California Writers Club, Mt Diablo Branch

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Writers Table, April 13, 2024


A ‘Choose Your Table’ Event!

Characterization with Barry Hampshire
How can your characters tell you how the next plot twist will work out if you don’t know them? Get to know your characters!

Create Your CWC Member Directory Profile with Marlene Dotterer
Learn how to leverage this free directory so people can find you and you can find others.
Crafting Sensual Sentences with Bill Stong
In this fast-paced Writers Table, participants will pick a photo and then (in 5 minutes) write five lines that incorporate as many of the senses as possible. Please bring pen /pencil /keyboard and paper/computer screen (But you’re all writers, so you always have those, right?)

Writing for a Cause: Finding Purpose in Your Writing with Lucinda Jackson
Why are you writing your current project? Do you have a cause?
How are you supporting and moving your cause ahead?

A Guide to Selecting (or Changing) Your Seven Amazon “Keywords.” with Jill Hedgecock
Learn the best possible strategies to fill your seven keyword boxes on your Amazon publishing page. Your seven keywords can minimize or maximize exposure to your ideal readers based on Amazon’s algorithm. I’ll cover how to test your current keywords, what Amazon doesn’t allow, and whether you should “stuff” your keyword boxes.

Member Spotlight

Deven Greene Will Release Her Next Novel, a Thriller, on October 22, 2025
Deven Greene Will Release Her Next Novel, a Thriller, on October 22, 2025

Click here to view more Spotlights or if you have a writing Spotlight to share with us.

Upcoming Programs

  • December 7, 2025: Holiday Potluck
  • January 10, 2026: Our New Venue Launch with Writers Tables, Interviews, and a special price! Optional post-meeting events.

Our Meeting Schedule and Location

General Meetings are held the second Saturday of each month, except July and August.
Location:
The Pleasant Hill Senior Center
233 Gregory Lane
Pleasant Hill, CA
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Optional post-meeting events until 1:30. Bring your lunch!
Our meetings are open to the public. See the Meetings and Workshops page to register. 

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The Write News Newsletter, November 2025


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CWC Mt. Diablo Branch, P.O. Box 606, Alamo, CA 94507

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