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YUCAIPA - Recover and nurture your creativity through this 12 week workshop based on Julia Cameron's million selling book, "The Artist's Way."

Led by children's book writer, Diane Adams, author of Zoom!, and I Can Do It Myself!, and illustrator of A Home for Salty, this course will nurture your creativity and help you regain a sense of hope and excitement about your writing .

By Diane Mierzwik
Director
The Writers' Gallery

YUCAIPA - Make your book dreams a reality. On Saturday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., award winning author Catherine Feher-Elston, of Penguin Books, will explain how to put pen to paper, how to research books and book markets, how to find an agent, how to negotiate contracts and how to promote books.

Included in the seminar are comparisions of self publishing and traditional publishing, and the importance of market research. An introduction to intellectual property rights and publishing law is included.

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By Diane Mierzwik
Director
The Writers' Gallery

YUCAIPA - Marilyn Cram-Donahue, author of 30 books and over 500 articles and short stories will present a hands-on workshop on creating believable settings. Donahue is currently working on two novels and a memoir called Lines in Time and conducts frequent workshops on the importance of creating believable settings.

"A sense of place," she says, "is essential for a successful story."

Sketching paper will be provided, but participants are asked to bring sharpened pencils and erasers. The workshop is designed for beginning, intermediate, and advanced writers, who can expect to:

1. Create settings that are relevant to a work-in-progress.


2. Learn how a sense of place relates to a character's actions and reactions.


3. Practice techniques that release the voices of characters.

Diane Mierzwik
Director
Writers' Gallery
writersgallery@yahoo.com
909-953-9493
www.thewritersgallery.net

By Diane Mierzwik
Director
The Writers' Gallery

YUCAIPA - Do you have a young writer in your family? Does that writer need an outlet for his or her creativity? Then don't miss the Children's Creative Writing Class.

The class will be taught by Noelle Kiely, a credentialed teacher and reporter for the Yucaipa News Mirror. As a mother she understands the importance of allowing children an outlet for their creativity.

Your child will spend the time writing, editing, and polishing a piece of writing to "publish" with friends and family.

Give your child the gift of his or her dreams, the pursuit and expression of his or her imagination.

WHEN: Thursday, April 23rd
TIME: 3:30 - 5:30 pm

SECOND CLASS: Saturday, April 25th, from 10 a.m. - 12 Noon.

COST: $20 per participant, but only 10 spots available!

Please call or email for your spot.

Sign-up now by contacting:

THE WRITERS' GALLERY
A Community of Writers and Artists
35081 Yucaipa Blvd.,
Yucaipa, CA 92399
(909) 953-9493
www.thewritersgallery.net
writersgallery@yahoo.com

Diane Mierzwik
Director
Writers' Gallery
writersgallery@yahoo.com
(909) 953-9493
www.thewritersgallery.net

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By Diane Mierzwik
Director
The Writers' Gallery

YUCAIPA - On Saturday, April 18th from 3 to 5 p.m., the Writers' Gallery opens its doors to the public for a free lecture presented by author, Betty Odak.

All Odak wanted was to live the American Dream. What she discovered was a financial nightmare, brought on by her own misinformation, poor planning, and lack of foresight.

When Marriage and Family Counselor Betty Odak moved to California from Kenya, she made a lot of financial mistakes--mistakes that could have been easily avoided. After filing for bankruptcy in 2007, Betty decided to share her insights, lessons, and personal victories in her new book:

Before, After & Beyond Bankruptcy (Pleasant Word, 2009).

During this free lecture, Betty will discuss her experience with publishing, hard lessons she's learned, and how you to can fulfill your publishing dream.

Book will be available for purchase after the lecture.

For more information, Contact:
Diane Mierzwik
Director
Writers' Gallery
writersgallery@yahoo.com
(909) 953-9493
www.thewritersgallery.net

The Writers' Gallery Presents Children's Creative Writing Class

YUCAIPA - Do you have a young writer in your family? Does that writer need an outlet for his/her creativity?

Noelle Kiely, a credentialed teacher and newspaper reporter, will teach young, aspiring writers to reach their creative writing potential in a creative writing class for children. As a mother she understands the importance of allowing children an outlet for their creativity.

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By Diane Mierzwik
Editor
The Writers' Gallery

YUCAIPA - The Writers' Gallery presents "Writing Children's Books," Wednesdays, April 8, 15, 22

Diane Adams, author of two children's picture books, Zoom!, (Peachtree, illustrated by Kevin Luthardt), and I Can Do It Myself! (Peachtree, illustrated by Nancy Hayashi 2009), the illustrator of A Home For Salty (written by Stephanie Stuve Bodeen.), will take you through the steps of writing a successful children's book, including plotting, illustrations, how to submit for publication and the finished product. Included in the workshop is manuscript critique provided by Diane.

YUCAIPA - The latest of the Writer's Gallery continuing series of educational sessions and seminars includesSo... you want to write a movie! on Saturday, March 14, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

So... you want to write a movie! But don't know where to start? Kimberly Seilhamer will put you on the right track. During this intensive four-hour session you will:

* Select your project
* Create a "logline" for your project
* Identify your major players
* Identify your genre
* Learn the basics of formatting

Getting a solid start will help ensure that you have a solid foundation for your screenplay project. With Kimberly's knowledge and guidance, you could soon pen your very first script!

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By Diane Mierzwik
Director, Writers' Gallery
(909) 953-9493

YUCAIPA, CA - On Sunday, March 1st from 1:00 to 4:00 PM at the Writers' Gallery in Yucaipa, author and new media authority Matthew Wayne Selznick teaches authors and writers to use online social networking techniques to find and build loyal international audiences for their work.

In a workshop entitled "Social Media For Writers," Selznick will share his first-hand experience on personal branding, community building, cross-media distribution and niche marketing to attract a worldwide, dedicated fan-base for writers and authors at all levels of experience.

"Publishing has reached a point where an author can do more than any publisher, agent or publicist to market their own work," Selznick, a self-proclaimed advocate for the "do it yourself" ethic, claims."

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YUCAIPA - Why should a Writer consider recording their material for online distribution?

YUCAIPA - So... you want to write a movie! Don't know where to start? Kimberly Seilhamer will put you on the right track. During this intensive four-hour session, from 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 8, you will:

* Select your project
* Create a "logline" for your project
* Identify your major players
* Identify your genre
* Learn the basics of formatting

Getting a solid start will help ensure that you have a solid foundation for your screenplay project. With Kimberly's knowledge and guidance, you could soon pen your very first script!

Produced screenwriter and script consultant Kimberly Seilhamer, member WGAw IWC and Juror for the Hartley Merrill International Screenwriting Prize (sponsored by RKO Pictures), will give you the jump start you need to write your first screenplay. Learn more about Kimberly by visiting her website at http://www.brassbrad.com.

"Kimberly's assessment of our script was extremely thorough. She quickly identified problem areas and offered effective and creative solutions. Her overall assessment was detailed, informative and constructive. Our screenplay has improved immeasurably because of her input," Glenn W. (writer/director) New Zealand.

Bring a list of 1 - 5 screenplay ideas to the session...

Date: Sunday, Feb. 8.
Time: 1 to 5 p.m.
Where: The Writers' Gallery.

$60 for non-members
$30 for full-time members
Only 15 available spots! Minimum enrollment: 8
Sign-up by calling or emailing to reserve your spot.

The Writers' Gallery
A Community of Writers and Artists
35081 Yucaipa Blvd., Yucaipa, CA 92399
(909) 953-9493
www.thewritersgallery.net

Diane Mierzwik
Director
Writers' Gallery
writersgallery@yahoo.com
909-953-9493
www.thewritersgallery.net

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By Diane Mierzwik
The Writers' Gallery

YUCAIPA - Do you have a young writer in the family? Does that writer need an outlet for his or her creativity?

Then sign up for the "Children's Creative Writing Class," taught by Diane Mierzwik of the Writers' Group, and Noelle Kiely, both credentialed teachers and published writers and authors.

During the two-hour class, children will write, edit, and publish a piece of writing for their friends and family. Give your child the gift of his or her dreams: the pursuit and expression of his or her imagination.

The class will be held on Thursday, Feb. 5th from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The cost is $20 per participant with only 10 spots available.

To register, call (909) 953-9493.

The Writers' Gallery
35081 Yucaipa Blvd.
Yucaipa, CA. 92399
www.thewritersgallery.net.

(Located on the south side of Yucaipa Blvd., a half-block west of California Street.)

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By Diane Mierzwik
The Writers' Gallery

YUCAIPA - Broadcaster and DJ, Wayne Henderson, will host a seminar, "Turning Your Writing into On-Line Material," at the Writers' Gallery on Saturday, Feb. 14.

Those attending will learn how to create mp3 audio files, post the files on-line, and how to hire a voice actor or actress to possibly do the work.

Henderson has been a DJ for KMET, KCAL, and KPLM. He has his own podcast entitled, "Tuning in with Wayne Henderson Group," at http://MediaVoiceOvers.com. He has been a consultant for other podcasters since 2005.

The seminar is $40 for non-members, $20 for full-time Writers' Group members, with only 10 spots available.

Sign up by contacting Diane Mierzwik at:
The Writers' Gallery
35081 Yucaipa Blvd.
Yucaipa, CA 92399
(909) 953-9493
www.thewritersgallery.net.

The Writers' Gallery Presents:

Children's Creative Writing Class
Saturday, February 7th
10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Thursday, February 5th 3:30 to 5:30 pm

Do you have a young writer in your family? Does that writer need an outlet for his/her creativity?

Taught by credentialed teachers, your child will spend the morning writing, editing and polishing a piece of writing to "publish" with friends and family.

YUCAIPA - The Writers' Gallery is offering several upcoming workshops and classes for aspiring writers interested in honing their writing skills in children's books and novels, and for parents interested in advancing their children's creative writing.

On Tuesday, January 13, 20, and 27, Diane Adams, author of two children's picture books, Zoom!, (Peachtree, illustrated by Kevin Luthardt), and I Can Do It Myself! (Peachtree, illustrated by Nancy Hayashi 2009), the illustrator of A Home For Salty (written by Stephanie Stuve Bodeen.), will take you through the steps of writing a successful children's book.

Adams' workshop will including plotting, illustrations, how to submit for publication and the finished product. Included in the workshop is manuscript critique provided by Adams.

YUCAIPA - The Writers' Gallery is offering a Holiday Special for that aspiring, or experienced writer that is so hard to shop for. Get a one year FULL Membership for only $350.00 (when paid in full)

A full Membership includes complete access to all resources and critique groups, half-off all workshops and presentations.

The offer is good until January 3, 2009.

For more information, please contact Diane Mierzwik at (909) 953-9493
or email at: writersgallery@yahoo.com

THE WRITERS' GALLERY
A Community of Writers and Artists
35081 Yucaipa Blvd., Yucaipa, CA 92399
(909) 953-9493
www.thewritersgallery.net
writersgallery@yahoo.com

Diane Mierzwik
Director
Writers Gallery
writersgallery@yahoo.com

(The Writers' Galler is located just a half-block west of California Street on the south side of Yucaipa Blvd. in historic uptown Yucaipa.)
(909) 953-9493

Dear Participants and Supporters,

As I announced earlier in the month, the Writers Gallery has moved. Our new location is 35081 Yucaipa Boulevard. Many of you have already visited the new space. It is a work in progress and I appreciate everyone's patience with the move. In the meantime, we are still meeting as usual.

For a preview of our events and meetings please see our December calendar on the Writers Gallery website www.thewritersgallery.net.

With the move (and the holidays), this will be a rather uneventful month for workshops.

January will be an exciting time.

• Diane Adams, author of several children's books, will be offering a workshop on writing for children, and will provide a ciritique of your manuscript as part of the workshop enrollment. More details will be forthcoming.


• Brenda Hill, local novelist, will be offering a Saturday afternoon workshop on editing your first three chapters to prepare them for agent and editor eyes. If you have a manuscript waiting to be sent out, you must attend this so you are sure to make a great first impression.


• On the horizon, Wayne Hendersen, podcast extraordinaire, has agreed to provide a workshop on podcasting - how to turn your book into an audio book.

As always, I am grateful for all of you, your support and your wonderful writing.

Keep writing and I hope to see you soon.

Diane Mierzwik
Director
Writers Gallery
writersgallery@yahoo.com
909-953-9493




YUCAIPA - One had the business expertise, the other the gift and talent to write. So Kris CiRullo, the businessperson, and Diane Mierzwik, the writer, combined their skills and opened up the Writers' Gallery in June 2008.

Since opening, writers of all genres and ages have joined the group. Mierzwik said members include Sunday school teachers, a bus driver, published and non-published writers, and even marriage therapists.

YUCAIPA - The Writers' Gallery's November schedule includes the following classes, events, dates and times:

• Memoir Group meets on Mondays, Oct. 27, Nov. 10 and 24 from 7 to 9 p.m.
• Beginners' Creative Writing Group, Tuesdays, Nov. 4, and 18 from 7 to 9 p.m.
• Poetry Group, Wednesdays, Oct. 29, Nov. 12 from 7 to 9 p.m.
• Fiction Group,Thursday, Nov. 6, and 20 from 7 to 9 p.m.

And on Friday, Oct. 31, there will be a special Halloween gathering from 7 to 9 p.m.

Also, a fun and creative workshop entitled "Making Gifts of Your Writing" will be held on Saturday, Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For more information visit:
The Writers' Gallery
12054 First Street
Yucaipa, CA 92399
Call (909) 953-9493; Email writersgallery@yahoo.com.
www.thewritersgallery.net.

Don't miss Writers' Gallery workshop on making a personalized gift Saturday, November 15th

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By Diane Mierzwik
The Writers' Gallery

YUCAIPA - With the holidays fast approaching, and no idea what to get those people on your list who have everything, at least everything you can afford, making a personalized gift using your writing talents will provide friends and loved ones with a gift they will cherish forever.

Gifts such as:

• Using poems to celebrate your friendship, and how much this relationship means to you.


• Memorialize a moment you shared with a friend.


• Make a beautiful plaque for that special someone to hang in a special place.


• Using stories that tell of times past.


• Share a bit of yourself with those you love by making books to share with family and friends.

And writing your memories down and combining them with pictures gives a whole new meaning to scrap booking. Instead you create a heirloom to be passed from generation to generation.

Whatever your writing talents, you will leave this workshop with ideas, tools and one finished project to be used as a gift for that special someone.

Making Gifts of Your Writing workshop will be held on Saturday, Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $40 for non-members and $20 for full-time members
Only 10 spots are available!
Please call or email for your spot.
Sign-up now by contacting

THE WRITERS' GALLERY
A Community of Writers and Artists
12054 First Street, Yucaipa, CA 92399
(909) 953-9493
www.thewritersgallery.net
writersgallery@yahoo.com