Board of Directors
Roger Lubeck,
President
Sandy Baker,
Immediate Past President
Robbi Sommers Bryant,
Vice President
Marilyn Lanier,
Vice President
Malena Eljumaily,
Treasurer
Adele Layton,
Secretary
Judy M. Baker
, Membership Chair
Skye Blaine
, Newsletter Poetry Editor
Joelle Burnette
, Website Editor
Pamela Heck,
Conference Volunteers
Linda L. Reid
, Speaker Chair
Jeane Slone,
Author Launch
Chairs and Editors
Elspeth Benton
, Registration Team
Les Bernstein
, Poetry Anthology Editor
Skye Blaine
, Newsletter Poetry Editor
Robbi Sommers Bryant,
Anthology Editor
Fran Claggett-Holland
, Poetry Anthology Editor
Pamela Fender
, Hot Summer Nights
Sher Gamard
, Salon Coordinator
Marie Judson
, Critique Groups
Jeanne Jusaitis
, Author Support
Susan Littlefield
, Historican
Margarite Olmos,
PR Internal
Linda L. Reid
, Writers Circle
Deborah Taylor-French
, Author Support
Deborah Walton,
PR Director/ Newsletter Editor
Natasha Yim
, Contest Chair
Redwood Writers Meetings
are held the second Sunday of the month at the
2777 Fourth Street,
Santa Rosa
Board meetings take place before the general meeting, beginning at 12:30. You are welcome to join us at any time.
THIS MONTH'S MEETING
SUNDAY, OCT 14
2:00-4:30 pm
Panel on Self-Publishing
Arrive at 2 p.m. to register and network before the general meeting, which runs from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
We ask for a small fee of $5 from members and $10 from non-members to cover costs.
NEXT MONTH'S MEETING
Sunday, November 11
2–4:30 p.m.
SEE FLYER AT END OF NEWSLETTER.
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BOARD NOTES AND NEWS
As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions to make our meetings and our club more relevant to you. Just email
president@redwoodwriters.org
. See you on Sunday!
Board Agenda for October 14, 2018
As a reminder, our board meets from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. just before our monthly meetings. Members are always welcome to sit in on a board meeting.
12:30 p.m. Call to Order – Roger Lubeck
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Approval of minutes from prior meeting.
12:35 p.m. Board Reports
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Treasurer’s Report: Malena Eljumaily
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Membership Report: Judy Baker
12:50 p.m. Committee Reports
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Website: Joelle Burnette
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NorCal Leadership Conference
1:30 p.m. New Business
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CWC California Writers Week 3rd week in Oct
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2018 Anthology (Prose) Tommie Whitener
1:45 p.m. Adjourn
Meeting Agenda for October 14, 2018
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Author Support
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Networking
2:30 p.m. Welcome
Roger C. Lubeck
2:35 p.m. Chair Announcements
Membership
Judy Baker
New Member Orientation
Judy Baker
Salon
Sher Gamard
Poetry Anthology
Linda Reid
Other chair announcements
Member Announcements
3:00 p.m. Break ~ Snacks, Networking & Book Sales
3:15 p.m. Self Publishing Panel
Your Publishing Path Should Be Unique -
Laura McHale-Holland
The Do’s and Don’ts of Cover Design -
Roger C. Lubeck
Interior Design: Important as the Cover -
Skye Blaine
CreateSpace conversion to KDP (General discussion)
4:30 p.m. Adjourn
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New member orientation in August. Become a member (or come for a refresher) and join us for the next orientation on Wednesday, October 24. Email
Membership@redwoodwriters.org.
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A great turnout for Writers World!
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IMPORTANT DATES
See more details below
Sunday, Oct 14
Redwood Writers Board Meeting 12:30-2:00
Flamingo Hotel
Redwood Writers Author Support 1:00-2:00
Flamingo Hotel
MONTHLY MEETING
Self-Publishing
2:00-4:30
Flamingo Hotel
Sunday, Oct 21
Redwood Writers Salon 1:00-4:00
Private home in Santa Rosa
YA/MG Contest closes for submissions
Wednesday, Oct 24
Wednesday, Oct 31
2019 Poetry Anthology closes for submissions
Sunday, Nov 11
Redwood Writers Board Meeting 12:30-2:00
Flamingo Hotel
Redwood Writers Author Support 1:00-2:00
Flamingo Hotel
MONTHLY MEETING
Elements of Suspense
2:00-4:30
Flamingo Hotel
Monday, Nov 15
Short Play Contest closes for submissions
Wednesday, Nov 17
Writers Circle 1:00-4:00
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Sunday, October 14
2 - 4:30 p.m.
Flamingo Hotel, Empire Room
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Learn all about Self-Publishing!
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Creating a Unique Publishing Path!
with Laura McHale-Holland
Dos and Don'ts of Cover Design!
with Roger C. Lubeck
Interior Design is Important Too!
with Skye Blaine
Video Trailers Sell Books!
with Robbin Sommers Bryant
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Short Play Contest
Submissions are
open now
.
Deadline is November 15.
- 10-minute play
- One scene
- Two submissions per entrant
- Submission fee $10 members; $15 non-members
- Open to all residents of Sonoma, Marin, Mendocino, Lake and Napa counties.
Six winners receive three performances in mid-March 2019!
For complete details on submission requirements,
click here.
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YOUNG ADULT AND MIDDLE GRADE FICTION CONTEST
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Submission deadline is
Sunday, October 21 at 9:00 PM
Open to all members of CWC
(California Writers Club)
Entry Fee:
Members: $10
Non-members: $15
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First prize:
$100 plus...
A 10-page manuscript critique by literary agent Jennifer March Soloway, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Second Prize:
$50 plus...
The complete set of the Accelerati Trilogy written by Eric Elfman and Neal Shusterman
Third prize:
$25 plus...
A copy of "The Lost Celt" by A.E. Conran
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2019
POETRY ANTHOLOGY
Something to Crow About
in the Light of Day
in the Dark of Night
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Submission:
Open:
now
Close:
Wednesday, October 31
Editors Fran Claggett
and Les Bernstein
invite your poetry submissions!
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A Harvest of Stories!
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21
1:00 - 4:00 IN SANTA ROSA
Join in our annual harvest!
Bring your stories and poems to share.
Readings are five minutes.
Register for details, readings, directions, and our convivial potluck lunch.
10:00 – 10:45 Meet, greet, and enjoy snacks
10:45 – 11:45 Readings (
5 minutes max
)
11:45 – Noon Break (more greeting and eating)
Noon – 12:40 Readings
12:40 – 1:00 Flash Education
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Fran Claggett
By Linda Stamps
Sonnets and synapses, memory and meter connect to inform the personal and professional for one of Sonoma County’s most cherished poets. Fran Claggett’s interest in brain research and writing, and dual degrees in English and science supported years of teaching and developing innovative curriculum for middle, high-school, and college students.
While teaching at UC Berkeley, she pioneered the use of metaphorical graphics in teaching writing and literature and published a monograph on the subject.
Brain Research and the Teaching of Writing
laid the foundation for a number of books and textbooks for teachers.
Fran, along with her life-partner and spouse Madge Holland, designed and taught the first Humanities courses in California high schools. “We were dubbed the poet and the philosopher by our students.” The women met at Middlebury College while they each pursued a Master’s degree in English. They spent the next 54 years together teaching, traveling, and enjoying their afghan hounds.
Although she published a “sizable shelf full of books for teachers and students,” the Ohio native considers herself primarily a poet. “Poetry is where I begin my day and poetry is where I end it.” Fran is currently working on her fourth book of poetry when she is not hosting and guiding the work of two poetry groups that meet weekly at her home.
She describes her writing style as “not truly organized,” writing mostly at night, often past midnight. Fran belongs to an on-line poetry group and shares her work with a “poetry partner.” She reads at least a dozen poems a day, but not always. "There are the days when it is just one poem. You read it once. You read it again. And then you just infuse it into your heart. And it stays there.”
Robert Duncan, Adrianne Marcus, and Carolyn Kizer—all of whom she knew well—form a bevy of modern and classic poets that she enjoys reading. But her greatest inspiration arises from the poetry of Wallace Stevens. She confesses to reading all of Emily Dickinson’s poems, and says she couldn’t live without T.S. Eliot.
Her published books of poetry include:
Blackbirds and Other Birds,
Crow Crossings,
and
Moments with Madge: Lux Aeterna,
inspired by her wife’s death in 2014. Here, the poet reveals the sanctity of love and loss through the sequences of words and phrases that pay homage to their lives together.
Fran continues to teach at SSU's OLLI and conduct poetry workshops. She and Les Bernstein co-edited the recent Redwood Writer’s poetry anthology,
PHOENIX, OUT OF SILENCE…AND THEN
. The duo is currently working on the 2019 poetry anthology.
Decades of experience has taught her that “in teaching, in writing, in life…be true to who you are and know that is always changing. I encourage the writing of memory-based poems, essays, and stories because, although the common advice for writers is to ‘write what you know,’ it can be even more useful to explore the unknown, the mind, which is filled with possibility.”
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Umbrellaless
by Jeff Goldman
Sitting here, you know, hacking out a verse
Pondering important questions about our universe
The patter of rain I can hear on the roof
We need it, a lot, and the storm is afoot
Then suddenly an old question forms in my mind
This quandary has vexed me for quite some time
In a rainstorm, do you get wetter if you walk or you run?
Does it even matter if you jump in puddles for fun?
An umbrella makes this moot and no fun at all
And those raindrops on your face, they won’t fall
So the question still remains and for me is unsolved
Do you run or walk when an umbrella’s not involved?
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Submission guidelines: double-spaced, Times or Times New Roman, 12 point, sentence case: (no all caps, please). Poems are reviewed by a team of poets. We will acknowledge receipt of your work, and let you know if your poem is going to be included, or if we are requesting minor edits prior to inclusion.
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Described as “a dark demented angel” by author Ken Bruen, Anthony Award-winning novelist Simon Wood has built a reputation for concocting wild and dangerous thrillers that would have given Hitchcock nightmares. Having been a petrochemical engineer, race car driver, pilot and private investigator, it’s not surprising he sees the world a little differently.
Sunday, November 11
2–4:30 p.m.
FLAMINGO HOTEL
KILLER SUSPENSE
Please join us.
Redwood Writers is for everyone, whether you're an accomplished author or poet, or just wondering if writing is right for you.
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Writers News from Around the Bay
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ATTENTION NORTH BAY WRITERS
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If you have news of interest to our members, please submit copy and a photo if you wish by the 15th of the month prior to
editor@redwoodwriters.org
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Editor reserves the right to accept and/or edit. Thank you.
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Our mailing address is The Redwood Writer, P.O. Box 4687, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Redwood Writers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Redwood Writers Meetings
General membership meetings are held on the second Sunday of each month (moves one week ahead if a holiday) from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Flamingo Conference Resort and Spa, located at
2777 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95405.
Registration starts at 2 p.m.
Copyright © 2018 Redwood Writers. All rights reserved.
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