View from the Board July 2025

View from the Boardby Annie Nguyen  Membership Tonya was happy to report that the current membership of the club is up to 119 members, up from 104 last year. Finances Una was happy to announce that we had broken even for the fiscal year and that the club expenses had...

Aug 9: Nils Michals – Poet and Teacher

August Speaker: Nils Michals –  Poet and Teacher – Painting Pictures With Words by Shari Clare To help writers of all genres learn how to choose the right words for creating vivid images, the South Bay Writers Club will welcome poet and teacher Nils...

July 13, 2025 South Bay Writers’ Summer BBQ

Join us for the Annual July Potluck Hosted by Edie Matthews Sunday, July 13, 3-6 pm Image by Pexels from Pixabay Enjoy tantalizing food and good company, both provided by you! Relax, network, chat with old friends, and make new ones! Open to Members+ 1 The club will...

Recap of June 14: Rebecca Gomez Farrell

Critique Styles, Formats, and Expectations Bill Baldwin As writers, most of us understand the importance of critique groups—but how well do we actually understand their true use fulness and how they function? Did you know there are actually a variety of approaches to...

Recap of May 10: Story Coach Catharine Brankamp

Creativity in An Age of False Perfection By Tamara Bell Catharine Bramkamp began her talk by telling us that AI is just a run-on math program, using stolen information raked from the Internet. It does the “math” of the story—but not the calculations. AI will not...