Mike Latta and Marquart, Pat Hanson and Laurie Sheehan Mary Kay Hamilton Andrea Brown
Mark Kriger and Lana Bryan and Ken Holden and JT Rethke and Joyce Krieg and John Sanders Bob Whitsitt Maria Skyttä Vournee Nolte Wanda Sue Parrott
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August BBQ Pictures (con’t.)
Joyce Krieg and Jeffery Whitmore Jeanne Gavrin Nancy Swing and Don and Jackie Jonathan Shoemaker and Patricia Hamilton and Alana Myles Russell Sunshine Craghead
Dennis Hamilton and Deej Smith Cynthia Guthrie Barak Laub and Joan Maiden Stephen Choi Kristin Bacina
Alana Myles, Wanda Sam Grice, Jeanne John Sheehan, Jack Dick Guthrie, Russell Lana Bryan, Trish Sue Parrott, Carol Gavrin, Lana Bryan Erikson, Laurie Sunshine, Cynthia Watson, Mark Marquart Sheehan Guthrie, Nancy Swing McDonald, Bob Whitsitt
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By Michelle Smith
“By the Seat of Her Pants” Debra J. Smith
When her sixth-grade teacher gave her an assignment to “write what you know,” Debra J. Smith, an avid reader of science fiction, also fond of writing multipage letters to friends, turned in a story that earned her an A grade. “That A lit a fire under me,” Debra says of the “domino effect” that would ultimately spawn her writing career. Before getting serious about writing, however, she completed vocational courses at Sawyer Business College and Bryman School for Medical Assisting. She earned a therapeutic massage certificate at Monterey Institute of Touch, and she worked in a variety of doctors’ offices. But she didn’t hunker down with writing until 1999 “when the kernel of an idea for [her] fantasy series was born.”
In the beginning, Debra wrote day and night just to get her ideas down on paper. Eventually, her routine became rather inconsistent.
“I’m a by-the-seat-of-the-pants writer,” she says. “It truly depends on when inspiration hits.”
A fan of Jim Kjelgaard, Rudyard Kipling, and C.S. Lewis, Debra took to the fantasy genre. She likens her adventure fantasy series, Secrets Beyond Scymari, to Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia. She’s published three installments thus far; the fourth is in the hands of her editor, but she’s unsure of the final count.
“That’s what happens when you’re doing it by the seat of your pants. It’s been quite the rollercoaster ride.”
Despite the rollercoaster ride or, perhaps, because of it, Debra has found that tenacity is a necessity for successful writing.
“Perseverance, no matter what, has kept me going despite ups and downs with my writing.”
Additionally, she emphasizes the importance of finding a professional editor who fits.
“Always check with at least three. Having the wrong editor could hold you back and move you in the wrong direction.”
A member of CCW for three years, Debra also attends weekly meetings with a NaNoWriMo group where she not only creates new work but occasionally engages in the dreaded editing process. While she’s not a fan of that process, self-imposed deadlines guarantee that she’ll dedicate a few hours to it. On the side, she “tinkers” with her camera in her studio at Open Ground Studios, the first community art studio to open on the Monterey Peninsula. After she completes her fantasy series, she hopes to develop an anthology of short stories.
Michelle Smith’s articles have been published in a variety of magazines. Her website is theebonyquill.com.
Scribbles September 2019 8 The Poetry Corner
By Nancy Jacobs
Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1961. of two children. The first was with Fred D'Aguiar, with Her biological father was a Nigerian student at whom she had a son when she was in her twenties. Aberdeen University and her biological mother was a Much later she was in a lesbian relationship with Carol Scottish nurse. She was adopted at birth and grew up Ann Duffy, but during that time she had a daughter with in Glasgow where she studied English at the Royal Peter Benson. Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Kay also attended Stirling University, where she eventually Jackie Kay said, "When the love of your life dies, the became Chancellor. Kay's first book is called The problem is not that some part of you dies too, which it Adoption Papers, written from three different does, but that some part of you is still alive." perspectives: the adoptive mother, the birth mother, and the daughter. This book was very successful. She Something Rhymed won the Scottish Arts Council Book Award as well as by Jackie Kay the Saltire Society Scottish First Book of the Year Award. Kay is a versatile writer, writing poetry, plays, You’re a gem, you’re a holy cairn children's books, short stories, prose and novels. She You’re a clattering shaw searches for affirmation and human connectedness. You’re a Tongland Bridge You’re a Solway Firth Kay wrote a book about Billy Tipton, who started life as You’re a Big Water of Fleet a female named Dorothy Tipton, but spent the last fifty You’re an old song, you’re a valley years of his life as male. Billy was an American jazz musician and played the trumpet beautifully. She also This feeling inside me could never deny me wrote a libretto called “Twice Through the Heart,” You’re a red deer of the forest based on the true story of a woman in prison who You’re a wild goat of the moor reflects on her life. Kay's efforts have resulted in You’re a Bladnoch malt, numerous awards, such as the Costa Award, the Poetry A Whithorm Story, you’re a friend, you’re a glory. Award, the PEN Ackerley Prize, Saltire Society, and the Scottish Book of the Year Award, the Ted Hughes Nothing old, nothing new, nothing ventured Award for New Work in Poetry and many more. She is the third modern Makar, the Scottish poet Laureate, Oh, you are definitely, so completely the national Poet of Scotland. However, Kay prefers to The brightest girl of the glen. live in England where she is a professor of creative You’re a beeswing, you sing in a voice writing at Newcastle University. She was appointed Like a freshwater spring Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 17 June 2006. Nothing older than time, nothing sweeter than wine
In 2007, Kay was featured on the fourth episode of the You are my Pinwherry, BBC Radio 4 series, “The House I Grew Up In.” She You’re my Loch Doon and Galloway, published Red Dust Road (2010), describing the search You’re my Gatehouse of Fleet, for her biological parents. Kay’s life is quite interesting: You are philosophical, all Luce Bay, although she considers herself to be a lesbian, she did And Whaupshill have relationships with men that resulted in the births Nothing I couldn’t say.
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As the Pen Flows Contributed by Andrew McPhail
The Ghosts of Hegemons Yet to Come: The new world order through the eyes of W.B. Yeats
In 1919, W.B. Yeats observed WWI and turmoil in his native Ireland as portending a kind of apocalypse. “The best lack all conviction, the worst are full of passionate intensity.” How apropos to the state of affairs a century later. Polarized American politics: “The centre cannot hold.” Endless wars in the Middle East, rioting in Paris, the European project in question: “Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” Nationalism, protectionism and isolationism back in vogue: “Vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle.”
Post-war Pax Americana has been one of the most prosperous periods in history. America forged a new world order for the West; won the space race, the arms race, and the Cold War; and afterwards, led the new unipolar world through globalization and technological revolution.
But now America is voluntarily forfeiting its world leadership. Reneging on treaties and alliances. Treating its allies like enemies. And its citizens. Which begs the question: who will be the next world hegemon? “What rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?”
st China? Russia? India? Which great power will serve as a model for the 21 century? But it was not economics and military might alone that inherited world leadership after WWII, and won the Cold War. It was freedom.
Ironically, the nation today that best combines economic strength with openness, diplomacy, and benevolence, is Germany. Horrifying, yes, in the context of history. Yet, presently, the lesser of evils. The peoples of the world want jobs and prosperity, but they also want human rights, quality of life, and dignity.
th th The US of the early 19 century was not fit to lead the world, tarnished as it was by slavery. But by the mid 20 , it was ready. So even if the Germany of the 1940’s was ill-suited to the task, perhaps modern Germany is our best chance for a wise and selfless leviathan. A vibrant global economy, a healthy democracy, wholehearted support of international institutions: this is the new free and re-united Germany. A liberal immigration and refugee policy, respect for science and the environment, free education from Pre-K through doctorate, and low-premium, deductible-free health care for all: these objectives of the American left are already reality today in Germany. Combine that with crime rates far lower than in America, a balanced budget, gold reserves galore, and a solid industrial base awash in high-tech manufacturing jobs. Those are attributes to please any small-government conservative. Can it be that the country that once had to be forcefully re-democratized has become more democratic than America itself? Can the country which once tried to conquer Europe act as a benign new leader of the free world, and make the world safe for democracy again? As a primus inter pares within the European Union, perhaps it very well can. The alternative may be a Yeatsian totalitarian nightmare.
Scribbles September 2019 10 Contests and Conferences By Patricia Watson
CONTESTS Literal-Latte Essay Awards Contest Deadline: September 30, 2019 Entry Fee: $10.00 entry fee per entry, $15.00 fee for two, All entries considered for publication. Website: literal-latte.com Prizes: 1st Place: $1000.00, 2nd Place: $300.00, 3rd Place: $200.00 Guidelines: Send unpublished essay 10,000 words max, any subject, to Literal Latte. Submit via submittable or US Postal Service. If sent by USPS, postmark by September 30, 2019, include SASA or email address for reply. See website for complete guidelines.
The Hammond House International Poetry Competition Deadline: September 20, 2019 Entry Fee: £10.00, £5.00 for Hammond House members, £10.00 Feedback Option Website: hammondhousepublishing.com Prizes: First Prize: £100.00, Second Prize: £50.00, Third Place:£25.00. All shortlisted pieces will be considered for publication. The awards ceremony will be televised in the U.K. Guidelines: See website for full guidelines. Prize is open to anyone. The theme for the poem is “Leaving.” Multiple entries are allowed. Enter online through the Hammond House website.
The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award Deadline: September 30, 2019 Entry Fee: $20.00 per entry. Website: theghoststory.com First Prize: $1000.00 plus print and online publication. Ghost Story acquires first rights for online and print publication of the winner and honorable mentions. Online publication includes illustration by artist Andy Paciorek. Winning authors are free to resale or republish their work. Honorable mentions will be included the paperbound anthology 21st Century Ghost Stories-Volume II. All proceeds go to Britain's Wildlife Trusts. Guidelines: See website for full guidelines, Submissions must be new, unpublished work. Work may include any supernatural or paranormal theme, as well as magical realism. If authors want to be considered for publication outside the contest with Ghost Story, include that request in the cover letter. Submit through the website.
WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES Kabam! The 14th Annual Kingman Book Festival & 2nd Annual Writer's Conference Date: September 19-21, 2019, A car will be needed to travel between activities. Website: kingmankabam.org Location: Grand Events Center, 515 E. Beale St., Kingman AZ. Hotels not included. Deadline: Registration Open. Costs: Registration $120, add Author's Dinner $25, add on Chapter Critique $50.00, add on First Page Read $5.00. Youth poetry & writing workshops: Adults welcome $20.00. Local Hotels: Ramada By Wyndham Kingman on Rt. 66, Best Western A Wayfarer's Inn & Suites, one of two Best Western's in Kingman. (Make sure you know which you are booking.) Motel 6 Kingman. Kingman is 1.5 hrs. from Las Vegas McCarran, 3 hours from Phoenix Airport.
Scribbles September 2019 11 If the Shoes Fits… By Jonathan Shoemaker
“September November ” … … and these few precious days have come our way. There might be other things we want to say.
What has inspired you to write over the years? What were the ideas you wrote (or mentally composed) as a child—as a teen—a parent; are there some still waiting to be written? Creative “gates” to expression have opened for me in the past:
Little robin redbreast, flying so low, Land upon my window sill so I can say Hello. Little robin redbreast, flying so high, Won’t you stop and see me before you say Good-by? (1944)
Voices echo in the hall, and fade into the silence of the school. Other children playing in a field so far away that I can’t hear them, ‘cause I broke a rule. (1948)
They serve hot tea to the adults, but lemonade to us in Styrofoam. The cookies are all stale and hard, and Grandma’s lying in a box in the other room. (1951)
Snuggled up against the chill, our spirits seemed to twine. I left my past life far behind and asked her to be mine. And so it was. And so it is, and evermore will be; the power of love that made us one, that evening by the sea. (1962)
“Supper’s ready. Take your boots off. Don’t mark up my kitchen floor.” "I know, I know." Sits down heavy from a day of work outdoors. (1963)
A tiny hand explored her warmth. "She wants to eat, I guess. Have you ever seen a cuter girl?" "Oh yes, my darling, yes.” (1965)
She drew herself up tall and strong and breathed a trembling sigh. "Well, this is it." She took my arm. We neared the chapel door. "Are you happy?" "Yes. Remember, Dad, you promised not to cry.” (1999)
On another blessed morn a new voice sounded clear. Another baby girl was born to the family living here. (2001)
I feel you in the morning sun, and in the evening breeze. I see you in the leaves and blooms and in the flowering trees. I sense your voice in every note of every song I hear. I know that you’re still with me. And I can feel you near. (2012)
Tiny pieces of my past remind me of how it was back then, and my “Muse” opens the gate for me. I might begin to write a poem in the first person, seeing it from the perspective of the age I was at the time. Another memory could inspire me to write a creative-nonfiction story, with the actual protagonists expressing their ideas for resolving the problem. It gives me a chance to reveal how they brought about the final result.
Other situations could provoke an essay on how we have progressed as a nation—or not. But those are my thoughts and reactions to past experiences. What are your responses to joyous times and tragic occurrences in your life? Be well, and think about it. Jonathan
Scribbles September 2019 12 CCW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Last Word President Laurie Sheehan Lana Bryan Vice President Sharon Law Tucker
Secretary Joyce Krieg Country Vacation in Treasurer Clarissa Conn France Programs Chair Nancy Middleton CCW Workshops Sharon Law Tucker Membership Maria Skyttä Publicity Jason Warburg In 2015, Avignon held a huge fair the weekend before Hospitality Sarah Pruitt Bastille Day. Many revelers and vacationing families had Newsletter Lana Bryan reserved all the rooms in Avignon, so we reserved at Webmaster Ken Jones “Résidence Les Rives du Lac Saint Saturnin Les Avignon” Assistant Webmaster Kemberlee Shortland about 8 miles out of town. Sounds nice, oui? Writing Contests Dennis Hamilton
Central Board Representative Laura Curry Pros:
I could wash all our clothes in two loads @ 5 each (Yes, Scribbles is the official monthly publication for € that’s a pro!) members of Central Coast Writers, a branch of the Big drying rack on the patio California Writers Club, a registered non-profit A big fan running all night; temp outside 90°F corporation. All material is copyrighted ©2019 by Gated community; gate opens only when Reception is open California Writers Club and may not be reproduced if one is not yet registered. without permission. Opinions expressed under Great for families (not so much for unprepared tourists) individual bylines do not necessarily represent an Big pool (bring your own towel) official position of, or endorsement by, Central Coast Writers or California Writers Club. Cons: Reception not open until 3:30. We waited 1 1/2 hours in Scribbles is published by: Central Coast Writers, 95°F. Post Office Box 997, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 No English spoken at Reception (What’s the French word for toilet paper?) Editorial Staff No air-conditioning Lana Bryan Editor No restaurant or bar Nancy Middleton Speaker Report WiFi only at Reception Nancy Jacobs Poetry Corner Bathroom towels for rent only Michelle Smith Member Profiles No bathroom amenities (one roll of toilet paper provided) C. Jonathan Shoemaker If the Shoe Fits Extra payment to avoid cleaning the 2-story apartment Patricia Watson Contests and Workshops Leslie Patiño Proofreader Bonus: It’s a beautiful area and we found two fabulous restaurants that made that vacation “hotel” worth it! CCW Website
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Tuesday, September 17 5:30 p.m. - DINNER 6:30 p.m. - MEETING Point Pinos Grill 79 Asilomar Boulevard, Pacific Grove
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