California Writers Club, Tri-Valley Branch Meeting, Saturday, March 21

Kevin Thaddeus Fisher-Paulson will guide us through the art and craft of the memoir as the guest speaker for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch on Saturday, March 21, at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard, Pleasanton.

Kevin Thaddeus Fisher-Paulson lives with his husband Brian, their two sons, and their four rescue dogs in San Francisco. When not writing, he serves as Captain of the Honor Guard for the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department. He earned a degree in American Studies from the University of Notre Dame in 1980 and subsequently studied writing with Dorothy Allison, Jessica Hagedorn and Steve Abbott and has attended courses at the University of Iowa and the University of Oregon. Kevin contributed regularly as a writer to The Sentinel, and his stories and poems have been seen in The James White Literary Review, Amethyst, Oberon, RFD and Suburban Wilderness. His essay, “Virtue Enough for Miss Grrrl” was published as part of an anthology, When Love Lasts Forever, by Pilgrim Press. His plays and monologues have been produced in the ODC Summerfest, Theater Rhinoceros, and the National AIDS Theater Festival. Kevin contributes irregularly to the National Public Radio Perspective Series.

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, March 21, 2015, 2:00- 4:00 p.m. (registration at 1:30).The cost for CWC Members is $12, nonmembers, $17. Anyone interested in the program or the organization may attend with no obligation to join. For reservations, email reservations@trivalleywriters.org no later than Wednesday, March 18, 2015.

For more information about California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch, contact Jordan Bernal at president@trivalleywriters.org or visit www.trivalleywriters.org.