Sadly, The Noyo Center for Marine Science is closing The Slack Tide Cafe.
Let's try a New Place and a New Time
The Sunday, August 20 meeting will be held inside the Company Store, at Kokkos Bar/Redwood Event Space, 2:00-4:00 pm.
The address is 301 N. Main Street in downtown Fort Bragg
Kokkos serves beer, wine, soft drinks, sandwiches and snacks. You are invited to come at 2:00 pm and enjoy. The program will begin at 2:30.
The club has a new Facebook page. We Facebook Live our in-person meetings. People who cannot attend will be able to tune in. Please Log into Facebook to Like and Follow WMC.
Let's try a New Place and a New Time
The Sunday, August 20 meeting will be held inside the Company Store, at Kokkos Bar/Redwood Event Space, 2:00-4:00 pm.
The address is 301 N. Main Street in downtown Fort Bragg
Kokkos serves beer, wine, soft drinks, sandwiches and snacks. You are invited to come at 2:00 pm and enjoy. The program will begin at 2:30.
The club has a new Facebook page. We Facebook Live our in-person meetings. People who cannot attend will be able to tune in. Please Log into Facebook to Like and Follow WMC.
Sunday, August 20, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
at the Kokkos Bar/Redwood Event Space
Jody Gehrman: Does It Have Legs and Teeth? Finding the Right Premise.
Have you ever found yourself several scenes into a project when you realize you have no idea where it's going? Surprise can be a joyful part of the creative process, but pursuing one dead-end idea after another can be frustrating. Not all premises are created equal; some seem to "write themselves" while others languish and falter. Join novelist, playwright, and professor Jody Gehrman in an interactive talk aimed at generating ideas for your next project and (more importantly) deciding which ones have the most promise.
Jody Gehrman has authored fourteen published novels and numerous plays for stage and screen. Her latest psychological suspense novel is The Protégé (Crooked Lane Books/Random House, 2023). Jody’s plays have been produced or had staged readings in Ashland, New York, San Francisco, Chicago and L.A. Her play Wild Fire was performed at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival; her play Tribal Life in America won the Ebell Playwrights Prize and received a staged reading at the historic Ebell Theater in Los Angeles. She and her partner David Wolf won the New Generation Playwrights Award for their one-act, Jake Savage, Jungle P.I. She holds a Master’s Degree in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California and is a professor of communications at Mendocino College in Northern California.
at the Kokkos Bar/Redwood Event Space
Jody Gehrman: Does It Have Legs and Teeth? Finding the Right Premise.
Have you ever found yourself several scenes into a project when you realize you have no idea where it's going? Surprise can be a joyful part of the creative process, but pursuing one dead-end idea after another can be frustrating. Not all premises are created equal; some seem to "write themselves" while others languish and falter. Join novelist, playwright, and professor Jody Gehrman in an interactive talk aimed at generating ideas for your next project and (more importantly) deciding which ones have the most promise.
Jody Gehrman has authored fourteen published novels and numerous plays for stage and screen. Her latest psychological suspense novel is The Protégé (Crooked Lane Books/Random House, 2023). Jody’s plays have been produced or had staged readings in Ashland, New York, San Francisco, Chicago and L.A. Her play Wild Fire was performed at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival; her play Tribal Life in America won the Ebell Playwrights Prize and received a staged reading at the historic Ebell Theater in Los Angeles. She and her partner David Wolf won the New Generation Playwrights Award for their one-act, Jake Savage, Jungle P.I. She holds a Master’s Degree in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California and is a professor of communications at Mendocino College in Northern California.
STILL TIME FOR 2024 ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSIONS
Theme: Transitions
(This can be interpreted loosely)
Prose/Poetry Submission dates: June 1-midnight, August 31
Photo Submission: June 1-midnight Sept. 22
See submission guidelines link
Theme: Transitions
(This can be interpreted loosely)
Prose/Poetry Submission dates: June 1-midnight, August 31
Photo Submission: June 1-midnight Sept. 22
See submission guidelines link
RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP! We would love to have you continue writing and sharing and learning with us.
Your $45 check can be mailed to Treasurer - WMC, PO Box 762, Fort Bragg, CA 95437.
Any changes you have to your email, phone, and address can be sent to Earlene Gleisner, WMC Membership Chair, at [email protected]. Deadline for your membership renewal is August 15th, 2022.
Your $45 check can be mailed to Treasurer - WMC, PO Box 762, Fort Bragg, CA 95437.
Any changes you have to your email, phone, and address can be sent to Earlene Gleisner, WMC Membership Chair, at [email protected]. Deadline for your membership renewal is August 15th, 2022.
Sunday, September 17, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Poet Georgina Marie Guardado
Georgina Marie is the Poet Laureate of Lake County, CA for 2020-2024, and a Poets Laureate Fellow with The Academy of American Poets. She is the Literary Editor for The Bloom, a contributing writer for Antioch University’s Common Thread News, and President of the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference.
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Many thanks to Daniel Coshnear for an entertaining and informative presentation on The DNA of the Short Story,
along with some great prompts. The meeting was held at The Slack Tide Café.
along with some great prompts. The meeting was held at The Slack Tide Café.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
The 2023 Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference, August 3 - 5, needs our help. If you would be willing to bring an appetizer or donate wine for the Conference’s Thursday evening Opening Reception, Thursday, August 3, 5 pm, at Crown Hall, please contact Laura Welter at [email protected]
Creative Writing Classes Available at Mendocino College Coast Campus
Message from Instructor Vincent Poturica: We'd love to have more Writers of the Mendocino Coast and local community members taking classes with us! We're here to help you with your current writing projects, with getting back into a writing routine, or with beginning to write for the first time. We're here to support you and sharpen your writing voice in either fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and drama (including screenwriting). For the Fall 2023 semester (August 21-December 15), the Coast Center will offer two sections of English 503: Creative Writing for Older Adults. Vincent Poturica will be teaching English 503 (0828) from 12:30-3:20 p.m. on Wednesdays, and Molly Dwyer will be teaching English 503 (0053) from 9-11:50 a.m. on Tuesdays. English 503 costs only $11! During Fall 2023, Vincent will also be teaching English 210 (0021): Creative Writing and English 212 (0022): Intermediate Creative Wriiting from 12:30-3:20 p.m. on Wednesdays. Each of these courses costs $153. Please feel free to reach out to Vincent ([email protected]), Kailyn ([email protected]), or Molly ([email protected]) with any questions about these classes or how to register for them. You're also welcome to call the Coast Center at (707) 961-2200 to register, as well as to register in-person at 1211 Del Mar Dr., Fort Bragg, CA 95437 or online at mendocino.edu. Poetry on the River ~ Slack Tide Café
Last Sunday of the Month, 1-3 pm 32430 N. Harbor Dr., Fort Bragg CALLING ALL POETS, WRITERS, READERS, AND LOVERS OF LITERATURE, YOUNG AND OLD AND IN BETWEEN, KNOWN, UNKNOWN, SUBMERGED, EMERGED AND EMERGING. Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry and Jazz
In person and Zoom, 6-8 p.m. 35590 Verdant View, Sea Ranch, Gualala [email protected] Cartwheels on the Sky ~ Poets, Poems & Discovery
Saturdays 7-7:30 KGUA - FM Gualala FORT BRAGG LIBRARY
First Thursdays Open Mic 6-8 p.m. Dan Hess: [email protected] UKIAH LIBRARY Loba Poetry Series Open Mic for teen & adults, Third Saturdays 3 p.m. Melissa Carr: [email protected] Writers Reading Ukiah Last Thursday, 7 p.m Reading, 8 p.m. Open Mic Poetry, Spoken Word, Short Stories, Songs & Expository Prose. 
HAVE A MINUTE?
See the current schedule. Mendocino Theatre Company's One-Minute Radio Theatre is a two-minute spot broadcast bi-weekly on KZYX. Collaborate by submitting an original one-minute play. All voices to be heard! Plays can be in English or Spanish. No fee for submission nor cash award if your play is chosen; all actors and directors give their time free of charge. Submit your one-minute play* (app. 150-170 words, for 1-3 actors) in the body of an email (no attachments) to [email protected] with the subject MTC One-Minute Play: [Title of your play]. Include your full name, contact information, and a brief, 50-word bio. You may submit as many one-minute plays as you wish, but only one submission per email, please. *Play may not contain the "seven dirty words" prohibited by the FCC. Play must be totally original and the author's work. Listen now: i am from the ocean by windflower Townley I Could Not Stop for Covid by Holly Tannen Something New & Murder She Wrote by Philip Zwerling Videos of previous meetings on WMC’s Facebook Page.
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M E M B E R N E W S
Writing newly published, receives a nomination or award, or other notable exposure? Please send a short announcement to [email protected] CONGRATULATIONS to members Notty Bumbo, Maureen Eppstein, Naty Osa, Elizabeth Vrenios, and windflower. All have had poems accepted into the upcoming Redwood Writers Club Poetry Anthology.
Elizabeth Vrenios’ poem “Still Flying Over Lockerbie” was published in Poetry Distillery
www.poetrydistillery.com/poems/2023/4/19/still-flying-over-lockerbie windflower, Poet & Photographer
Has a poem and photograph in Plant Your Words Anthology Fort Bragg's Alleyway Art Project includes poetry from Notty Bumbo ("Artist's Prayer for the Days Ahead," as part of the "Be a Light" mural) and windflower ("Mendocino Botanical Gardens," as part of "The Rhododendron" mural). www.fortbraggalleywayart.org
Ericka Lutz's poem, "In the Redwoods," written in response to Ryan Grossman's Fort Bragg mural "Sunlit Redwood Forest," appears on the Fort Bragg Alleyway Art Project website: https://fortbraggalleywayart.org/sunlit-redwood-forest/
Priscilla Comen published a short piece for Persimmon Tree's Forum ("Speaking of Rights--Our After the Midterm"), Winter 2023 (https://persimmontree.org). She also writes weekly book reviews under "Community Library Notes" for the Mendocino Beacon (mendocinobeacon.com)
Questions? contact: [email protected]
Do you have a topic on the craft of writing to teach at an upcoming meeting for forty-five minutes?
Contact [email protected]
The CWC website includes a calendar of monthly meetings for all state branches. Any of our members can attend the meetings of any other branch, for free or for the same fee as their membership pays. To view their meeting topics (many are still on Zoom), click on https://calwriters.org/events/.
WELCOME TO THE
CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB - FOUNDED in 1909 - The Mendocino Coast branch is proud to share in this legacy. Our intention is to expand the network and provide publishing opportunities for writers. 
MENDOCINO WRITERS MEET
The THIRD SUNDAY of the month Welcome New Member
Robert Boyd Weeks MEMBER COUNT 81 The CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB is a 501(c) (6) educational nonprofit dedicated to educating members and the public-at-large in the craft of writing and in the marketing of their work.
California Writers Club: https://calwriters.org/ California Writers Club calendar for other branch's events: https://calwriters.org/events-month 
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KELLEY HOUSE CALENDAR
Call for Writers There are so many stories yet to tell, and they welcome your voice. Articles are 400 to 700 words and can be paired with photos or illustrations usually discovered in their database of 10,000 images. Call the Kelley House curator, Karen McGrath, at 707/937-5791 or email her at [email protected]. |
