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		<title>March 3 WORKSHOP — &#8220;Social Media Branding  for Authors&#8221; with Beth and Ezra Barany</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, March 3, 2012 10 a.m. &#8211; 1 p.m. In this hands-on workshop with best-selling and award-winning authors (and happily married couple!) Beth and Ezra Barany, we will help you take the first steps to attract your right readers and build your fan base of raving fans so you can sell more books. In this conversation <a href="http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/march-3-workshop-social-media-branding-for-authors-with-beth-and-ezra-barany/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=calwritersclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7559649&amp;post=2227&amp;subd=calwritersclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>February 19th Speaker — Writing a  “True Life” Novel with Fred Setterberg</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen Caven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fred Setterberg, the author of Lunch Bucket Paradise (Heyday Books), will talk about writing autobiographical fiction in the form of a novel at our next CWC branch meeting. Fred Setterberg has also written The Roads Taken: Travels Through America’s Literary Landscapes, winner of the AWP prize in creative nonfiction.  He co-wrote Under the Dragon:  California’s <a href="http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/february-19th-speaker-writing-a-true-life-novel-with-fred-setterberg/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=calwritersclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7559649&amp;post=2198&amp;subd=calwritersclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the California Writers Club!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Berkeley Branch is the founding branch of one of the oldest professional writers&#8217; clubs in the country. Our meetings are free and the public is welcome! Come to our next meeting, February 19th at 2:00 p.m. Our featured speaker is Fred Setterberg. Click here for more information. Anyone may attend our affordable workshops! Members <a href="http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/welcom/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=calwritersclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7559649&amp;post=1729&amp;subd=calwritersclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>See you on Sunday! + Mark your Calendars for CWC Events&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/see-you-on-sunday-mark-your-calendars-for-cwc-events/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Writing Friends, We hope you can join us this Sunday, January 15, for the launch of two CWC Programs at the Oakland Main Library. Visit our website &#8211; ww.cwc-berkeley.com &#8211; for flyers (some times have changed) and more information. Jennifer Basye Sander, best-selling author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Published will help us <a href="http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/see-you-on-sunday-mark-your-calendars-for-cwc-events/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=calwritersclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7559649&amp;post=2195&amp;subd=calwritersclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Calling all Fifth Graders!</title>
		<link>http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/calling-all-fifth-graders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please tell all fifth-grade teachers you know that our 26th Annual Fifth Grade Story Contest is now open for entries! Information about this contest can be found on our website here. Download flyer here: CWC-26th Annual Fifth Grade Story Contest 2012.pdf (grayscale version available for black &#38; white printers &#8211; click here)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=calwritersclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7559649&amp;post=2149&amp;subd=calwritersclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>February 4 WORKSHOP &#8211; &#8220;Writing from the  Male Point of View&#8221; with Sascha Illyvich</title>
		<link>http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/february-4-workshop-writing-from-the-male-point-of-view-with-sascha-illyvich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn to write from the Male Mindset, as cross-gender writing can be difficult but an important process to understand for a writer of any genre, particularly romance.  Sascha Illyvich started writing twelve years ago, releasing poetry and an occasional short erotica story before focusing on fetish romance, paranormal romance, and various subgenres.  His erotic romances <a href="http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/february-4-workshop-writing-from-the-male-point-of-view-with-sascha-illyvich/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=calwritersclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7559649&amp;post=2112&amp;subd=calwritersclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>January 15 speaker — &#8220;How to Create Bestselling Book Ideas&#8221; with Jennifer Bayse Sander</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Random House senior editor and New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Basye Sander of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Published (now in its 5th revised edition) will pull back the veil on big-time publishing and teach you how editors create book ideas that sell.  Once you understand how they develop ideas, you will <a href="http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/january-15-speaker-how-to-create-bestselling-book-ideas-with-jennifer-bayse-sander/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=calwritersclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7559649&amp;post=2095&amp;subd=calwritersclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CWC-BB Holiday Brunch 12/3/11</title>
		<link>http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/cwc-bb-holiday-brunch-12311/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members, please join us for our BB Annual Holiday Event! Saturday, December 3, 2011, 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the Grand Tavern, 3601 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610 MAP 510-444-4644 For our members:  Tax and service included &#8211; $25.00 payable to CWC-BB. Please mail checks to event coordinator Eva Merrick, P.O. Box 426337, San <a href="http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/cwc-bb-holiday-brunch-12311/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=calwritersclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7559649&amp;post=2039&amp;subd=calwritersclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>November 20 speaker— &#8220;Adventures in Genre&#8221; with Karen Joy Fowler</title>
		<link>http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/november-20-%e2%80%94-adventures-in-genre-with-karen-joy-fowler/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The divide between genre and literary is not the gaping chasm it once was; mixing and matching is an increasingly attractive option.  Karen Joy Fowler will talk about her own experiences as a writer of literary novels and of science fiction short stories, and the ways in which cross-pollination as a reader and writer have <a href="http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/november-20-%e2%80%94-adventures-in-genre-with-karen-joy-fowler/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=calwritersclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7559649&amp;post=1827&amp;subd=calwritersclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>November 5 &#8211; Nonfiction: News vs. Research &#8211; mini-workshop with Dennis Evanosky</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[East Bay historian and newspaper publisher Dennis Evanosky will contrast the role of the journalist with the role of the nonfiction writer. He will address the differences between the deadline-driven reporting of news for a newspaper and the longer-term, research-driven writing for a non-fiction book. He will also speak about receiving unsolicited articles for the <a href="http://calwritersclub.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/november-15-nonfiction-news-vs-research-mini-workshop-with-dennis-evanosky/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=calwritersclub.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7559649&amp;post=1903&amp;subd=calwritersclub&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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