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THE POWER OF CREATIVE NONFICTION – THE PERSONAL ESSAY AND HOW IT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Pleasanton, CA – September 15, 2012 – Acclaimed author Victoria Zackheim will be the guest speaker at the California Writers Club Tri-Valley branch monthly meeting. Ms. Zackheim is the author of the novel The Bone Weaver and editor of five anthologies. Her play, The Other Woman, based on her first anthology, is now in development at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Victoria's first screenplay, MAIDSTONE, was optioned by Identity Films for a feature film.

Ms Zackheim teaches Personal Essay in the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program and was a 2010 San Francisco Library Laureate.

The CWC Tri-Valley branch invites writers of all genres and experience levels to learn about their craft at its monthly meetings. The meeting will be Saturday, September 15, 2012, 1:30-4:00 pm at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton, 94588 (south of I-580 between Owens Drive and Gibraltar Drive). The cost for CWC Members is $10, and nonmembers, $15. Anyone interested in the program or the organization may attend with no obligation to join. Reservations required. For a seat, contact Deborah Bernal at reservations@trivalleywriters.org by Tuesday, September 11, 2012.

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For more information about California Writers Club Tri-Valley branch contact Paula Chinnick at president@trivalleywriters.org  or visit www.trivalleywriters.org.

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