Meeting Highlights

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Three of Our Own and Member Book Sales

Marlene Dotterer Nov 21, 2022 2 min read

November 2022 General Meeting The Panel The pandemic loosened our strings. As a branch, we’ve been switching up old routines and bringing on new programs.…

Our vaccinated members are happy to together again

Three of Our Own talk about publishing: Todd Bequette, Lucinda Jackson, and Heidi Eliason

Decorations by Elisabeth Tuck, Lyn Roberts, and Linda Hartmann

Three of Our Own present: Publishing Options

Todd Bequette
Criminal defense attorney, has traditionally published two novels: Good Lookin’: A Joe Turner Mystery (2021) and Blood Perfect (July 2022)
Lucinda Jackson (Moderator)
Speaker, consultant, and founder of LJ Ventures, used a hybrid publisher for both of her books: Just a Girl: Growing Up Female and Ambitious (2019) and Project Escape: Lessons for an Unscripted Life (April 2022)
Heidi Eliasan
Freelance writer, editor, and consultant, self-published her first novel, titled Confessions of a Middle-Aged Runaway: An RV Travel Adventure (2019)

Hybrid Meeting

Several members joined us via Zoom to hear the presentation and share in the festivities.

January 2020

The topic for Writers Table was Police Procedures and Criminal Investigations – something many writers include in their stories.

HANDOUT: Police Procedures & Criminal Investigations

December 2019

HANDOUT AVAILABLE

Several attendees requested access to a handout that accompanied Charla Gabert’s discussion about Podcasts. You can download the handout here:
Podcast Primer 3 – Charla Gabert

Now take a moment and enjoy a few pictures from the meeting!

Al Garrotto and David George: serious discussions…

Gifts and Table Decorations: thanks to everyone who wrapped all those books!

This meeting was well-attended: a glance at the crowd.

Our Speaker Panel (R to L): Charla Gabert, Colleen Gonzales, and Marianne Lonsdale. MC’d by Jill Hedgecock.

Members sold their books at the meeting. We have a lot of new published authors.

September 2019

Animated conversation on Ann Steiner’s marketing presentation

During Writers Table, Dot Edwards gave us great tips for creating children’s books

April 2019

Writers Table: Three of our editors talk about how they help authors.

V.P. Judith Ingram runs the program, and our speaker, Elizabeth Stark, talks about The Essence of Storytelling

February 2019

January 2019

Our Writers Table was well-attended. The topic was social media.

December 2018

November 2018

Jill Hedgecock presents a Writers Table on “Making a Book Trailer”

NorCal Leadership Conference – September 2018

We sent six people to the Leadership Conference this year. Here, we managed to nab Kymberlie Ingalls, Andrew Benzie, and Marlene Dotterer for a quick pic.