Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, is having a screening of Richard McCallum’s Changing Dawn, a film he wrote and directed fifty years ago for the MSU Archaeology Department.

The Sink, the iconic, one-hundred-year-old Colorado University (CU) burger restaurant and bar, has published Richard McCallum’s ditty “The Days of ’69” on their Sink Facebook page.

Richard’s work can be found on his website: remstories.com.

Marianne Brems's poem "Thumb Boy" appears in the Winter 2023 edition of Remington Review!

President Geri Spieler will present “Super Sleuthing: Internet Research Skills and Information Everyone Should Know” at the Writers Helping Writers event on Thursday, January 19 from 6:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Rinconada Library in Palo Alto. Learn online research methods, including how to explore the deep web and avoid “filter bubbles.”

In honor of Insurrection Day (January 6th), Dragon Gems published “The True Son,” a tale of bitter conflict—and sword-fighting—as the king’s biological and foster sons sort out their … priorities … in the alternate-world nation of Jeska. The story presages Vanessa MacLaren-Wray’s upcoming novel, Shadows of Insurrection.

Ten book reviewers have given James Hanna’s anthology, Fact Check and More Probing Tales either a 4/4-star or a 5/5-star rating. Seattle Book Review calls Hanna’s book, “a dazzling collection of stories about people and events that run the gamut from mundane to astonishing, delightful to terrifying, all the while both entertaining and amusing.”

What happens when a lonely librarian answers a matrimonial ad from a demented farmer growing mutant plant-creatures for the government? The answer may be found in “Fruits,” James Hanna’s political allegory published in The Chamber Magazine. His two-hundred word vignette, “A Chicken Story,” appears in 10 by 10, a journal that showcases ten pieces of condensed fiction per issue.

Want to move past writing blocks, find your creative edge, and go deep into your imagination to produce powerful writing? Check out “Spark Your Creativity: A Writing Journey into the Deep Imagination.” Darlene Frank provided a taste of this program at our November CWC meeting. Program begins January 7. Register by Friday, December 9, and receive a free bonus! Details here.

Laurel Anne Hill has won a 14th award for Plague of Flies: Revolt of the Spirits, 1846. Her book was chosen as one of five finalists in multicultural fiction. HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, McGraw Hill, Tor Books, other large publishers, and hundreds of Independent Houses contributed to American Book Fest’s 19th Annual Best Book Awards for 2022.

CWC member and past president Audrey Kalman offers "Stir Your Creativity for the New Year." This prompt-based workshop examines how writers can set themselves up for a rich and rewarding creative experience in 2023. We’ll explore myths and poetry for inspiration as well as some practices to help you stay on track. December 4, 2022, 10 am-11:30 am PST. $39.99 Register here.

David Harris, a member of the CWC-SFP board, has been long-listed for The Dillydoun Review 2022 Short Story Prize for his story "The East Bay Hills."

On November 12 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, President Geri Spieler, officers Lisa Meltzer Penn and Carole Bumpus, and members Evelyn LaTorre and Cheryl Ray attended the 34th National Kidney Foundation’s Authors Luncheon. The CWC members listened to interviews of and received autographed books by five well-known authors. The event raised $125,000 to transform kidney care through education, advocacy, and research.

The Chamber Magazine has made an audio of James Hanna’s short story “I Am Not a Crook.” In this aberrant tale, a peace officer passes to the afterlife and discovers that Richard Nixon is his guide spirit. Hanna’s new book Fact Check and More Probing Tales has garnered five 5-star reviews on Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews and Award Contests.

Ida J. Lewenstein is pleased to announce the publication of her latest children’s book, Where Would We Be Without a Tree? This collection of environmental poems uses rhyming words and colorful illustrations to capture the climate change dangers we face. To purchase, contact Grapple Hook Publishing via cell: 813-877-4665 or email: djenkins@grapplehook.com.

Geri Spieler’s book Housewife Assassin: The Woman who Tried to Kill President Ford is available for presale on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. “Spieler offers a portrait of an erratic, unstable woman with a protean capacity to shift identities, with the 1960s and ’70s as a dramatic backdrop. Fans of true crime accounts or contemporary history will savor this.” ―Publishers Weekly. Geri will speak at the next SF Writers Conference on “Researching True Crime.”

Laurel Anne Hill attended the World Fantasy Con (WFC) in New Orleans November 3–6 and enjoyed getting together with industry friends she’s met over the years. She has attended and been a WFC program participant since 2007, with destinations in the US, Canada, and England. This year Laurel served on The Well-Read Fantasy Lovers Bookshelf panel, read for a half-hour from her novel Plague of Flies: Revolt of the Spirits, 1846, and later (in a Broad Universe group reading) read several pages from a short story she recently finished. She regrets that this year’s theme, “Old Souls and New Rhythms,” has become far too meaningful. WFC 2022 will likely be her last unless the conference is held locally. WFC was a fun ride while it lasted!