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18 July 2020 | WOK Conference Rescheduled to be conducted ONLINE

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Writers of Kern Annual Conference

From Dreaming to Doing

Rescheduled due to Novel Coronavirus to

July 18, 2020 ~ 9am – 4pm

Adam Richardson, Police detective, author, consultant to writers and screenwriters.

“Interviewing Like a Detective”

Dennis Palumbo, Hollywood TV and Film writer, psychotherapist, suspense author.

“Writing from the Inside Out”

Jerry Mathes, Award-winning author, photographer, book critic, and librettist.

“Writing Life”

Keith Silvas, Sci-Fi/Fantasy author, social media marketing specialist

“Social Media Marketing for Authors”

Special Guest Spotlight Speakers:

Registration ~ NOW through 11:30 PM July 17, 2020

$20 Members and Non-members

This Conference will be held ONLINE.

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16 November 2019 | Featured Speaker: Cyn Bermudez | Writing for the Reluctant Reader

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Come out to our monthly meeting on November 16th, when WOK’s very own Cyn Bermudez will introduce us to the art of writing for reluctant readers.  There is a growing demand in the education market for high-interest, low-vocabulary stories.

Cyn is the author of 5 “hi-low” books, written using age-appropriate topics of high interest for an audience who struggles with reading.  Word choice is limited to simple vocabulary and the writing  must be concise.  Although a “Hi-Lo” book is much shorter than a typical novel, it still has to be just as emotionally satisfying to read.

So, how do you attract an audience that doesn’t enjoy reading?  And if you manage to attract their attention with an exciting topic, how do you keep them reading to the end?  Don’t miss Cyn’s presentation where she will share her insights and experience with crafting books in this genre.  

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Cyn Bermudez

Cyn Bermudez is a writer from Bakersfield, California. She attended college in Santa Barbara, California, where she studied physics, film, and creative writing. Her work can be found in the anthologies such as Building Red: Mission Mars, The Best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal (2014), and others. Her fiction and poetry can also found in Middle Planet, Perihelion SF, Strangelet, Mirror Dance, 805 Literary and Art Journal, among others. For more information about Cyn, visit her website at www.cynbermudez.com.

17 August 2019 | Featured Speaker Catherine Hodges | “Craft Talk: Georgia (O’Keeffe) on My Mind”

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Catherine Hodges

Poets and prose writers often find inspiration in other art forms. This is the focus of August’s workshop. We will examine the life and work of visual artist Georgia O’Keeffe, and attendees will create new work with O’Keeffe-inspired exercise.

Georgia O’Keeffe is an American artist who is recognized as the Mother of American Modernism. She is best known for her landscapes and paintings of large flowers.

Writers of poetry, fiction, memoir, and other genres will find this workshop valuable. The workshop will include the writing process, the act and process of seeing, idea-sourcing, and the generative power of juxtapositions.

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Catherine Abbey Hodges is the author of the poetry collections Instead of Sadness, selected by Dan Gerber as winner of the 2015 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize, and Raft of Days (2017). Her poems appear widely in venues including The Southern Review, The American Journal of Poetry, Cider Press Review, and Chicago Quarterly Review. They’ve been anthologized, featured on The Writer’s Almanac and Verse Daily, and nominated for Pushcarts and Best of the Net. Catherine teaches at Porterville College, co-coordinates California Poets in the Schools for Tulare County, and collaborates with her husband, musician Rob Hodges. Visit www.catherineabbeyhodges.com for more info.

21 September 2019 | Featured speaker Mandy Wallace | 5 Steps to Beat Writers Block

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Mandy Wallace

Writer’s block is real. And it prevents many born writers from accepting the call to write. For many more, it adds an unnecessary creative drain to every word.

This mini workshop will neutralize some of the most frequent causes of writer’s block using a 5-step writing process that restores the excitement and curiosity so fundamental to writing success.

Writers already free of the block will experience a fun new writing process proven to unlock the deep creative paths they might otherwise ignore.

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Mandy Wallace shares writing tips, resources, and industry interviews with the 20k monthly readers in her online community, Write or Die, named one of the 100 Best Websites for Writers. Her work has appeared in Brevity, Writer’s Digest, and elsewhere. Her book, Landing Your First Publication: The Writing Prompts + Publication Strategy for Writers Who Refuse to Rely on Luck, is available now.