Archive for January, 2010

Book Review

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

This blog introduces a new series–Book Review.  SLO NightWriter members can review other members books.

I’m going to start it off with my review of Anne Schroeder’s book, Ordinary Aphrodite.  I can’t say enough positive things about this book.  It had me glue to the pages.  I stopped counting how many times I laughed out loud (LOL) and if I had been wearing mascara it would have been running down my face.

The book is a very personal piece.  It touched my heart and soul as a woman.  I felt sad when I finished it–like I was loosing an old friend.  Then I realized she has two other books that I can read and I know her.

My advice is build a fire and curl up with her book!

Ordinary Aphrodite; Branches on the Conejo; and Scent of Cedars are available on Amazon.com and Anne’s website.

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Fair’s Fair

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Four of our board members are long since ready to move on to other things.  We need four club members to step up to the plate.  Our next monthly meeting is February 9th and we would like to have volunteers by then.

SLO NightWriters needs the following:

Treasurer -

Jim Leonard, our current treasurer has filled the position for many years and needs to do other things.  He will be available to help in the transition.

Program Director -

Who wants to give our program director, Nancy Moore, a break.

Publicity Director -

Christine Taylor is still willing to help the club by answering difficult website questions and she’s one of the instructors in the “Technologies For Writers” series.  However, she needs to give up the publicity director position.

Greeter -            POSITION FILLED!

This is an easy job, but Judythe Guarnera already is acting as Secretary and theTolosa Press Submission Manager.  Won’t someone volunteer to greet our members once a month.

Secretary –

Judythe Guarnera is wearing two hat and would like to give this position to someone else.

Thank you Jim, Nancy, Christine and Judythe for your fine work.

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Technologies For Writers

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Technologies For Writers is finally here.  Well almost, we’ve finalized the schedule and you can view it on the SLO NightWriters’ events calendar on the blogroll (right side of the website.)

Classes begin April 24th and are the fourth Saturday of each month through July 2010.  Each Saturday has two classes, the first is from 10:00a.m. – noon and the second class is from 1:00 – 3:00p.m.   Classes are $20.00 each.  If you take two classes, on the same day, the fee is only $30.00.

The schedule of classes after July has not been developed and will depend on the first series of classes.

These classes are not for beginners.  If you do not have a basic level of  proficiency on the computer, I urge you to take a class or two before enrolling in Technologies For Writers classes.  Since our classes do not start until late April you have time to improve your skills.

The latest information we have from KCBX on their class schedule is listed at the bottom of this Blog.

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KCBXnet has new classes beginning in February.  Visit www.kcbx.net for more information.

Intermediate Word 2007
Thursdays, February 4th – 25th, 2010, 5-7pm

QuickBooks for Service-based Businesses
Wednesdays, February 10th – March 3rd, 2010, 2-5pm

Introduction to Windows Computers
Mondays, February 1st – 22nd, 2010, 2-4pm


KCBXnet Manager
4100 Vachell Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-8147
Tel: (805) 781-2580  Fax: (805) 781-3025

www.kcbx.net


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What’s a Blog?

Monday, January 18th, 2010

What is a Blog, Blogger or Blogging?  That’s the question I asked myself three years ago. So let me start this with the definition of “Blog” from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Blog

A blog (a contraction of the term “web log“)[1] is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (Art blog), photographs (photoblog), videos (Video blogging), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Microblogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts.

I’m a blogger and I’ll be blogging real soon!

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January Meeting Review

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Anne Schroeder is the multi-award winning author of Ordinary Aphrodite and Branches on the Conejo: Leaving the Soil after Five Generations. She also has published many short stories and essays. You can learn more about her at:

http://www.readanneschroeder.com/AUTHOR.html

SLO NightWriters meeting Anne Schoeder spoke on “Point of View.” I was extremely impressed by her presentation and her presentation skills. She was very well prepared and a great speaker. Her thorough understanding of the subject made for a educational delight. Even her title was great:

HELP! I’M A PRISONER OF P.O.V.: Understanding P.O.V.

She included a three-page hand-out with her presentation, which I’m going to put into a computer file along with some notes I took; both will be great for future reference.

As a listener, I feel like Anne was able to plant a small P.O.V. seed. With time, her handout and my notes I think that seed will germinate and my writing will improve as I begin to grasp P.O.V. Who knows maybe that seed will grow and grow and point of view will become a oak tree instead of the seed pod of a dandelion plant.

THANK YOU ANNE!

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