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SUMMARY:September 2026 General Meeting with Diane Frank\, Poetry as the Language of the Soul 
DESCRIPTION:Location Alert! This meeting is at the Pleasant Hill Community Center.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPart I:  Readings from Winners of the 2026 Young Writers Contest\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPart II: Diane Frank Talks about Poetry as the Language of the Soul\n\n\n\n\nAttendees will be shown:\n\n\n\nHow poems take the flying leap to the magic place\n\n\n\nWriting poetry larger than yourself\n\n\n\nReaching the transcendent core of a poem\n\n\n\nWhat poetry offers to writers of other genres\n\n\n\nHow poetry speaks through time.\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\n9:30 – Sign-in table opens\n\n\n\n10:00 – TBD\n\n\n\n11:00 – Feature Presentation\n\n\n\n12:00 – Meeting Ends\n\n\n\n\nStay after the meeting until 1:30 for optional events. Meeting attendance is required to participate in optional activities. \n\n\nCost\n\n\nMembers: $15.00 ($20.00 after September 5th)Guests: $20.00Pay online when you register or cash/check at the door. Coffee/tea and pastries included. \n\n\nRegistration\n\n\nOpens August 10\, 2026Register at https://cwcmtdiablo.org/meetings-and-workshops/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiane Frank is the author of nine books of poems\, three novels\, and a photo memoir of her 400 mile trek in the Nepal Himalayas. While Listening to the Enigma Variations: New and Selected Poems won the 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Poetry. Her new book of poems\, Prayer to the Invisible\, was an overnight bestseller – #3 for American Poetry\, #3 for Poems by Women. She teaches poetry\, flash fiction\, and memoir workshops at San Francisco State University and Dominican University. Her first novel\, Blackberries in the Dream House\, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Her new novel\, Mermaids and Musicians\, is an unusual love story\, full of music and a plea to save the Earth. Her website: www.dianefrank.com
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LOCATION:Pleasant Hill Community Center\, 320 Civic Drive\, Pleasant Hill\, California
CATEGORIES:Branch Meetings and Workshops
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SUMMARY:The Writer’s Journey: Moving Beyond the Draft\, a Mt. Diablo Workshop with Gala Russ
DESCRIPTION:Stuck in Revision? Not sure what your manuscript needs next?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA workshop series presented by CWC Mt. Diablo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us in October for a hands-on workshop focused on strengthening scenes\, identifying weak spots\, and developing a revision strategy that works.\n\n\n\nYou’ll learn how to: \n\n\n\n\nEvaluate scenes with purpose\n\n\n\nSpot missing elements in your story\n\n\n\nMove beyond endless editing\n\n\n\nCreate a roadmap for revision\n\n\n\n\nBecause finishing a draft isn’t the end of the writing journey. It’s where the real work begins. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\n\n9:30 AM – Registration & socializing \n\n\n\n10:00 AM – Part 1 Macro Editing + Logline (50 min)  \n\n\n\n10:50 AM – Break \n\n\n\n11:00 AM – Part 2 Scene Structure That Actually Works (1 hr) \n\n\n\n12:00 PM – Lunch break*\n\n\n\n12:30 PM – Part 3 Applied Editing + Coaching (1 hr) \n\n\n\n1:30 PM – Workshop ends \n\n\n\n\n*Bring your own lunch. We will provide coffee\, fruit\, and pastries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSave the Date! October 10\, 2026\, 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.**\n\n\n\n**This is the day of our regular monthly meeting \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation\n\n\n\nPleasant Hill Senior Center233 Gregory Lane\, Pleasant Hill \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCost\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEARLY BIRD SPECIAL!SAVE $5.00! \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister between September 15 and October 3\, and the cost is:\n\n\n\n\n\nMembers: $35       \n\n\n\n\n\nGuests: $40 \n\n\n\n\n\nRegister after October 3\, the cost is:\n\n\n\n\n\nMembers: $40 \n\n\n\n\n\nGuests: $45 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGALA RUSSRomance Author\, Book Coach\, and Publishing Strategistgalarussauthor@gmail.comgalarussauthor.com \n\n\n\nGala Russ is a multi-published romance author\, book coach\, and publishing strategist who helps writers move from overwhelm to clarity. She works with: \n\n\n\n\nbrand-new writers to show them that starting (and finishing) a book is possible and what steps lead from a book idea to a finished draft\n\n\n\ngenre authors who want to strengthen romantic subplots so readers root for the couple\n\n\n\ndraft finishers who need a clear roadmap for editing and publishing: traditional or indie\n\n\n\nall writers to market their books in a way that complements their interests and budgets\n\n\n\nWriters ready to indie-publish their work\n\n\n\n\nIn the past four years\, Gala has published nine books—from young adult to adult\, closed-door to wide-open door—including two trilogies. She’s currently writing a new urban-fantasy series. A repeat presenter at national events\, she has spoken at Daniel David Wallace’s Teachers of Fiction and Escape the Plot Forest summits and taught a two-hour Romancing the Subplot workshop for Beth Barany’s speculative-fiction community. Her teaching blends approachable guidance with no-nonsense strategy. Having published her first book without understanding comps\, tropes\, story structure\, editing timelines\, querying\, or marketing\, she knows how isolating the path to figuring all those out alone can feel. Now she helps writers skip years of trial and error with clear frameworks and actionable\, tailored advice aligning with open web initiatives.
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