ONE LAST TIME
The August 20 membership meeting will be held at The Slack Tide Café, 1:00-3:00 pm.
ADDRESS: 32430 N Harbor Dr, Fort Bragg. ARRIVE AT 1:00 pm and enjoy lunch, pastries, coffee, beer, and wine. Program begins at 1:30 pm. Plenty of parking around the corner and across the street (in the lot lined with big, metal bollards).
Sadly, The Noyo Center for Marine Science will be closing the Café on August 27, and devoting the space to marine science research. WMC will announce a new meeting space for September.
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.
The August 20 membership meeting will be held at The Slack Tide Café, 1:00-3:00 pm.
ADDRESS: 32430 N Harbor Dr, Fort Bragg. ARRIVE AT 1:00 pm and enjoy lunch, pastries, coffee, beer, and wine. Program begins at 1:30 pm. Plenty of parking around the corner and across the street (in the lot lined with big, metal bollards).
Sadly, The Noyo Center for Marine Science will be closing the Café on August 27, and devoting the space to marine science research. WMC will announce a new meeting space for September.
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, July 16, 1:30-3:00 p.m. at the SLACK TIDE CAFÉ
Daniel Coshnear: The DNA of the Short Story
What is the difference between a picture and a motion picture? Why do we call stories weaves or yarns? When and how does an anecdote or a vignette become a story? How does a simple “slice of life” become representative, meaningful – a way of life? What gives a story resonance? Frank O’Connor in The Lonely Voice: A Study of the Short Story wrote: “Since a whole lifetime must be crowded in a few minutes those minutes must be carefully chosen indeed and lit by an unearthly glow, one that enables us to distinguish present, past and future as though they were contemporaneous.” In this brief workshop we’ll look closely at a single story and examine how it brings us to a feeling of resolution; how past and present are brought together in a moment which points to a future. And we’ll do an exercise.
Daniel Coshnear lives in Guerneville, California, works at a group home for the homeless and mentally ill, and teaches writing at UC Berkeley Extension, and in other north bay facilities. He is author of Jobs & Other Preoccupations (Helicon Nine 2001) winner of the Willa Cather Fiction Award and Occupy & Other Love Stories (Kelly's Cove Press 2012) and winner of the Novella Prize for Homesick, Redux (Flock 2015), He is the recipient of a Missouri Review Editor's Prize and a Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowship. His newest story collection, Separation Anxiety was released in 2021 by Unsolicited Press. www.danielcoshnear.com
Daniel Coshnear: The DNA of the Short Story
What is the difference between a picture and a motion picture? Why do we call stories weaves or yarns? When and how does an anecdote or a vignette become a story? How does a simple “slice of life” become representative, meaningful – a way of life? What gives a story resonance? Frank O’Connor in The Lonely Voice: A Study of the Short Story wrote: “Since a whole lifetime must be crowded in a few minutes those minutes must be carefully chosen indeed and lit by an unearthly glow, one that enables us to distinguish present, past and future as though they were contemporaneous.” In this brief workshop we’ll look closely at a single story and examine how it brings us to a feeling of resolution; how past and present are brought together in a moment which points to a future. And we’ll do an exercise.
Daniel Coshnear lives in Guerneville, California, works at a group home for the homeless and mentally ill, and teaches writing at UC Berkeley Extension, and in other north bay facilities. He is author of Jobs & Other Preoccupations (Helicon Nine 2001) winner of the Willa Cather Fiction Award and Occupy & Other Love Stories (Kelly's Cove Press 2012) and winner of the Novella Prize for Homesick, Redux (Flock 2015), He is the recipient of a Missouri Review Editor's Prize and a Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowship. His newest story collection, Separation Anxiety was released in 2021 by Unsolicited Press. www.danielcoshnear.com
Submissions for 2024 WMC Anthology started June 1.
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
It’s Renewal Time for Writers of the Mendocino Coast. 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.
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, August 20, 1:30-3:00 p.m. at the SLACK TIDE CAFÉ
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.
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.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
The 2023 Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference, August 3 - 5, is accepting registrations through June 30th. Morning workshops include memoir, mysteries, screenplays, novels, middle grade/young adults, short fiction, poetry, speculative fiction, nonfiction, and emerging writers (mcwc.org).
The Writers’ Conference 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 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 Writing and Performing a ONE-MINUTE PLAY
With Lorry LePaule A two-day workshop: Day One: Writing and Editing Day Two: Recording in Studio or via Zoom Saturday, July 15, 11 am-2 pm, Sunday, July 16, 11 am-1 pm Cost: $50 for two days Questions: Contact Lorry at [email protected] 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 info@[email protected] CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who made Spotlight on Short Fiction so enjoyable: Earlene Gleisner, Steve Sapontzis, Philip Zwerling, and moderator Rob Hawthorn.
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]. |
