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Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:30 am – Lita Kurth – Writing Memoir in Flashes
May Meeting Preview: Lita Kurth By Shari Clare The South Bay Writers club welcomes Lita Kurth as our May speaker. Lita is a creative writing instructor at De Anza College and the co-founder of the long-running spoken word venue Flash Fiction Forum, where writers read...
Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:30 am – Peggy Townsend – Creating memorable main characters and their sidekicks
April Meeting Preview: Peggy Townsend By Shari Clare The South Bay Writers club welcomes Peggy Townsend as our April speaker. An award-winning journalist and novelist, Peggy will talk to us about how she creates memorable main characters and their sidekicks, a topic...
Saturday, March14, 2026 at 10:30 am -Round Table Panel on Publishing
March Meeting Preview: Round Table Panel on Publishing By Shari Clare Our March meeting will focus on the publication process, including the main types of publication methods used by authors today. To help us understand some of the more common options, a panel of...
Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:30 am – Kathleen Founds – Holding on and Letting Go: A Timeline for Writing Your Novel
February Meeting Preview: Graphic novelist Kathleen Founds By Shari Clare Our February speaker will be Kathleen Founds, who will talk about making decisions regarding when to continue or when to pause a work in progress, in her presentation titled "Holding on and...
South Bay Writers’ Workshop
Join us for our Holiday Party! Sun, Dec 14th, 4-8 pm
Come join your fellow South Bay writers for a wonderful and festive evening of food, drinks, and a gift exchange at the home of Edie Matthews. Members+1 Potluck - Bring a dish according to your last name: A - G Main Dish H - R Appetizer or Dessert S - Z Salad or...
Nov 08, 2025 – D.M. Rowell – Native American Traditions: Influence on Novel Writing
To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we welcome Donna (D. M.) Rowell as our November speaker. She will share storytelling traditions she learned from her grandfather and describe how she has applied them to her crime fiction novels. Donna comes from a long...
Oct 11th Geri Spieler – What Reporters Do That Novelists Need to Know
For our October meeting, we will welcome Geri Spieler, a journalist, novelist, and long-time California Writers Club member. During her presentation, Geri will share her expertise on how to do effective research, which is a surprisingly important skill for fiction...
Sep 13th 2025 Meg Waite Clayton – A Writer’s Journey
The South Bay Writers club, in partnership with SASCC, welcomes Meg Waite Clayton as our September speaker. She will take us on “A Writer’s Journey: For anyone who wants to publish or simply find the courage to write.” Meg is the author of nine published novels, and...
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 Michals as our...