BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//San Diego Memoir Writers Association - ECPv6.13.2.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:San Diego Memoir Writers Association
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sdmwa.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for San Diego Memoir Writers Association
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:UTC
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:UTC
DTSTART:20200101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220806T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220806T120000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20220731T142755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220802T215237Z
UID:1970-1659780000-1659787200@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:August Meeting- Local Author Spotlight
DESCRIPTION:Our August monthly meeting will be an in-person meeting at the Coronado Library Saturday\, August 6\, 2022\, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the Winn Room.  We would love to see you there! \nFeatured Authors\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Anastasia Zadeik is a writer\, editor\, and narrative nonfiction performer. She lives in San Diego\, CA\, where she serves as Director of Operations for the San Diego Writers Festival and as a mentor and board member for the literary nonprofit So Say We All. When she isn’t reading or writing\, you will find her hiking\, practicing yoga\, playing tennis\, swimming\, or hanging out with her husband and their empty-nest rescue dog\, Charlie. Blurred Fates is her first novel. Visit her website at www.anastasiazadeik.com \n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Janet Hafner born and bred in Queens\, New York\, married her high school sweetheart after graduating college in Maryland. As a military wife\, she was always on the move with her husband and their three sons. \nShe doesn’t have a long history of writing accomplishments. Her passion and strength have always been teaching. A thirty-year career teaching English and Spanish at Palomar College was followed by a second career as a communication/language trainer for international corporations. So . . . when did writing enter the picture? Late in life. A dream\, complete with plot\, characters\, setting and lots of conflict compelled her to write it down. That became her first middle grade novel\, Peter Poppin and the Lost Emerald. The decision to self-publish gave her an opportunity to learn more about writing and the art and science of putting a book together.   \nAs if by fate\, Janet met Marni Freedman whose infectious drive for engaging story telling stimulated her to write scenes from her life which she shares with other memoir writers in Marni’s memoir critique group. Her life episodes have been published in Shaking the Tree anthologies and have been selected twice as winners for the Memoir Showcase. A desire to learn more about writing led her to join the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild where she served on the Board of Directors for four years.  \nShe is now honored to be a member of the San Diego Memoir Writers Association board. She is currently working on her second middle grade novel about a dog named Tessa who loves being an author. Her website is www.jrhafner.com  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Laura L. Engel\, born and raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast transplanted to San Diego over 50 years ago. She is married to the love of her life\, Gene\, and the mother of five beloved grown children and an adored golden retriever\, Layla Louise. Laura is the proud Grammy of 10 cherished grandchildren. In 2016 Laura retired from a 35-year career in the corporate world with plans to quietly catch up on hobbies and travels with her husband Gene. In October of that year her plans changed when a miracle happened in her life. She soon found herself busier than ever taking writing classes and writing up a storm about a secret she thought she would take to her grave.  \nAlong with writing her memoir\, Laura holds the office of President of San Diego Memoir Writers Association and is an active member of the International Women Writers Guild. She is also a member of San Diego Writers Ink and San Diego Writers and Editors Guild.  \nToday finds Laura fulfilling her life-long dream having written her first book\, a memoir she never dreamed she would write\, You’ll Forget This Ever Happened -Secrets\, Shame\, and Adoption in the 1960s published by She Writes Press in may May 2022 and is now available wherever books are sold. Visit Laura’s website at www.lauralengel.com \n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Lindsey Salatka is an author\, ghost-writer\, and editor. She is best known for her debut novel\, Fish Heads and Duck Skins. Her writing has been featured at Blog Her and in Shanghai Family Magazine\, Urbanatomy: Shanghai\, and Volumes 3 and 4 of Shaking the Tree: Brazen. Short. Memoir. She is on the advisory board of the San Diego Writers Festival and serves as Director of the KidsWrite! Children’s Writing Contest. You can find Lindsey at www.lindseysalatka.com\, on Instagram @mywhatlovelygillsyouhave\, on Facebook @fishheadsandduckskin\, or on Twitter @lindseysalatka. \n  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Madonna Treadway is an award-winning author. She is also a mentor and speaker passionate about helping others learn to move beyond grief after losing a loved one. Her first book\, Six Healing Questions: A Gentle Path to Healing Childhood Loss of a Parent\, walks readers through gentle healing steps\, current research\, and her own powerful story.The loss of her parents at age eight inspired a life-long quest investigating the meaning of grief and loss in her life and the lives of others.  \nHer new book\, due out in late 2022\, Grief Hack\, A Creative Process for Coping with Everyday Loss\, is a short\, inspirational guide that walks readers through a creative process that can transform the pain of grief and loss into profound\, life-altering realizations. Dedicated to ongoing research and creative discovery\, Madonna wants to change the narrative around grief and loss from one of avoidance to sharing\, embracing\, and\, ultimately\, transformation. Visit her website www.madonnatreadway.com \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Nancy Johnson is a retired high school English teacher\, writer\, wife\, mother\, and grandmother. She published articles in La Mesa Courier Newspaper\, Discovering My City La Mesa Magazine\, and English Literature Journal. Her short stories appear in Sunshine Noir II (Working and Walking the Boulevard)\, Shaking the Tree II (Glass Shards)\, and Shaking the Tree III (The Sky is Falling). Her blog is Slightly Squinting. She had a blast writing and performing “The Armpit Years” for So Say We All. She volunteers for San Diego Writers Festival and San Diego Writer’s Ink. Her book\, Things My Mama Never Told Me\, will be launched in 2020. She is a student of Marni Freedman\, V.A.M.P.\, Writer’s Elements\, all the writers who have gone before her\, and the amazing teenagers who have shared their lives with her and who will remain part of her forever. Visit her website at www.nancypantsjohnson.com \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Who am I? Suzanne Spector asked herself as she stripped off the bonds of marriage and conventional suburban life. Her adventurous journey of discovery led her from a nude beach on Ibiza at 41\, to a banya in Siberia at 55\, and into a hot love affair at 80. \nThese probably would not be the tales your mother or grandmother would tell about her life\, but this 85 year old’s ebullient memoir of the second half of her life will move you to weave some rich new yarns into the tapestry of your own story. Her message: It’s never too late. Visit her website at www.suzannespector.com \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Leslie Ferguson is an accomplished educator\, editor\, and writing coach. As a youth in foster care\, she dreamed about becoming a teacher. After earning her teaching credential from the University of Redlands\, she taught high school English at her alma mater for nearly two decades. During that time\, she obtained a master’s degree in English literature and an MFA in creative writing from Chapman University. She lives with one husband and two cats in the greater San Diego area\, where she binge-watches dark character dramas and reminisces about her glory days as an All-American basketball player and collegiate Hall-of-Fame athlete. When I Was Her Daughter is her first book.Visit the author at LeslieFergusonAuthor.com
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/august-meeting-local-author-spotlight/
LOCATION:Coronado Public Library\, 640 Orange Ave\, Coronado\, CA\, 92118
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sdmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/D7628A8E-A650-4299-8050-4AF1EADE849B-e1659277748649.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220709T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220709T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20220707T030032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220707T234503Z
UID:1955-1657377000-1657384200@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Vulnerable and Brave with Dr. Michelle Zive
DESCRIPTION:Are you ready for an interactive writing workshop that will help you to disrupt the stories you’ve been told and get empowered to express long buried parts of your authentic self? \nHow to participate?\nBring a photo – or an image from the internet to the session that says something about your vulnerability or bravery. \nTHERE IS NO WAY TO DO THIS WRONG. ANY PICTURE WORKS (we will also have some images to choose from on the day of the workshop). Zoom link will be emailed prior to the event. \n Register Here \nHere is your Zoom invite for SDMWA July 2022 meeting:\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/83851830772?pwd=R0lIamZEcW5mdGZCdHFxT05XUmpiZz09 \nMeeting ID: 838 5183 0772\nPasscode: 632035 \nMichelle Zive\, PhD\nMichelle Zive has a PhD in leadership from the University of San Diego.  She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in nutritional sciences and is a registered dietitian. For over 30 years\, she’s worked at UC San Diego as a Principal Investigator on large-scale community health projects focusing on access to healthy foods\, physical activity\, and food security.  Based on her excellency for writing grants and telling the story\, she’s brought in over $20 million dollars into UCSD.  Zive has authored or co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles.  She was the recipient of the SD Book Award for best unpublished memoir in 2009.  Her focuses are on middle-aged women\, feminism\, equity\, and social justice. \nHere’s the vulnerable and brave bio: \nMichelle Murphy Zive considers herself a suburban hippie.  She grew up half of her formative years in Pacific Beach (a party and “progressive” town) and the other half in Alpine (a bedroom community with 3\,000 people) which is 29 minutes from downtown San Diego. She created two kickass and vulnerable daughters from her first husband.  She is a divorcee (such an antiquated word) and remarried to a man who sees her. Together they have a son. The mere fact that she married a wonderful man and had a son means she cannot hate 49% of the population.  Instead\, she is finding ways to create a world where women have a voice.  She is the founder and disruptor of Representation Rebellion (RR).  The mission of RR is to disrupt the stories they sell and tell about us by telling our own. \nHere is the RR About page https://www.representationrebellion.com/our-rebellious-team/ \n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/vulnerable-and-brave-with-dr-michelle-zive/
LOCATION:CA
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sdmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_7835.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220708T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220708T140000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20220707T025523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220707T025523Z
UID:1950-1657285200-1657288800@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:How to Write a Winning Memoir Showcase Piece
DESCRIPTION:Free online workshop on zoom. Register Here \nHere is the zoom Info: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/88397281090?pwd=NWs0V1RITURZS1A0ZTdTNzRoQ21Bdz09 \nMeeting ID: 883 9728 1090\nPasscode: 655040
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/how-to-write-a-winning-memoir-showcase-piece/
LOCATION:CA
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sdmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_7826.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220612T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220612T130000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20220601T153704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220601T171337Z
UID:1893-1655031600-1655038800@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Memoir\, Mentors\, and Mimosas Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:Join us June 12th at San Diego Writers\, Ink for an in-person fundraiser event. Bring your questions! \nCost: $75- General Admission\n$100- Right to sell books at the event\nTickets are tax-deductible\nPurchase your Tickets Today:\n\n \n\n\n\nAdmission Levels\n\n\nGeneral Admission $75.00 USDOption to sell books $100.00 USDStar Donor $500.00 USDAngel Donor $1\,000.00 USD\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nJust a sample of the topics you can ask about:\n\nWhat are some trauma-reducing tools for memoir writing?\nWhere should I start my memoir?\nDo I need an author video?\nHow should I publish?\nHow can I tackle procrastination?\nHow should I approach publicity?\nHow should I handle social media?\nWhat’s the difference between marketing and publicity?\nCan I make a documentary about my life?\nCan breathing and centering improve my writing?\nHow should I end my memoir?\nHow do I find an agent?\nHow do I publish a memoir writing about people who are still alive?\nHow do I overcome self-doubt?\nHow can I make my first five pages the best they can be?\nShould I use flashbacks?\nHow can I turn my memoir into a movie?\nDo I need an author website?\nDo I need an editor?\nHow do I write about family?\n\nMentors: \nAmy Wallen: Author\, Teacher\, Pie Maker\nTracy J. Jones – Editor\, Writing Teacher Writing Coach\nJennifer Coburn: Author\, PR Specialist for Authors\nJeniffer Thompson: Author Branding Expert\nVin Schroeter PhD: Bioenergetic Therapist\nCarlos de los Rios – Filmmaker\, Author Video Specialist\, Documentarian\nMarni Freedman: Author\, Editor\, Writing Teacher\, Writing Coach\nMadhushree Ghosh: Author\, Memoirist\, Social Justice Advocate
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/memoir-mentors-and-mimosas-fundraiser/
LOCATION:San Diego Writers\, Ink\, 2730 Historic Decatur Rd. #202-204\, San Diego\, CA\, 92106\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sdmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Mentors_and_Mimosas_Event-e1654103335459.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220604T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220604T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20220527T200944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220601T202905Z
UID:1864-1654353000-1654360200@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Laura Engel Talks About Her Debut Memoir\, You'll Forget This Ever Happened
DESCRIPTION:Join us June 4th when guest speaker Laura Engel talks about her debut memoir\, You’ll Forget This Ever Happened – Secrets\, Shame\, and Adoption in the 1960s \nYou Got This!  \nLaura walks us through the ups and downs of writing her book about secrets\, trauma\, and incredible joy.  As she takes us along on her writing\, editing\, and publishing journey we will learn how writing her memoir healed her in ways she never dreamed. Laura will read passages from her book and answer your questions and she promises that you too have a book inside of you. \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/86079642954?pwd=c1hhZ095UGQzek1tSy9uYWNTNndmZz09 \nMeeting ID: 860 7964 2954\nPasscode: 158468 \nAbout Laura: \nMany of you know Laura as President of the San Diego Memoir Writers\, a fellow writer and friend. What you may not know is that five years ago she never dreamed she would write and publish a memoir about the darkest secret in her life. Writing her book started by accident in a Writers Ink\, Artist’s Way class that segued into walking into her first Memoir 101 classwith Marni Freedman and Tracy Jones in January 2017.  \nCheck out Laura’s website for more information: https://www.lauralengel.com
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/laura-engel-talks-about-her-debut-memoir-youll-forget-this-ever-happened/
LOCATION:CA
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sdmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Laura_Engel_SDMWA.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220507T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220507T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20220407T191756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T233159Z
UID:1845-1651933800-1651941000@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Hybrid Publishing – Get Your Story Out! with Holly Kammier
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nIntroduction to Hybrid Publishing – Get Your Story Out!  \nHolly Kammier\, Co-Founder of Acorn Publishing\, will discuss the pros and cons of your 5 main publishing options today:  \n\nTraditional Publishing \nSmall Publishers\nSelf-Publishing \nVanity Press \nHybrid Publishing\n\nAbout the Author\nHolly Kammier is co-founder of Acorn Publishing\, a highly selective hybrid publishing imprint to a large collective of best-selling\, award winning authors. Holly\, the international\, best-selling author of Kingston Court\, Choosing Hope\, and Lost Girl\, is also an accomplished writing coach and a former journalist who has worked everywhere from CNN in Washington\, D.C. and KCOP-TV in Los Angeles\, to the NBC affiliate in small-town Medford\, Oregon. Holly teaches at several writers conferences across Southern California. The UCLA honor grad and mother to teenage boys lives in her hometown of San Diego\, close to family and friends.    \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/85459178203?pwd=a1kzTzFNRFFBZ3JmcEVrVlVSa3plQT09 \nMeeting ID: 854 5917 8203\nPasscode: 411466
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/introduction-to-hybrid-publishing-get-your-story-out-with-holly-kammier/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220402T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220402T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20220316T002209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220322T172237Z
UID:1826-1648909800-1648917000@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Food Writing in Memoir and Social Justice with Madhushree Ghosh
DESCRIPTION:Food Writing in Memoir and Social Justice \nKhabaar is a food memoir and personal narrative that braids the global journeys of South Asian food through immigration\, migration\, and indenture. Focusing on chefs\, home cooks\, and food stall owners\, the book questions what it means to belong and what does belonging in a new place look like in the foods carried over from the old country? These questions are integral to the author’s own immigrant journey to America as a daughter of Indian refugees (from what’s now Bangladesh to India during the 1947 Partition of India); as a woman of color in science; as a woman who left an abusive marriage; and as a woman who keeps her parents’ memory alive through her Bengali food.  \nThe talk will focus on what food means in memoir writing\, how can we use it to talk about our own experiences\, and also about social justice issues.  \n  \n  \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/86131957629?pwd=ZkdURjBrMkM3MVBubk9yckRnWTBMQT09  \nMeeting ID: 861 3195 7629\nPasscode: 956012  \n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/food-writing-in-memoir-and-social-justice-with-madhushree-ghosh/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sdmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ABDB6673-5E55-4D8C-8B28-00809ED3DEDF.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220305T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220305T153000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20220228T001351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220228T001634Z
UID:1783-1646490600-1646494200@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Social Media for Writers
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our March 5th meeting for a presentation on Social Media for Writers with Caroline Gilman.  Everything writers need to know about Facebook\, Instagram\, and Twitter.  Tips galore for networking with fellow writers and how to promote your own work on your social channels! \nZoom invite: \nTopic: SDMWA March Meeting for Members\nTime: Mar 5\, 2022 02:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/85022797292?pwd=SFBSMVNjcStzQzNtRDJjbXY1M1BZQT09 \nMeeting ID: 850 2279 7292\nPasscode: 609189
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/social-media-for-writers/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sdmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/99344AB7-3E23-4F42-BA6A-A5771A65E0E4.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220205T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220205T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20211217T221316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220129T215735Z
UID:1632-1644071400-1644078600@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Warwick’s + SDWF Book Club & SDMWA Meeting - House of Sticks: A Memoir with Author Ly Tran
DESCRIPTION:February Book Club Pick: House of Sticks\n\nThis beautifully written “masterclass in memoir” (Elle) recounts a young girl’s journey from war-torn Vietnam to Queens\, New York\, “showcas[ing] the tremendous power we have to alter the fates of others\, step into their lives and shift the odds in favor of greater opportunity” (Star Tribune\, Minneapolis). Ly Tran is just a toddler in 1993 when she and her family immigrate from a small town along the Mekong river in Vietnam to a two-bedroom railroad apartment in Queens. Ly’s father\, a former lieutenant in the South Vietnamese army\, spent nearly a decade as a POW\, and their resettlement is made possible through a humanitarian program run by the US government. Soon after they arrive\, Ly joins her parents and three older brothers sewing ties and cummerbunds piece-meal on their living room floor to make ends meet. As they navigate this new landscape\, Ly finds herself torn between two worlds. She knows she must honor her parents’ Buddhist faith and contribute to the family livelihood\, working long hours at home and eventually as a manicurist alongside her mother at a nail salon in Brooklyn that her parents take over. But at school\, Ly feels the mounting pressure to blend in. A growing inability to see the blackboard presents new challenges\, especially when her father forbids her from getting glasses\, calling her diagnosis of poor vision a government conspiracy. His frightening temper and paranoia leave a mark on Ly’s sense of self. Who is she outside of everything her family expects of her? An “unsentimental yet deeply moving examination of filial bond\, displacement\, war trauma\, and poverty” (NPR)\, House of Sticks is a timely and powerful portrait of one girl’s coming-of-age and struggle to find her voice amid clashing cultural expectations. \n\nOne of Vogue and NPR’s Best Books of the Year.\nThe Details:\nBuy the Book: Click here to buy from Warwick’s\nWhen: Feb 5\, 2022\, 02:30 PM Pacific Time (U.S. and Canada) \nWhere: A Facebook Live Event. Click here to Watch\nJoin Us: Click here to join us on Zoom.\nMeeting ID: 883 6389 6322\nPasscode: 144210\n\nMeet The Author\n\nLY TRAN graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Creative Writing and Linguistics in 2014. She has received fellowships from MacDowell\, Art Omi\, and Yaddo. House of Sticks is her first book.\n\nCheck out this video of Ly talking about her book from her publisher’s site.\n\nSocial Media/Website:\n\n@LyTranWrites (Twitter)\nVisit Ly Tran on her website \n\n\n\n\nReviews:\n“Tran fluctuates between tenderness and quiet rage … [Tran] honor[s] these complexities\, tell[s] us we were not meant to swallow our pain and survive in this world without support systems.” —New York Times Book Review\n\n“[An] unsentimental yet deeply moving examination of filial bond\, displacement\, war trauma\, and poverty. Ostensibly an immigrant success story\, Tran’s narrative power lies in its nuanced celebration of filial devotion that withstands the enormous cost of the American dream … The dilapidated nail salon in a racially volatile Brooklyn neighborhood that Tran’s parents came to own after the end of their sweatshop era — with its filing sticks as tools of the trade — witnessed their stark tribulations as well as the wondrous resilience of their immigrant selves. In the end\, Tran’s empathy and her parents’ appreciation of her filial love cemented the emotional bricks that steady their seemingly tenuous hold on this unaccustomed earth.” —NPR\n\n“Powerful … showcases the tremendous power we have to alter the fates of others\, step into their lives and shift the odds in favor of greater opportunity” —Minneapolis Star Tribune\n\n“House of Sticks is a book that will assault and warm your heart at the same time—a classic immigrant tale\, told from the perspective of a Vietnamese child who settled with her family in New York City in the early ’90s with little to no knowledge about life in America… But it is also much more: a coming of age story\, A New York hustle\, a battle with a father who not only maintains an ironclad sense of filial duty\, but also\, fueled by his paranoia\, exercises irrational control over things like vision correction. (In another elegant examination of absence\, the book recounts what a fundamental challenge it is to move through the world without basic ability to see.)” —Vogue\, Best Books to Read 2021\n\n“Graceful but unflinching\, Ly Tran’s House of Sticks follows the author’s immigration from Vietnam to New York as a toddler\, and the subsequent identity shaping and re-shaping she undergoes throughout her youth and early adult years. Resettled in Queens through a humanitarian program—her father is a former POW—Tran attempts to honor her family through faith and labor\, only to find herself yearning for something that exists outside of their home. Intimate yet universal\, this is a masterclass in memoir.” —Elle\, Best Books of Summer 2021\n“A moving recount of how Tran and her family immigrated from a small town in Vietnam to a two-bedroom railroad apartment in Queens\, and how she forged her path in a new culture.” —Marie Claire\, 20 New Books by Asian Authors to Get Excited About
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/warwicks-sdwf-book-club-sdmwa-meeting-house-of-sticks-a-memoir-with-author-ly-tran/
LOCATION:Facebook Live
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sdmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220108T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220108T120000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20220104T010120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220104T010120Z
UID:1638-1641636000-1641643200@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Manifest Your Writing Dreams with Marni Freedman (Online Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:ZOOM Link: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/96745452627?pwd=VURKUURUT05MSW9LQjNZOEtqQW8rUT09 \nMeeting ID: 967 4545 2627\nPasscode: 068262
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/manifest-your-writing-dreams-with-marni-freedman-online-workshop/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211107T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211107T153000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20211008T233435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T233436Z
UID:1522-1636293600-1636299000@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Shaking the Tree Volume 3 Book Signing (Diesel\, A Bookstore )
DESCRIPTION:Shaking the Tree Volume 3 Book Signing  \n\n\nDiesel\, A Bookstore\n\nSunday\, November 7\, 2:00PM – 3:30PM\n\nDiesel\, A Bookstore\n12843 El Camino Real Suite 104\nSan Diego\, CA 92130
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/shaking-the-tree-volume-3-book-signing-diesel-a-bookstore/
LOCATION:Diesel Bookstore\, 12843 El Camino Real Suite 104\, San Diego\, 92130\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211106T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211106T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20211005T174533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211005T174533Z
UID:1513-1636209000-1636216200@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Learn from Local Authors - Memoir Panel
DESCRIPTION:Learn from Local Authors – Memoir Panel on November 6 \nJoin us for a dynamic panel of local authors who will discuss their process – from writing to revising to publishing and marketing. Bring your questions!\nJoin Zoom Meeting:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/96745452627?pwd=VURKUURUT05MSW9LQjNZOEtqQW8rUT09\nMeeting ID: 967 4545 2627\nPasscode: 068262
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/learn-from-local-authors-memoir-panel/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211023T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211023T153000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20211008T233026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T233026Z
UID:1519-1634997600-1635003000@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Shaking the Tree Volume 3 Book Signing (Downtown Library)
DESCRIPTION:Shaking the Tree Volume 3 Book Signing \n\n\nLibrary Shop at the Downtown Library\n330 Park Blvd\, San Diego\, CA 92101\nSaturday\, October 23\, 2:00PM – 3:30PM\nOutdoor courtyard\, next to the Library Shop\, Downtown library\n\nRegistration required as this event is limited to 100 attendees:\nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/shaking-the-tree-volume-3-book-signing-downtown-library/
LOCATION:San Diego Public Library\, 330 Park Blvd\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211002T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211002T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20210928T173834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T200906Z
UID:1492-1633185000-1633192200@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Savory Senses: From Detail to Metaphor to Art with Sue William Silverman (Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:**Facebook Live** \nJoin us for a SDMWA Workshop: Savory Senses: From Detail to Metaphor to Art with Sue William Silverman \nPlease RSVP here.\nLink to join workshop (click here) \n\nAristotle writes\, “Place is a vessel that holds us.” And\, indeed\, it is. As writers\, we need to draw upon our physical surroundings for sensory images and details to embody our complicated and compelling interior lives. By doing so\, we also discover the metaphors of our narratives\, thus turning experience into art. We will explore how these essential aspects of craft can help transform our personal stories and open them up to a universal audience. During this presentation\, there will be time for Q&A and a generative exercise \n\n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/savory-senses-from-detail-to-metaphor-to-art-with-sue-william-silverman-workshop/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210911T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210911T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20210903T192238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210903T194310Z
UID:1455-1631370600-1631377800@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Shaking The Tree 3 Book Launch and Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The September SDMWA meeting and Shaking The Tree 3 Book Launch is Sept 11\, at 2:30-4:30 PM\nJoin us for our monthly meeting and for fun\, readings\, book giveaways and swag! \n\nJoin Zoom Meeting:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/83187571821?pwd=T29PN21QU29QNmNySG1RcllUYzZNdz09\nMeeting ID: 831 8757 1821\nPasscode: 533593 \nDon’t forget to save the date AND RSVP HERE: Ask friends and family to RSVP at the Eventbrite link above so they can join us too. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/shaking-the-tree-3-book-launch/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210807T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210807T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20210719T194228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210719T194330Z
UID:1432-1628346600-1628353800@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:The Joys and Perils of Writing Anonymously (Plus 7 Practical Tips if You Do) with Marijke McCandless
DESCRIPTION:About Marijke: \nMarijke McCandless is an award-winning author and long-time awareness practitioner. Her memoir\, More…Journey to mystical union through the sacred and the profane (written under a pen name) has won awards every year since it was published in 2016. She leads a popular online writing practice called Write Now Mind and awareness practice sessions called Juicy Practices for Getting Present plus other immersion workshops. Her recipe for enlivenment? Listen. Play. Write. https://marijkemccandless.com \nJoin Zoom Meeting (FREE)\nhttps://zoom.us/j/99586470334?pwd=NEgwUzdOTDRSQWVCUTQ1UWdmdW1odz09 \nMeeting ID: 995 8647 0334 \nPasscode: 046046
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/the-joys-and-perils-of-writing-anonymously-plus-7-practical-tips-if-you-do-with-marijke-mccandless/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210619T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210619T130000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20210603T233850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T233920Z
UID:1370-1624100400-1624107600@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:How to Write a Winning Memoir Showcase Piece (Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:Join SDMWA for a How to Write a Winning Memoir Showcase Piece (Workshop)\n\nJune 19\, 2021 11:00 AM PST\nZOOM (Free) \n  \n \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89491407470\nMeeting ID: 894 9140 7470
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/how-to-write-a-winning-memoir-showcase-piece-workshop/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210605T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210605T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20210518T200442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T234151Z
UID:1361-1622903400-1622910600@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:How Travel Writing Created the First Memoir with Lenore Greiner
DESCRIPTION:****FREE — ZOOM **** \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/96745452627?pwd=VURKUURUT05MSW9LQjNZOEtqQW8rUT09 \nMeeting ID: 967 4545 2627\nPasscode: 068262 \n \nHow Travel Writing Created the First Memoir \nDid you know that travel writing created the first memoir? \nThis ancient relationship began in 400 BC when a Greek named Herodotus began traveling and writing letters home\, forever conjoining the arts of travel writing and memoir. \nAward-winning travel writer and memoirist\, Lenore Greiner\, will show you how to enrich your writing with travel writing as a powerful prism through which to view the self. \nThe craft of travel writing allows a writer explore the world outside and the world inside herself. Learn how travel writing will help you: \nCapture a place as a character as in Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast\nShare a healing journey as in Eat\, Pray\, Love\nMake your reader laugh out loud as in Incontinent on the Continent: My Mother\, Her Walker and Our Grand Tour of Italy \nLearn a basic overview of travel writing within the craft of memoir: \nThe definition of travel memoir\nTravel memoirs throughout history\nTypes of travel memoirs\nTips on incorporating travel writing into your own memoir \nA passionate travel storyteller\, Lenore Greiner won a 2021 Gold Solas Travel Writing award for her travel narrative\, “From Mill Valley\, With Love.” She was honored in Best American Travel Writing 2013\, edited by Elizabeth Gilbert. Her piece “Translating Respect” appeared in the Shaking the Tree memoir anthology after earning her Memoir Writing Certificate at San Diego Writers Ink. Her travel writing has appeared in print and online; she’s authored a Las Vegas guidebook and has contributed to 17 guidebooks for Fodor’s Travel Publications. To learn more\, visit www.LenoreGreiner.com.
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/how-travel-writing-created-the-first-memoir-with-lenore-greiner/
LOCATION:CA
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210501T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210501T160000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20210427T003335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210427T005341Z
UID:1346-1619879400-1619884800@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Editor's Panel - SDMWA May Presentation (Panel)
DESCRIPTION:Editor’s Panel – SDMWA May Presentation – May 1st – ZOOM \nEver wonder how and why you should hire an editor? Wondering what the difference is between a developmental editor\, a copy editor\, and a proofer?\nCurious how to decide who to hire or how long the editing process takes?\nBring every question you have to this highly interactive editor’s panel hosted by editor and SDMWA board member\, Tracy J. Jones with editors Chris Zook\, Erin Willard and Nadia Geagea Pupa. \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://zoom.us/j/92082722498?pwd=cjYzR3FvSlJwOEhJdjUyTlU2dnVDZz09\nMeeting ID: 920 8272 2498\nPasscode: 198014 \n\nModerator and Panel:  \nModerator:\n\nTracy Jones is a professional content writer and editor\, ghostwriter\, and copy editor with more than 25-years experience writing and editing for private clients\, non-profits\, and corporations. She’s a producer\, head judge\, writing coach\, and co-director of the San Diego Annual Memoir Showcase. She’s the co-editor for Volume One\, Two and Three of Shaking the Tree: brazen. short. memoir. She’s also a writing coach for SDWI’s Certificate in Memoir Writing\, a board member of the San Diego Memoir Writers Association\, volunteer director for the San Diego Writer’s Festival\, and has been a featured writer/performer in So Say We All’s V.A.M.P. showcase. She also runs two successful read and critique groups; one that meets at San Diego Writers\, Ink on Saturdays and another on Tuesday nights in La Jolla. For more information\, email Tracy at tjjones1@gmail.com. \n\n  \nPanel: \nChris Zook has worked as a freelance copyeditor and copywriter for nearly 15 years. He edits books and articles in a variety of fields\, including history\, philosophy\, social welfare\, yoga\, natural health\, and relationships. He currently writes and edits online content\, e-newsletters\, grant narratives\, and marketing materials for various nonprofits. He is the former president of the San Diego Professional Editors Network and a member of ACES: The Society for Editing. For more information\, visit Chris’s website TheConsciousWriter.com \n  \nErin Willard is a professional copy editor whose past projects have included manuscripts of award-winning novels and nonfiction and creative nonfiction books. Working with independent authors and small publishers is her specialty. Her professional memberships include the Editorial Freelancers Association; ACES\, the Society for Editing; and the Association of Independent Publishing Professionals; and she is past co-president of the San Diego Professional Editors Network (SD/PEN). More information about her business\, Erin Willard\, Copy Editor\, can be found on her website\, ErinCopyEditor.com. \n  \nNadia Geagea Pupa has worked as an editor and graphic designer for more than 15 years. She got her start as the editor in chief of her college student newspaper\, while pursuing her journalism degree. Overtime\, she discovered her passion for editing and designing books\, journals\, magazines\, and a variety of publications. She is the current president of the San Diego Professional Editors Network. For more information about her company\, Pique Publishing\, Inc.\, visit piquepublishing.com.\nAlso\, my middle name (maiden name) is pronounced “Jah-Jah” and my last name “Pew-Pah.”
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/editors-panel-sdmwa-may-presentation-panel/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210410T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210410T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20210404T194750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210405T181832Z
UID:1334-1618065000-1618072200@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Writing About Trauma: Art from Adversity with Deborah A. Lott
DESCRIPTION:Traumatic events may render us speechless. At the same time\, we feel compelled to recount what has happened\, to tell the tale of the unspeakable\, to bear witness. This interactive presentation is based on my 12 years as a writer with mental health experts at the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress\, as well as my experience writing my own memoir\, Don’t Go Crazy Without Me. In this talk\, I offer specific tips for getting past obstacles internal and external. How do we construct a coherent narrative from chaos? How do we create a chronology when trauma fractures our sense of time? How do we tell the story with authenticity and compassion? How do we tolerate the re-experiencing in the process of creating a vivid and visceral account? How do we get beyond the therapy draft that serves our own psychological needs to a work of literary art that reaches readers? \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/96426360484?pwd=TXltdGJVY1NBTExhaENIU0tYNTJudz09  \nMeeting ID: 964 2636 0484\nPasscode: 274157\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833 \n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/writing-about-trauma-art-from-adversity-with-deborah-a-lott/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sdmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Deborah-Lott-Promo-1-April-10-SDMWA.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210306T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210306T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20210223T191250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210404T194723Z
UID:1313-1615041000-1615048200@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:It’s Never Too Late to Write Your Book!  SDMWA March Presentation (Panel)
DESCRIPTION:It’s Never Too Late to Write Your Book! An interactive Zoom Panel – SDMWA March Presentation  \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/95787188959?pwd=SFY2MnprbjlvMm4ycWZKU0pnVkIzZz09\nMeeting ID: 957 8718 8959\nPasscode: 546932 \n—————————————————— \nModerator and Panel:  \nLaura L. Engel  \nLaura L. Engel originally from Mississippi\, migrated to San Diego over 50 years ago. She and her husband Gene are the proud parents of 6 grown children and 10 cherished grandchildren. After retiring from a successful 35 year career in corporate sales Laura planned on quietly catching up on hobbies and travels with her husband Gene. Instead\, she found herself in Marni Freedman’s Memoir 101 class and began writing a memoir about the darkest secret in her life. Three scenes from her memoir were winners in the San Diego Memoir Showcase\, two performed on stage and all three published in the Shaking The Tree anthologies\, vol 1\,2\, and 3. Laura’s book You’ll Forget This Ever Happened will be published by She Writes Press\, May 2022. \nYou can find Laura at https://www.lauralengel.com   \n  \nDiana Eden  \nAfter a career as a dancer and actress\, Diana Eden spent 30 years in Hollywood\, costume designing prime time television series\, soap operas\, pilots\, movies for TV\, and feature films\, plus dozens of stage productions both in Los Angeles and New York. Eden received three Emmy nominations for her work in costume design.   \n“Stars in Their Underwear” Eden’s memoir\, covers her triple careers and her interaction with some of Broadway and Hollywood’s biggest stars. http://www.dianaedendesigns.com  \n  \nNere Lartitegui  \nNere Lartitegui is a writer\, the mother of five children (ages 49-57)\, and grandmother of four (ages 10-22). She was born in the Basque Country and emigrated first to Venezuela and finally to Southern California where she currently resides. She holds two Master degrees in Economics and a PhD in Human Behavior and Leadership. In her early 40’s she discovered that living in peace was her most precious priority and began to spread peace throughout her work and life. She was a successful psychotherapist and conflict resolution mediator and now\, at 84\, spends her time writing and promoting peace wherever possible. Her book\, The Missing Peace\, will be published in 2022.  \n  \nSuzanne Spector  \nAfter two wonderful careers\, first as the Director of an innovative school which her three daughters attended; second\, as the Director of an internationally renowned humanistic psychology organization\, Spector took up writing in her late seventies. Her award winning Memoir Showcase entry about a hot love affair at eighty was performed in October\, 2019 and will be published in Spring 2021 in the anthology\, Shaking the Tree:Brazen Short Memoir\, Vol.3. When her memoir\, A Woman Who…Sex\, Search and Spirit in the Second Half of Life is published by SheWrites Press in August\, 2022\, she will be eighty-six years old.    \n  \nKathy Pease   \nKathleen Holstad Pease is an MBA and retired Qualcomm Vice-President.  Her work was featured in the 2016 and 2017 Memoir Showcases.  Her memoir\, “Don’t Let The Kids Bite The Dog” was published in 2018.  An excerpt of her book is included in “Shaking the Tree”\, the SDMWA Memoir Showcase Anthology.    \n  \n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/its-never-too-late-to-write-your-book-sdmwa-march-presentation-panel/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sdmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/panel-for-March-2021-Meeting.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210206T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210206T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20210111T191021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T194059Z
UID:1282-1612621800-1612629000@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Using Tarot to Access Life Events & Create a Tarot Timeline with Tanya Pryputniewicz (FREE--ZOOM)
DESCRIPTION:As writers\, we work to establish a practice of engaging deeply with our inner and outer lives in the service of writing compelling work. Ideally\, we put ourselves in front of the blank page on a regular basis and this practice means we live in an ongoing conversation with our muse and our projects. While tarot has been used as a spiritual tool for self-discovery and divination\, it can also be used as a visual prompt for helping us access our own life events when we connect imagery in the cards to life experiences\, either those we’ve had or those we can imagine having. The tarot’s built-in structure lends itself to exploring all aspects of a lifetime across four areas of focus\, also known as the four elements: the heart (element of water)\, the mind (element of air)\, the will/creativity (element of fire)\, and tangible manifestation such as money or specific hands-on projects (element of disks). How we use the four elements or how we are blocked from using them makes up the very story of our lives. This workshop covers a basic introduction to the structure of the tarot\, how to tarot journal to connect the card’s imagery to our own lives\, and how to use a tool called a Tarot Timeline to seed new work. Includes PDFs for How to Tarot Journal and How to Create a Tarot Timeline. \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/94584591204?pwd=UG51ZkcvVnQvM01ROEdZeXZQNHNNUT09\nMeeting ID: 945 8459 1204\nPasscode: 102141 \nFREE!! Donations accepted. \nClick here to donate. \nA graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, Tania Pryputniewicz is the author of November Butterfly (Saddle Road Press\, 2014). Recent poems appeared in America\, We Call Your Name: Poems of Resistance and Resilience\, NILVX: A Book of Magic (Tarot Series)\, The Rockvale Review and at SWWIM online and are forthcoming in Climbing Lightly Through Forests (tribute anthology for Ursula K. Le Guin) and at Bilingual / Borderless. Her Heart’s Compass Tarot: Discover Tarot Journaling and Create Your Own Cards workbook is forthcoming on Valentine’s Day\, 2021 from Two Fine Crows Books and features tarot inspired non-fiction\, poetry\, and student tarot cards. Her essay\, Mom’s Night Out and the Trickster is forthcoming in Shaking the Tree. Tania teaches at San Diego Writers\, Ink and through Antioch University’s Continuing Education Program. She lives in Coronado with her husband\, three children\, one blue-eyed Husky and a formerly feral cat named Luna. \n*Photo credit: Jamie Clifford
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/using-tarot-to-access-life-events-create-a-tarot-timeline-with-tanya-pryputniewicz/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210126T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210126T190000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20201218T212823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201218T235406Z
UID:1268-1611680400-1611687600@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Grand: A Memoir by Sara Schaefer (SDWF Book Club Event)
DESCRIPTION:Join the San Diego Writers Festival on Jan. 26th\, 2021 for a free Facebook Live event!\n\nClick here for the facebook live event.\n\nRSVP for the event here!\nVisit the San Diego Writers Festival Book Club page for more information.\n\n\n\nFor fans of Mennonite in a Little Black Dress and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened\, comedian and Emmy Award–winning writer Sara Schaefer’s hilariously honest memoir follows Sara’s trip through the Grand Canyon with her sister that causes her to reflect on her childhood and the scandal that changed her family forever. \nWhen Sara Schaefer is in first grade\, her father warns her to always tell the truth because one lie leads to another and soon you will find yourself in a hole you can’t escape. A few years later\, the Schaefer family is completely upended when it’s revealed that their grand life is based on a lie. Her parents become pariahs in their upper middle class community and go from non-religious people to devout church members. The idea of good and evil as binary\, opposed forces is drilled into Sara and it becomes the perfect framework on which to build her anxiety and increasingly-obsessive thoughts. \nThe year she turns forty\, Sara decides to take each member of her family on a one-on-one vacation culminating with a whitewater rafting journey through the Grand Canyon with her younger sister. The only problem is she’s terrified of rafting. Along the way\, she grapples with unresolved grief over the death of her mother and the family scandal that changed the trajectory of her life. \nHeartfelt\, candid\, and witty\, Grand is a story about family\, identity\, and struggling to make something of yourself. Sara deconstructs her struggles with anxiety and depression\, what it means to be a good person\, and the radically discordant stories we tell ourselves and share with the world. \n \n\n\n\n\nSara Schaefer is a stand-up comedian and writer. She was the cohost of MTV’s Nikki & Sara Live and has written for numerous television shows including The Fake News with Ted Nelms and The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Sara’s solo show Little White Box debuted to a sold-out run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival\, and her Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents special premiered in 2019. She lives in Los Angeles. \n  \n  \n  \nGet your copy here.
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/grand-a-memoir-by-sara-schaefer-sdwf-book-club-event/
LOCATION:Facebook Live
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sdmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Promo-for-Grand-SDWF-Book-Club_opt-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210109T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210109T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20201218T165030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201218T174937Z
UID:1249-1610202600-1610209800@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Be the Author of Your Life!
DESCRIPTION:Join writing coach Marni Freedman and the rest of the SDMWA for an empowering session to ring in the new year of writing.  In this workshop\, you will learn how to connect to the creative flow state\, connect with your dreams\, and take a step in making them come true. \nJoin us for this free event.\n\nOnline — Facebook Live event\, Saturday\, January 9 at 2:30 pm PST. \nClick here to RSVP \nFREE!! Donations accepted. \nClick here to donate.
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/be-the-author-of-your-life/
LOCATION:CA
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sdmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/SDMWA-Jan-9-Promo-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201003T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201003T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20200925T210425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200925T210550Z
UID:1134-1601735400-1601742600@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Discussion with Amy Cook\, Publishing Attorney\, on the legal issues for memoir writers
DESCRIPTION:Join attorney Amy Cook on [October 3 at 2:30)  for a discussion on the legal issues for memoir writers. Make sure you’re on legally-solid ground as you write about real-life situations. We’ll cover defamation\, invasion of privacy\, rights of publicity\, use of trademarks\, releases\, nondisclosure agreements and more. \nAmy Cook – Publishing Attorney\nA joint meeting with San Diego Writers Festival live on Face book on\nCome with all of your Memoir Writers’ legal questions! \nJoin us on Facebook Live on October 3!\nFacebook.com/sandiegowritersfestival/live \n \nFREE!! Donations accepted. \nClick here to donate.
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/discussion-with-amy-cook-publishing-attorney-on-the-legal-issues-for-memoir-writers/
LOCATION:Facebook Live
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200912T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200912T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20200804T194317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T002559Z
UID:1093-1599921000-1599928200@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:A Writer's Journey with Lucy Rose
DESCRIPTION:Online — ZOOM\, Saturday\, September 12th at 2:30 pm PST. \nhttps://zoom.us/j/98287493413?pwd=VkVrSjdsWVlJQmRaUDdzakVYUmJndz09\nMeeting ID: 982 8749 3413\nPasscode: 735483 \nFREE!! Donations accepted. Click here to donate. \n  \n \nLucy Rose tells how and why she decided to “ghost write” her brother’s memoir: The Journalist: Life and Loss in America’s Secret War by Jerry A. Rose and Lucy Rose Fischer (Spark Press\, 2020). Her brother\, Jerry Rose\, was a journalist in Vietnam in the early 1960s. Lucy Rose has written his memoir in “collaboration” with her late brother\, based on his journals\, letters and other writings—giving the term “ghost written” a whole new meaning. \n  \nShe began working on this book almost thirty years ago—which may be some kind of record.  Along the way\, she has had a lot of help from other writers\, editors\, and coaches\, most especially Marni Freedman. She is extraordinarily grateful. \nClick here to watch the book trailer. \n  \nQ & A with Lucy Rose Fischer with Laura Engel \nLE: Writing and crafting a memoir in collaboration of your late brother\, Jerry Rose is fascinating Lucy. When did you first decide to write his story?  \nLRF: This has been a very long journey. I had the first thoughts about this book some time in the 1980s. I heard a presentation at a conference from a writer who had a book about his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam. I had the quick thought—my brother’s life as a journalist in Vietnam would be a fascinating story—different from the perspective of a soldier. I knew that my sister-in-law\, my brother’s widow\, was storing all his papers.  \nLE: What did you learn while working on The Journalist about Jerry and about yourself?  \nPhoto of Jerry Rose  \nLRF: My brother\, Jerry Rose\, was a painter and a writer—he had earned an MA from the Iowa Writers Workshop\, had published short stories in literary magazines\, and was working on a novel. While working on this book\, I immersed myself in his story and his life—in a way that would not have been possible if I had not crafted this book. He was a remarkable person\, ambitious but also very caring and concerned about both Vietnam and the US. He was driven to tell the truth about what he witnessed. \nLE: What was the hardest part of writing your book and how did you push through and continue writing?  \nLRF: This book went through many\, many versions—I wrote 100 versions of manuscripts to complete one book. The first one was a biography—very different from this memoir\, which is written in my late brother’s voice. One of the hardest parts was to decide what to NOT include—whole episodes\, chapters\, and characters got left on the cutting room floor. I had a lot of help—editors\, coaches\, and readers. Marni Freedman and Judy Bernstein were especially instrumental. The previous books I had published were very different from this one—so there was a big learning curve. \nLE: If other writers are interested in writing a similar memoir\, what is your advice to them?  \nLRF: This is hard work and requires a lot of commitment\, but you can’t let your ego get in the way. For me\, the task was to craft the best book I could—that was how I could honor my brother. If that meant revising\, revising and revising—that was okay. It’s as if\, many years ago\, I entered a long\, long tunnel. The book that has emerged on the other side of the tunnel is not what I started out to write—it’s much\, much better. And I am immeasurably grateful for all the help I’ve received along the way. \nLE: What would you like your readers to take away with them after they finish your book?  \nLRF: I think there are a few messages: 1) it’s a story about the war—Jerry\, as a journalist in the early 1960s was a witness to how America’s Vietnam War fiasco began; 2) it’s a story about a journalist—at a time when journalists are especially at risk\, this is a story of courage; and 3) it’s a brother-sister story—my brother was my first mentor as a writer\, so\, in a way neither of us could have anticipated\, he trained me to write his book.  \n  \nAbout Lucy:\nLucy Rose Fischer\, PhD\, author\, artist and social scientist\, is the author of six books and has won awards for her research\, her books and her art. She is featured on the public television program “Life Changing Art.” www.lucyrosedesigns.com \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/a-writers-journey-with-lucy-rose/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200801T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200801T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20200727T232050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200727T233440Z
UID:1083-1596292200-1596299400@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:How to Pitch Your Book to an Agent with Jennifer Silva Redmond
DESCRIPTION:“What’s your book about?” \nWe get asked that question all the time\, but most of us spend very little time figuring out how to effectively answer it. Pitching your book idea is key to selling it—whether you are pitching to agents or publishers. Once you know how to summarize your story in a quick “elevator pitch\,” then expanding it to fit every occasion is easy. Jennifer Silva Redmond\, long-time acquisitions editor/editor-in-chief and popular “Pitch Witch” will lead a hands-on workshop on pitching your book. \nSome participants will get to pitch in this session and Jennifer will critique! \nOnline — ZOOM\, Saturday\, August 1st at 2:30 pm PST. \nFREE!! Donations accepted. \nClick here to donate.
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/how-to-pitch-your-book-to-an-agent-with-jennifer-silva-redmond/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200606T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200606T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20200601T223755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200601T223755Z
UID:1042-1591453800-1591461000@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Join us for a (free) SDMWA business\, fun (another raffle)\, and an educational and important presentation (ZOOM)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for SDMWA business\, fun (another raffle)\, and an educational and important presentation. \nThis meeting is Free. There will not be a regular $5 charge for the meeting\, but your community of SDMWA will benefit from any donation you would like to give. \nZOOM Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7326499549 \n \nTracy Jones will be moderating an Editors Panel.  Learn why editing is so vital to our writing and interact with these professional editors. \nErin Willard is a copy editor whose past projects have included work on manuscripts of award-winning novels and nonfiction and creative nonfiction books. She has experience with a variety of genres\, including memoir\, mystery\, historical fiction\, adventure\, sci-fi\, fantasy\, and romance\, as well as children’s\, middle grade\, and young adult fiction. Working with independent authors and small publishers is her specialty. Her professional memberships include the Editorial Freelancers Association; ACES\, the Society for Editing; and the Association of Independent Publishing Professionals; and she is currently serving as co-president of the San Diego Professional Editors Network (SD/PEN). More information about her business\, Erin Willard\, Copy Editor\, can be found on her website\, ErinCopyEditor.com <https://erincopyeditor.com/> . \nChris Zook is a freelance copyeditor and copywriter with more than 25 years of experience. He has edited books and articles in a wide range of nonfiction genres and subject areas\, including memoir\, history\, philosophy\, social welfare\, self-help\, dieting\, yoga\, natural health\, and relationships. He also writes and edits online content\, e-newsletters\, grant narratives\, and marketing materials for various nonprofits. Chris has been a member of the San Diego Professional Editors Network since 2008 and served as its president from 2015 to 2018. He can be found online at www.theconsciouswriter.com <http://www.theconsciouswriter.com/> . \nDiane Rush is a copy editor of nonfiction and fiction and has copyedited memoir\, newsletters\, and books of photographic collections as well as romance and fantasy. She served on SD/PEN’s board of directors from 2016 through 2019\, first as copy editor of the newsletter and then as managing editor. She has a certificate in copyediting from UCSD Extension\, and her previous experience includes her position as media coordinator for the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. In addition\, she substitutes for high school library staff as time permits and enjoys volunteering there as well. She can be found on the San Diego Professional Editors Network <https://sdpen.com/member-profiles/rush/>  website.
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/join-us-for-a-free-sdmwa-business-fun-another-raffle-and-an-educational-and-important-presentation-zoom/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200520T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200520T130000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20200515T184808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200515T184808Z
UID:1019-1589976000-1589979600@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:FREE Lunch & Learn with Editor Tracy Jones
DESCRIPTION:Event: FREE SDMWA Lunch & Learn with Editor Tracy Jones \nTopic: Tips and Techniques When Editing Your Own Writing \nTime: May 20\, 2020\, 12:00 PM to 1 PM PST \n \nLink to Join Zoom Meeting:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/7326499549\nTo call in: (669) 900 6833\nMeeting ID: 732 649 9549
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/free-lunch-learn-with-editor-tracy-jones/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200502T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200502T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T235515
CREATED:20200226T174556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200416T233949Z
UID:992-1588429800-1588437000@sdmwa.org
SUMMARY:Find Success in Your Writing Career with Amy Wallen (ZOOM)
DESCRIPTION:Click here to make a donation. \nAmy Wallen is the author of bestselling novel MoonPies & Moviestars and the memoir When We Were Ghouls: A Memoir of Ghost Stories. She is currently working with editors in New York on a book proposal titled How to Write a Novel in Twenty Pies: Sweet & Savory Secrets of Writing. In this book\, a hybrid of how-to\, memoir\, and anecdotal sweet and savory recipes\, Amy helps writers understand the importance of perseverance to get a book-length work completed\, submitted\, and published. Through tales of her own experience of surviving the writing her first novel by baking pies\, she shares how you can avoid getting discouraged by how long it takes to write a book\, to find an agent\, or while waiting for editors to respond. She gives tips on how to use your creative process to rally your own encouragement\, what the inside of publishing looks like\, and finally how to celebrate your published book with pie! Whatever your side art\, Amy encourages using this to help you persevere to the very end and find success in your writing career. How to Write a Novel in Twenty Pies is the illegitimate child of Nora Ephron’s Heartburn and Annie Lamott’s Bird by Bird. Like all good things in life\, pie will be served at this event. First come\, first served. \n \nAmy Wallen is the associate director at New York State Summer Writers’ Institute\, and the author of When We Were Ghouls\, A Memoir of Ghost Stories\, as well as the bestselling novel\, MoonPies and Movie Stars. She facilitates a manuscript workshop with book critic David Ulin in San Diego called Savory Salons\, and since 2004 has taught novel writing classes at UCSD Extension. Her essays have been published in The Gettysburg Review\, The Normal School\, Country Living\, The Writers’ Chronicle and other national magazines. Her essay “Easy as Pie\, That’s a Lie” is anthologized in The Shell Game\, Writers Play with Borrowed Forms edited by Kim Adrian (April 2018). Most of the time she lives in San Diego\, California with her husband and the cutest dog on earth named Hazel. Summers she lives in Saratoga Springs\, New York where Hazel dreams of chasing woodchucks. \nLink to Join Zoom Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/96568604014\n\nOr You Can Call In at:\n (669) 900-6833 \nand input the Meeting ID : 965 6860 4014
URL:https://sdmwa.org/event/find-success-in-your-writing-career-with-amy-wallen/
LOCATION:ZOOM Online\, CA\, United States
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR