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Current Meeting

VIRTUAL BRANCH MEETING

May 8, 2021
9:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Be the Hero of Your Writing Process

featuring

Kendra Levin

Weaving together secrets from bestselling authors, tips from psychologists, and her own experiences as an editor and life coach for writers, Simon & Schuster editorial director, Kendra Levin will share valuable advice for creating a regular writing practice that’s designed specifically for you. Kendra will reveal how the Hero’s Journey model of myth-making offers tools that can help you to write regularly—and feel good about it—not just today, not just tomorrow, but for years to come.

Empowers Writers to:
  • Connect more deeply with your work.
  • Listen more closely to your inner wisdom.
  • Strike a healthy balance between writing and everything else going on.
  • Turn challenges into opportunities for growth.
  • Lead more fulfilling lives.

Kendra Levin is an editor, author, and certified life coach who has worked in the publishing industry for nearly twenty years. Currently Editorial Director of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, her career has also brought her to Penguin Random House and Scholastic, where she has edited New York Times bestsellers and award winners across all age categories of children’s books. A regular contributor to Psychology Today, Kendra is the author of self-help book The Hero Is You and has spent over a decade coaching writers and other creative artists. Visit her at kendracoaching.com and follow her @kendralevin. 


Schedule

  • 9:30 – 10:00  – Sign In and Breakout Rooms
  • 10:00 – 11:00 – Writers Table
  • 11:00 – 11:15 – Business Meeting
  • 11:15 – 12:15 – Speaker

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Upcoming Events

Apr 21
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Open Mic Night

May 1
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PDT

CWC-Mt. Diablo Board Meeting

May 8
Featured 9:30 am - 12:00 pm PDT

Kendra Levin: Be the Hero of Your Writing Process

May 15
Featured 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

Young Writers Contest Award Ceremony

Jun 5
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PDT

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Member Spotlight

Telling a Story on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RPQ9migj54 The Heartland League of Women Writers has published an audio version of Phyllis Houseman's story on Youtube.
MT. DIABLO MEMBERS IN THE 2020 LITERARY REVIEW
Huzzahs to five of our own! Fran Cain, Robert Poirier, Marian Lonsdale, Jill Hedgecock, and Suzy Orpin.
George Cramer Awards
The results of the Public Safety Writers Association 2020 writing contest were announced July 12, 2020. George Cramer placed in several categories: Flash Fiction Non-Published First Place Joe Flash Fiction Non-Published Third Place Welcome Home Short Story Non-Published Honorable Mention Hard Time Fiction Book Non-Published Fourth Place A Tale of Robbers and Cops In the weeks to come, George will post his flash-fiction stories, “Joe” and “Coming Home” to his webpage, followed, in three parts, by the short story. “Hard Time” was the inspiration for a chapter in A Tale of Robbers and Cops. Visit my webpage at: https://gdcramer.com/

 

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