2010 Speakers

Speakers from 2010

12/11/2010 Celebrating our HD CWC Anthology Mary Langer Thompson Anthology Readings

Also featured selected "Howling at the Moon" Anthology readings by:

Linda Bowden
Holly La Pat
George Gracyk
N.C. Ward
Marilyn Ramirez

12/11/2010 Norm Goyer Guest Speaker

Norm Goyer, aviator, editor, writer, photographer, and magazine editor discussed query letters. What are they, when do we need to use them, how do you write a good one and what makes them effective?

11/13/2010 Paul S. Levine

Entertainment attorney for the last 30 years, one of the few literary attorneys in the state of California.

10/9/2010 Norm Goyer

Past Editor of 10 international aviation magazine publications, retired full time at 80 years old
Recent author of two McGraw-Hill books on aviation
Written over 500 articles and shot 200 covers for aviation publications
Aviation consultant and actor & pilot in five Hollywood aviation movies
Winner of a UPI Golden Mic for coverage of Kennedy plane crash
Twice Winner of Best TV Commercial, North East Div, for McDonalds Hamburg

9/25/2010 - Glen Hirshberg Prize winning novelist, critique expert, teacher speaks at the Howl at the Moon conference.

9/25/2010 - Mike Foley - teacher, author, editor, writing consultant. Speaks at the Howl at the Moon conference

9/25/2010 - Alton Gansky, Prize winning Christian author of more than 30 books, speaks at the Howl at the Moon conference

John Moffett, TV Producer Three-time Emmy Award winner & producer of "That Amazing Race"

9/11/2010 Todd Anton

Todd Anton
Author of: When Baseball Went to War and
No Greater Love: The Men Who Saved Baseball

8/14/2010 James Brown

James Brown, author of This River and The Los Angeles Diaries speaking on writing memoirs.

7/10/2010

A group photo was taken of our Active Members.

Recognition of outgoing HD CWC Board

Installation of 2010-2011 Officers and Board of Directors

Motto for this term: "Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone"

"Ten Minute Tips & Techniques" presenters:
Mary Thomposon, Roberta Smith, John Kizziar, Diane Neil, Anne B. Clark

Stater Brothers (Maverick Stadium)
Mavericks 10, Quakes 8
Happy 4th of July
Our thanks to U.S. Bank for a dozen free tickets to our non-profit organization! What a night!

7/10/2010 Dr. Freddi Gold Her topic: “Blogging 101”

Dr. Freddi Gold (her doctorate is in Human Behavior) has a Masters in Clinical Psychology and another in Theatre Arts & Speech). She is amember of the High Desert Branch of the California Writers Club.
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Certified Life & Wellness Coach, Freddi also has taught for over 20 years at Victor Valley College and Chaffey College in the Communication Studies Department. She teaches classes in Family Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Small Group Communication and Public Speaking.
She previously has hosted her own radio and television shows here in the High Desert, interviewing notables in the areas of medicine, psychology and other areas of public interest. Born in New York, raised in Puerto Rico she is most at home in the West. She is married, has two adult children, three grandchildren, 3 dogs, a cat and two wild ravens.

She is the author of the forthcoming book: Adultery is Universal; But I'm Getting Married Anyway; What to Know Before You Do orAlready Have.

www.adulteryisuniversal.blogspot.com

6/26/2010 Bob Isbill "How to Build Your Own Web Site"

Bob Isbill is a retired labor representative and officer of Teamsters Local 166, and a graduate of the Teamster’s Leadership Academy inWashington, D.C. He holds a B.A. in Counseling Psychology/Economics from Chapman University. Bob is a former mediator for the San Bernardino County Courts, and has been a state and national arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau since 1997.

As Publicity Chairman for the High Desert Branch, Bob volunteered a little over a year ago to be webmaster for the HD CWC. He readily admits he literally did not know what he was doing. However, he stumbled across a web builder that he claims is quick and easy to build and maintain which he uses to host this site, and he shared that information on June 26, 2010.

No recommendation to use or not use any software or specific web builder whaisoever is given, nor should it be implied. The materialpresented is for information only!

His presentation is called, "How To Build Your Own Web Site".

6/12/2010 Jesse Pomeroy

Local Apple Valley High School Graduate makes it BIG!
Winner of Best Director Award for his film, "World Full of Nothing" at the Napperville, Illinois, Film Festival in 2009. Jesse spoke to us on the writing, production, direction, filming and distribution of a movie.

5/8/2010 Julia Amante

Julia Amante, women's fiction author, grew up the daughter of Argentine immigrants. She lives in California.

Julia writes emotionally rich stories about family love, and the passion of chasing and achieving life's goals.

Julia is a proud mother and wife, a teacher, and a lover of life and it's many gifts. Following her passion to detail lifein writing as well as share the joys of writing with other aspiring writers, Julia is currently pursuing an MFA.

Julia has presented workshops at the Latino Book and Family Festival, the Mexican-American Organization Foundation, the Latina Business Women Organization, as well as in colleges such as the University of California, Riverside, Cal. State Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara City College

4/20/2010 Teresa Burrell

Teresa Burrell, author of "The Advocate"
Attorney, Teacher, Writer

3/13/2010 Marilyn Meredith

Marilyn Meredith, published author of thirty books.

2/13/2010 S. Kay Murphy

Members and guests were treated to an excellent presentation by the past president of the Inland Branch of the California Writers Club

Kay Murphy teaches English and Journalism at Upland High School. She is a freelance writer and the author of TaintedLegacy, a memoir about her great-grandmother who is alleged to be America's first female serial killer.

Murphy lives in Mt Baldy and can be contacted through her website, www.skaymurphy.com

1/9/2010 Dwight Norris

Dwight Norris, author of "The Gentleman Host"
Norris said, “I’ve been a writer almost all my life. I wrote my first poem at 17, continued writing poetry through my 20s. I decided to get serious about writing 3½ years ago, and took a course in novel writing and one in short stories. I’ve written two screenplays, about a dozen short stories, and am working on my second novel.” He lives in Apple Valley. Dwight Norris subsequently joined the High Desert Branch of the CWC.