California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch

Dedicated to Educating Writers of all Levels

Dale E. Manolakas

After a lifetime of writing poetry, books, nonfiction, and legal documents, it was author Ray Bradbury’s friendship and encouragement that finally inspired Dale E. Manolakas to pursue writing as a career.  Dale E. Manolakas earned her B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles, and M.A., M.S., Ph.D. and J.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. She is a member of the California Bar, had the privilege of clerking for The Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, was a litigator in two major Los Angeles law firms, and a senior appellate attorney at the California Court of Appeals, as well as an Administrative Law Judge. Member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association. Top 100 Amazon legal thriller author. Books:  Rogue Divorce Lawyer, The Gun Trial, Lethal Lawyers, Death Sets Sail, Hollywood Plays for Keeps, Coming Soon Hollywood on Trial ~ Author Website http://www.dalemanolakas.com

 

 

 

 

 

First Friday, Apr 6 – Friends in High Places

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

with

 Roger S. Peterson

Editor, Writing Coach, Business Writer

Friday,  April 6, 2018

9-11 AM Coco’s, 7887 Madison Avenue, Citrus Heights

 

Maintain Your Credibility by Avoiding Language Misuse

From politicians to sportscasters to company CEOs – people who should know better are mistreating the English language. Writers can avoid common blunders by listening to editor Roger S. Peterson.  A long-time business writer, writing coach, and West Coast editor of The Business Book Ghostwriters, Roger will make us laugh, squirm, and roll our eyes at egregious errors made by prominent people while he reminds us of pesky language traps to avoid.

Roger’s list of article credits spans more than 150 titles, including four cover stories and four guest editorials in The Sacramento Bee. He writes extensively on business communication. Roger is also a frequent manuscript reviewer for Berrett-Koehler Publishers and edits book reviews for the Wild West History Association.

Co-author of numerous books, Roger has served as developmental editor on four volumes. He got his start in college textbook publishing where he published 45 books in psychology and education. Now The New York Times and The Harvard Business Review come to Roger for opinions, as has the NBC Nightly News.

The California Writers Club–Sacramento Branch Networking Meeting is held the first Friday of every month at Coco’s Restaurant, 7887 Madison Avenue, Citrus Heights, at the corner of Madison and Sunrise,  starting at 9 a.m. Meetings are free. Attendees pay for their own breakfast.

Questions? Ask via our Contact page.

T.R. (Todd) Leton

Despite his menacing profile picture, T.R. Leton is actually a big softy. He was born and raised in Northern California, where he currently lives with his wife and two children. He has spent the last twenty years in marketing and graphic design. As a musician, he has released two studio albums over the last decade. His lifelong love of writing finally caught up to him in 2011 when he began working on the Maxwell Floyd crime fiction novels. A Cold Blooded Rain, his debut novel, released November 1, 2017 is the first in an ongoing series.

 

 

 

 

 

Luncheon, Mar 17 – Why Write at All?

Why Write at All?

The Story, the Essay, and the Poem: the Quest for Examples and Answers

featuring

Steven Nightingale

Novelist, Poet, Essayist, Short Stories, Historian

 Saturday, March 17

11 AM–1:00 PM

(10:45 Early-Bird Session TBA)

Cattlemens, 12409 Folsom Blvd, $15 members/$20 guests (includes lunch)

 Come hear Bay Area’s Steven Nightingale, one of the most talked-about motivational presenters on writing, share lucid and graceful language from many sources and centuries.

Takeaways:

—beautiful sentences to hold in mind

—the most enlivening & surprising way to practice

—ancient tricks of the trade

Steven Nightingale is the author of ten books: two novels, six books of sonnets, a long essay on the city of Granada, Spain, and a book of short fiction. His interests include the medieval art of Spain and Italy, the wild country of the American West and the Caribbean, cooking for his wife and daughter, astronomy, venture capital, and Emily Dickinson, whom he loves. Chief among his pleasures is teaching by invitation in schools and universities in Nevada and California.

He is a graduate of Stanford University, and divides his time between Palo Alto, California, his beloved home state of Nevada, and the beautiful Albayzin, a barrio in Granada, Spain.

 

 

Luncheon 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Early Bird special 10:45 – TBA

 

Luncheon Information

  • Monthly Luncheons are open to the public
  • Cost is $15 for members, $20 for nonmembers
  • The meeting fee includes speaker,  lunch and beverage
  • Cattlemens Restaurant, 12409 Folsom Blvd., Rancho Cordova, CA

The restaurant is located just east of Hazel Ave. at the northeast end of the Nimbus Winery complex along Highway 50. Cattlemens offers CWC a spacious meeting room with free WiFi, quality AV equipment, free off street parking and excellent food.


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Sandra S. Navarro

Sandra S. Navarro holds a doctorate in Anthropology. Her narratives are informed looks at people and places in the United States over time.  Inspired by a collection of documents from five generations of her family, Sandra writes about the impact of historical events and societal change on family members and collective family lore. The author is an active member of the California Writers Club, one of the nation’s oldest professional organizations for writers. Sandra’s works for children and adults are published by Cornsilk Press (www.cornsilkpress.com) and are available on Amazon.com/books.