Bernard Wozny, Author at California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch

Anna J Stewart – Writing Romance

Romance – It’s
Not Just for Valentine’s Day

CWC-Sacramento Network Meeting

Friday, February 7th from 9 am to 11 am at

Denny’s Restaurant, 8841 Greenback Lane, Orangevale, CA, 95662

Denny’s has a nice private room where we can close the doors and keep the noise to ourselves.

While Valentine’s Day is considered the romantic season of the year, romance novels are popular year-round. Bestselling author Anna J Stewart will share her words of advice on how to write (and consume) the always popular fiction genre!

What attendees will learn from Anna’s presentation:

The romance novel “formula”
Debunking misconceptions
Traditional vs. indie publishing
5 things I wish I knew then
Writing to trend

Bestselling, award-winning romance author Anna J Stewart has published more than 60 romances since her first Harlequin release in 2014. Writing in multiple sub-genres, Anna also works as an independent editor, book coach, and has had one of her books optioned for a TV movie.

We continue to hold hybrid meetings with zoom, but please be aware that zoom participation may be limited to audience only.

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Meeting ID: 817 3734 0307
Passcode: 227171

Copyright for Authors

California Lawyers for the Arts Presents.

Copyright for Authors

Saturday, January 25th, 2025

1:30 to 3:30

At Sierra 2 Community Center for the Arts & Community, Room 9.

2791 24th St., Sacramento, CA 95818

The presenter will be Steve Davis.

This will be an overview of copyright law, and the significance of registering your own copyright. Steve will then guide us through the registration process on the copyright website. The event does not entail personal or legal advice. It will serve as a hands-on overview and tutorial.

You must sign up early to reserve your place and avoid disappointment.

You can register on the CA Lawyers For The Arts website.

CWC members can use the discount code of “CWC”

Larry Mandelberg – Setting Goals for the New Year

Setting Goals for the New Year & How to Achieve Them

CWC-Sacramento Network Meeting

Friday, January 3trd from 9 am to 11 am at

Denny’s Restaurant, 8841 Greenback Lane, Orangevale, CA, 95662

Denny’s has a nice private room where we can close the doors and keep the noise to ourselves.

This enlightening 30-minute process will engage writers interested in achieving their writing goals and reinvigorate their journey.

Better understanding of, and clarity about your true writing goals.
Greater confidence in your ability to achieve those writing goals.
Better understanding of, and clarity about the obstacles you’re facing, not just the symptoms.
A shift in how you think about your writing that will make it easier and more rewarding for you.
Ideas and suggestions from other writers.

Mandelberg is a non-recovering serial entrepreneur who has launched four start-ups, led a merger, and conducted a successful turnaround. He solves complex business problems for clients in diverse industries. Larry is author of Businesses Don’t Fail They Commit Suicide: How to Survive Success and Thrive in Good Times and Bad.

We continue to hold hybrid meetings with zoom, but please be aware that zoom participation may be limited to audience only.

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Meeting ID: 817 3734 0307
Passcode: 227171

Chuck Sambuchino: How to get Published

CWC-Sacramento Meeting

Saturday, January 18th, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at

Arden Dimick Library, 891 Watt Ave, Sacramento, CA 95821 Open to the Public!

CHUCK SAMBUCHINO is an author, a freelance editor, and a former editor for Writer’s Digest Books. During his time with WD Books, he edited the GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS. He has presented to writers at conferences all over the country. His published books include the best-selling humor book, HOW TO SURVIVE A GARDEN GNOME ATTACK; the author promotion guide CREATE YOUR WRITER PLATFORM; the tear-off daily calendar ULTIMATE PICKLEBALL; and more. He is a proud father of a 12-year-old daughter (and her assistant girl scout troop leader).

In 2018, Chuck became executive director of Writing Day Workshops, which holds conferences all over the country (and online). On Friday, April 11, 2025, Chuck will return to Sacramento to host The 2025 Sacramento Writing Workshop — a full-day in-person “How to Get Published” writing event. This event is a unique opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day. On the conference website, you will find the agents and editors expected to be in attendance. Seating is limited to 125 total, resulting in a event truly personalized with so many experts in the house. We, the California Writers Club Sacramento, are proud to be the local partner of this event. See you there!

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Meeting ID: 831 1220 0475

Passcode: 568644

Jim Guigli

Jim Guigli began writing with single sentence entries for the 2005-2006 Bulwer- Lytton Fiction Contest. From thousands, one of Jim’s 63 entries was selected as the Grand Prize winner. It was about a beautiful, mysterious woman visiting the small office of an impoverished private detective, Bart Lasiter. Benefits from winning the Contest included world-wide notice, print, radio, and TV interviews.
Though the Contest is about writing a bad opening sentence to a non-existent novel, people kept asking, “What about the rest of the book? What happens to Bart Lasiter?”
After hearing those question too many times, Jim took that one sentence and created the Old Town Sacramento fictional world of Bart Lasiter, and Lasiter
Investigations. Since then, Jim has published a Kindle novelette, Bad News for a Ghost, and published flash fiction, short stories, and a novel, Under the Black Flag – Piracy Is Not a Victimless Crime. Many of these stories have won awards.
Jim lives nearby in Carmichael with his wife, Fran, and a female Yellow Labrador
Retriever.