Redwood Writers Meetings are held at the
Flamingo Conference Resort & Spa
2777 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95405
Phone: (707) 545-8530
Arrive at 2 p.m. to register and mingle before the general meeting 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.
Arrive at 2 p.m. to register and network.
Author Support Group Meeting, 1-2 pm, Flamingo Hotel, Empire Room
Deborah Taylor French, Jeanne Jusaitis, Facilitators
Do you have a burning question about publishing? Want to know how to handle that plot twist? Wonder about other authors' writing processes? Or perhaps you'd just like some time to get to know a few other writers. Bring your questions and expertise both to the Author Support Group meeting from 1-2 p.m., prior to the main meeting in its same room at the Flamingo Hotel.
Author Support embodies the heart of Redwood Writers Club, "writers helping writers"—in an intimate setting. Click here for flier.
Sunday, November 10, 2019
2 – 4:30 p.m.
Booby Traps and Blessings of a Writer's Life — A Simple Roadmap to Avoid the Quicksand and Stay the Course
with
Frances Rivetti
The writer's life requires equal parts inspiration, discipline, courage, organizational skills, stamina, and mental survival skills to stay the course to publication. Given that the path from start to finish on any book project, fiction or non-fiction is typically littered with booby traps and quicksand, a basic roadmap of what to expect along the way and how to keep going is an essential tool for any writer, whether seasoned or starting out.
IPPY Award-winning author Frances Rivetti is a Sonoma County based British American independent journalist and former columnist with the Petaluma Argus Courier. She has published two regional food/history/travel books of non-fiction, Fog Valley Crush and Fog Valley Winter. Sonoma County Historical Society awarded Fog Valley Winter its coveted Editor's Award in 2017. Fog Valley Winter went on to win a silver medal in the international Independent Publishers Book Awards in 2018. Frances has a lively Sonoma County reader base and her books have been warmly received around the country and in the UK. She is preparing for a fall 2019 release of her first novel, Big Green Country, a contemporary suspense story shining a light from a women's perspective on the hidden underbelly of remote Northern California coastal communities grappling with the sweeping changes in Cannabis legislation. Frances writes lifestyle articles as a freelancer for wine country publications and international travel sites.
MORE SPEAKERS IN THE MONTHS AHEAD
December 8, 2019
Writing About Family: The Craft of Memoir
Dorothy Rice
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