October Monthly Writers’ Retreat
Join our community of writers in this monthly free, drop-in retreat. Wi-fi is available. Come and work on your writing project away from distractions! Hosted by: Foothill Ranch LibraryDate: October Continue reading
Category: Craft
Weekly Writers Support & Critique
Join us for a weekly support and critique discussion. For writers and all interested in the craft of writing. Reading your work is not mandatory. Hosted by: Foothill Ranch LibraryDate: Continue reading
Winning the Writing Game Workshop
A half-day (1:30-5 pm) face-to-face workshop with five professionals in the areas of Book Publishing (Wendy Thomas Russell), Editing (Elaine Ash), Book Cover Design (April M Reign), Manuscript Formatting (Eric Continue reading
Beta Readers: How to Choose and Use Them
by Megan Haskell Last month I shared my editing process. The irony is when I began that post I intended to include information on beta reader reviews. Then I realized Continue reading
Write Your Own Book!
Anne Cleeland Lecture Series-September Session Write Your Own Book: A Basic Primer (for aspiring authors) or writers interested in learning how to get started with the basic structure of a Continue reading
The Editing Process
by Megan Haskell For the past nine months—maybe more—I’ve been working on the first book in a new epic fantasy trilogy. Though related to The Sanyare Chronicles, this story is Continue reading
Article Writing 101
by Patrick Bailey Writing for a living is challenging. Day in and day out, you need to meet deadlines set by your clients, regardless of your workload. As a professional Continue reading
Five Tips to Help You Pass the Pitch Test
by Greta Boris I’ll be sitting on the other side of the table in June. My publisher, Fawkes Press, asked me to represent them at the Southern California Christian Writers Continue reading
Tropes and Clichés – How To Keep Your Writing FRESH
by Cary Christopher & Lisanne Harrington The OC Writer’s Blog theme for the month of April is “Fresh”, so what better time to discuss clichés? Nothing will kill a fresh Continue reading
First Page Recap – 5 Takeaways
Just how important is your first page? That’s the question Megan and I attempted to answer in last month’s workshop. What struck me as we planned, then taught the course Continue reading