Susan Dlugach…
Susan Dlugach
Roseville Downtown Tuesday Nights
The Sacramento Branch of the California Writers Club has reserved a booth to allow members to sell books!
Every Tuesday, From June 4, 2024, to July 30. At 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
For many years, the City of Roseville has played host to a summer festival featuring vendors, food booths, music, and events for kids and families. The festival takes place every Tuesday evening in June and July, from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The market is held on Vernon Street, adjacent to the Vernon Street Town Square, in Roseville. The Tuesday night markets have been hugely successful in the past, typically bringing in thousands of people every Tuesday night during the summer.
Visit their website for more information:
www.downtownrosevilleevents.com/downtown-tuesday-nights
CWC has reserved one 10’x10’ space at the Roseville Downtown Tuesday Night Market, on nine consecutive Tuesday nights (from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.) from June 4 to July 30, 2024
CWC Sacramento Branch members have priority to participate. The application is on the CWC website. The cost is $60 per night. We recommend you share a booth with an author friend or colleague; if you share a booth, the cost is only $30 per author. To ensure your space, please complete an application and mail a check as soon as possible.
Please download the application form.
Nonmembers will be welcome, but priority is for CWC members. Nonmembers will be charged $70 per booth. CWC Sacramento Branch members’ priority lasts until May 15, 2024.
As usual, authors will be available to meet the public and talk about your writing. Signed copies of your work will be on sale, and feel free to expand your fan base.
Aspiring writers will be able to meet members of the California Writers Club, to gain guidance on how to develop their art. Leaflets and CWC promotional material will be available for distribution to visitors.
Authors should have a California seller’s permit and are responsible for bringing their own table and chair. As it can be hot in the summer months, we also strongly recommend that you bring a 10’x10’ pop-up tent.
Round Table – Member Network Session
CWC-Sacramento Network Meeting
Friday, July 5th from 9 am to 11 am at
CH Cafe & Grill 6215 Sunrise Blvd (just off Greenback)
Since this is a holiday weekend, we decided to have a round table event without a formal speaker. The beauty of this is that we will be able to collaborate together and discuss our achievements and problems.
Zoom will be optional.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 854 8155 1153
Passcode: 227171
Dena Kouremetis – Giving Voice to Your Words
CWC-Sacramento Network Meeting
Friday, June 7th from 9 am to 11 am at
CH Cafe & Grill 6215 Sunrise Blvd (just off Greenback)
Learn how to bring your words to life by working with a voice actor and going audio.
What you will learn
- Learn about the history (and explosion) of audiobooks
- How audiobooks reach new audiences, including kids, teens, and those with disabilities
- How a voice actor brings new life to your words
- How adding audio to your existing book formats increases your royalties.
- Why hire a pro instead of narrating it yourself.
Veteran professional blogger and copywriter Dena Kouremetis is also a voice actor who delights in painting virtual movies in listeners’ heads with her audiobook narrations, many of which include a variety of foreign accents. She loves bringing words to life and leaving a lasting impression on the listener/reader.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 854 8155 1153
Passcode: 227171
Melissa Hart: First Paragraph Blow-Up Live!
Brush Up on Your First Paragraph! at Cattlemens Restaurant
12409 Folsom Blvd, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
on Saturday June 15th, 2024 from 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Following on from Melissa’s welcome presentation on personal essays, she returns on Saturday, June 15 to bring a special treat to attendees at the quarterly CWC luncheon. Come for fun and learning as author Melissa Hart gives suggestions on members’ first paragraph from a manuscript they are working on!
If you have a paragraph you would like Melissa to comment on, it will need to be submitted in advance. Note deadline below of June 8. For $15, your paragraph will be read aloud by a third party, followed by suggestions and a short discussion. Five minutes total will be devoted to each first paragraph submitted. Author will remain anonymous, so there’s no “outing” of anyone – all fun and learning.
Mark your calendar now for June 15. Brush up on a first paragraph if you’d like to submit for a live mini-critique. Following the meeting, member Susan Dlugach will offer a short session on poetry – what writers of all genres can learn from poetry.
Members with a published book or promo materials are invited to bring for the display table.
Members with books in need of a new home are invited to bring them to place on a table of free books Plan to have a good time as we all learn together!
Book your tickets for the event here.
Please note, the deadline for critique submissions has passed, but it is still worthwhile to attend as much can be learned from other critiques.
Reminders
What: Quarterly Luncheon, First Paragraph Blow-Up Live!
When: Saturday June 15, 11:30
- Social Hour: 11:30
- Membership meeting: Noon
- Melissa Hart & First Paragraph Critique: 12:45
- Post-luncheon special: 2 p.m.
- Susan Dlugach on poetry, what writers of all genres can learn from
- poetry. Donations appreciated.
Where: Cattlemens Rancho Cordova
Cost: Meeting Fee: $36, includes coffee, soda, meal, speaker, book displays, post-speaker.
What attendees should bring: A copy of your published book or promo items to put on the display table. Any books you’re ready to pass on to a new home for the giveaway table.
We also have Susan Dlugach who will instruct on,
A Poetic Touch Up
How It Can Improve All Writing Genres
What in the world can poetry teach writers of other genres, you might ask? And what could literary devices such as metaphors and alliteration possibly have to do with telling a story or giving a factual account of an event?
Let’s take a look at the ways quality fiction and non-fiction pieces use poetic techniques to create stellar writing that keeps the reader engaged. And believe it or not, no one has to be a Walt Whitman or a Maya Angelou to incorporate poetic strategies to liven up their narrative pieces.
Susan Dlugach, a retired English teacher, writes poetry, fiction and short articles and participates in local poetry groups.
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