MAY 27
Saturday, May 27 || 10:30am - 5:00pm
SUSAN GRIFFIN WRITING WORKSHOP: THE MUSIC OF IT
A workshop on sound in poetry and prose
Susan Griffin
904 Keeler Ave
Berkeley CA 94708
FOR INFO: Call 510.528.9296 from 10 am until 5 pm or
Email: mailto:ninong@comcast.net
JULY – AUGUST
TRAVELING VISUALLY
FEATURING THE WORK OF MARSHA BLACK
Reed’s Cameras
1524 Locust Street
Walnut Creek, CA
For info: 925 934 7207
www.visualtravels.com
AUGUST 5
Saturday, August 5 || 10:00-4:00Pm
CONNIE HALE WORKSHOP: MASTERING CRAFT: MANUSCRIPT CLINIC
Book Passage - FERRY PLAZA
One Ferry Plaza #46 Ferry Plaza
San Francisco
For Info and Registration: http://www.bookpassage.com
AUGUST 7
Monday, August 7 2006 || 7:00 - 9:00p.m.
LEFT COAST WRITERS™ LITERARY SALON featuring BRAD NEWSHAM,
around-the-world backpacker and author of “Take me With You,” and
ramrod for Backpack Nation.
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera
For Info: http://www.leftcoastwriters.com
JULY 10
Monday, July 10 2006 || 7:00 - 9:00p.m.
LEFT COAST WRITERS(tm) LITERARY SALON Featuring MELBA PATILLO-BEALS,
inspirational speaker, coach and author of “Warriors Don’t Cry”
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera
For Info: http://www.leftcoastwriters.com
JULY 13 - 16
Thurs.-Sun. July 13-16, 2006
BOOK PASSAGE MYSTERY WRITERS CONFERENCE
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista
Corte Madera
For Info and Registration: http://www.bookpassage.com
JULY 15
Saturday, July 15 || 10:00 - 4:00pm
JANIS COOKE NEWMAN’S “GETTING INTO PRINT” COURSE
Book Passage - FERRY PLAZA
One Ferry Plaza #46 Ferry Plaza
San Francisco
For Info and Registration: http://www.bookpassage.com
JULY 17
Book Passage - FERRY PLAZA
One Ferry Plaza #46 Ferry Plaza
San Francisco
For Info: http://www.bookpassage.com
JUNE 3 - 10
Sat.-Sat. June 3 - 10
ROBIN SPARKS’ WRITING WORKSHOP IN TURKEY: “Learn to Write the
Personal Travel Story” with LARRY HABEGGER
Deposit: $500 (payable through PayPal)
Cost: $2495 (everything but air)
For Info and Registration: Robin@robinsparks.com
JUNE 5
Monday, June 5 || 7:00 - 9:00PM
LEFT COAST WRITERS(tm) SALON FEATURING: JAMES DALESSANDRO, author of
“1906: A Novel”
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista
Corte Madera
For Info: http://www.leftcoastwriters.com
JUNE 10
Saturday, June 10 || 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
CRICKET’S BOOKS AND GIFTS PRESENTS:
“How To Become A Published Author/Poet: A to Z”
Hosted by: MARK SHAW
Cricket’s Books and Gifts
40 Princess St
Sausalito
FEE: $45.00 Fee Includes Free Copy of Book On Grammar
TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT: Limited Seating - Call 415.331.1233 for
Reservations
JUNE 11
Sunday, June 11 || 7pm
JAMES DALESSANDRO READING AND BOOK SIGNING FOR “1906″ +
DOCUMENTARY FILM PREVIEW: “THE DAMNEDEST FINEST RUINS”
Book Passage-Corte Madera
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera
For Information: http://www.bookpassage.com
JUNE 12
Monday, June 12 || Readings: 5:30-7:00PM/Networking 7:00-8:00PM
LEFT COAST WRITERS(tm) READING SERIES & NETWORKING
TOPIC: Queer Tales - Gay and Lesbian Writings
READERS: KUNAL MUKHERJEE, CERRIDUEN FALLINGSTAR and others
Book Passage - FERRY PLAZA
One Ferry Plaza #46 Ferry Plaza
San Francisco
For Info: http://www.leftcoastwriters.com
JUNE 12
Monday, June 12 || 7pm
GEORGIA HESSE LECTURE: “FROM LISBON TO ROME ON THE PRINSENDAM”
Book Passage - FERRY PLAZA
One Ferry Plaza #46 Ferry Plaza
San Francisco
For Info and Reservation: 415.927.0960 X400
JUNE 17
Saturday, June 17 || 9:00AM - 3:00PM
LINDA WATANABE McFERRIN COURSE: “Writing for Publication”
Book Passage - FERRY PLAZA
One Ferry Plaza #46 Ferry Plaza
San Francisco
For Info: http://www.leftcoastwriters.com
JUNE 21
Wednesday June 21 || 5:30 - 6:45PM
LEFT COAST WRITERS(tm) BOOK LAUNCH PARTY SHOWCASING: TOM DeMOTT and
his new book, “Into the Hearts of the Amazons: In Search of a
Modern Matriarchy” (University of WI Press, May 2006)
Monticello Inn
121 Ellis Street (corner of Ellis & Powell)
San Francisco
For Info: mailto:leftcoastwriters@aol.com
MAY 17
Wednesday, May 16 || 5:30 - 6:45PM
LEFT COAST WRITERS(tm) BOOK LAUNCH PARTY SHOWCASING:
“FLOATING THROUGH FRANCE: LIFE BETWEEN LOCKS ON THE CANAL DU
MIDI.” New travel anthology by edited by LCW member BARBARA
EUSER, featuring LEFT COAST WRITERS(tm) faculty members, JOANNA
BIGGAR and LINDA WATANABE McFERRIN and writers, CONNIE BURKE,
CRISTIE MARCUS, APRIL ORCUTT, and MARY JEAN PRAMIK
Monticello Inn
121 Ellis Street (corner of Ellis & Powell)
San Francisco
For Info: mailto:leftcoastwriters@aol.com
MAY 20
Saturday, May 20 || 4PM
BARBARA EUSER reading and book signing for “FLOATING THROUGH
FRANCE: LIFE BETWEEN LOCKS ON THE CANAL DU
MIDI,” new travel anthology edited by LCW member BARBARA
EUSER, featuring faculty members LARRY HABEGGER, JOANNA
BIGGAR and LINDA WATANABE McFERRIN and writers, CONNIE BURKE,
CRISTIE MARCUS, APRIL ORCUTT, and MARY JEAN PRAMIK
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Dr.
Corte Madera
For Info: http://www.bookpassage.com
MAY 20
Saturday, May 20 || 9:00AM - 3:00PM
LARRY HABEGGER course: “Crafting the Personal Travel Story”
Book Passage-Ferry Plaza
One Ferry Plaza #46 Ferry Plaza
San Francisco
For Info: http://www.bookpassage.com
MAY 23
Tuesday, May 23 || 6:30PM
Reading and book signing for “FLOATING THROUGH FRANCE: LIFE
BETWEEN LOCKS ON THE CANAL DU MIDI,” new travel anthology edited
by LCW member BARBARA EUSER, featuring LEFT COAST WRITERS(tm) faculty
members, JOANNA BIGGAR and LINDA WATANABE McFERRIN and writers,
CONNIE BURKE, CRISTIE MARCUS, APRIL ORCUTT, and MARY JEAN PRAMIK
Zebulon’s Lounge(now known as SoHo) - Music Venue Wine Bar
Art Gallery
21 Fourth Street
Petaluma, California
For Info: (707) 769-7948
JAMES DALESSANDO, was the co-founder of the Santa Cruz Poetry
Festival, the nation’s largest literary event for four years and
which brought together Ken Kesey, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Charles
Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Bob Kaufman and musicians
like Charles Lloyd and Anthony Braxton. He has published four
books: poetry in Canary In A Coal Mine, the highly acclaimed San
Francisco murder mystery Bohemian Heart (St. Martin’s Press),
true crime (Citizen Jane), and his new novel, 1906, an epic
recreation of the great San Francisco earthquake and fire. He is
a 20-year veteran of the Writer’s Guild of America, West, and has
written the screenplays for all three of his books, including
1906, which was sold to Warner Brothers after a heated Hollywood
bidding war. He is currently writer and co-director, with
four-time Oscar winner Ben Burtt, of The Damnedest Finest Ruins,
a feature documentary about the 1906 earthquake. He is also
co-executive producer and screenwriter of Citizen Jane for Wolper
Productions and Court TV, producer and co-writer, with Lidia
Fraser, of Draconin, a trilogy of novels and animated feature
films. He teaches the longest-running screenwriting course in San
Francisco and served as the writer for the award-winning House of
Blues Radio Hour. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
by Cheryl McLaughlin
It was one of those third-shift nights. I was done with the busyness of the day and the silence of nighttime surrounded me like a huge bubble—that safe place where I could finally hear myself think—when I sat down to write yet another practical, bulleted how-to article, “The 7 Keys to Managing Competitive Stress.” But this wasn’t just any article. It was an opportunity, for I was one of the few professionals—and the only woman—asked to be a contributor to The Sport Psychology Manual for Coaches, a publication which would be used to train coaches throughout the country. Once again, I was up against a should have been done yesterday deadline and I was praying for clarity.
What are the 7 things coaches need to know to help their athletes manage competitive stress? I asked as I placed the numbers 1 to 10 down the page. (It’s helpful to brainstorm a few extra for good measure.) I set the alarm on my ACT contact management software to beep me in five minutes and jotted down notes. Short, timed writes, I’ve learned, help me write fast and freely.
