<![CDATA[Writers' Club of Whittier - This Just In...]]>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:02:10 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Tito's Little Pioneer]]>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 00:09:25 GMThttp://www.whittierwriters.com/this-just-in/titos-little-pioneer
Ester Elliott's new book was published online and on January 11 and is now available on Amazon.
...no matter how well I followed the rules, I still got in trouble....This book is a series of true stories told from the perspective of a ten-year-old girl. It focuses on my first experiences which left memorable impressions, while giving readers a glimpse into the unique atmosphere of the 1960's socialism of a non-aligned nation.
From the description on Amazon.
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Hong-My Basrai's article, Globalization and Women, has been published in the 2015 issue of Hye Geen Magazine, an annual production of Hye Geen, the women's branch of the Armenian General Benevolent Union. The article, an account of Hong-My's attendance at a speech delivered by Mary Terzian, another WCW member, first appeared in Wittier Word Weavers, the WCW blog. You can read it here. 
]]><![CDATA[Don't Give Me Flowers Perfume or Candy]]>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 18:40:57 GMThttp://www.whittierwriters.com/this-just-in/dont-give-me-flowers-perfume-or-candy
Rose Hines' poem, Don’t Give Me Flowers Perfume or Candy, will be published in a new anthology, Spectrum 2: The Gift. There will be a publishing party on Saturday, December 19th at 3 p.m. in the backroom of the Santa Catalina Branch Library on 999 E. Washington Blvd. in Pasadena.
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Rose Hines at Santa Catalina Branch Library in Pasadena, reading "Gardner's Burial" at the reading of Poems Published in SGVPQ #68 CLICK PHOTO FOR MORE INFORMATION
]]><![CDATA[Mrs. Spring's Story]]>Sun, 29 Nov 2015 20:41:10 GMThttp://www.whittierwriters.com/this-just-in/mrs-springs-story
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Mrs. Spring's Story by Hong-My Basrai appears in the December issue of Eastlit, an online journal of "creative writing, literature and art focused on East and South East Asia."

​Mrs. Spring, a Vietnamese immigrant hired by the author's family to care for their aging father,  is trying to learn English in order to pass her citizenship test.
She said, her optimism not so different from my dad’s, her strength breaking through, “If I passed the test, that would mean $800 a month, money I would earn for being old,” then with pride seeping in, “besides working and paying tax.”
]]><![CDATA[Envision: Future Fiction]]>Fri, 20 Nov 2015 23:26:31 GMThttp://www.whittierwriters.com/this-just-in/envision-future-fiction

​​Envision: Future Fiction, an anthology of speculative fiction, is now available. Buckle your flightbelt and enjoy a  journey through universes of possibilities, probabilities, and what-ifs. Envision: Future Fiction will entertain you with humor and horror, love and hate, desperation and hope—shaped by the imaginations of nine authors with diverse voices.
Rubin Johnson of WCW has a short story in this anthology, You Bet Your Life. Read how medical technology introduced in the Southern California town of Mayberry doesn't mean you're always better off winning, especially if you bet your life.

Available on Amazon  for Kindle or in  Print.

There will be several Free for Kindle days:
November 27 and 28
December 4 and 5
December 11
]]><![CDATA[Storytelling at The Huntington-by Sherry Novak]]>Fri, 20 Nov 2015 06:23:22 GMThttp://www.whittierwriters.com/this-just-in/storytelling-at-the-huntington-by-sherry-novak
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Sherry Novak (left) with actors from We Tell Stores at The Huntington Nov. 14, 2015
Last Saturday, Nov 14, I attended A Celebration of Stories at The Huntington in San Marino. There were activities around the garden such as a talk with Louisa May Alcott and Laura Ingalls Wilder and three actors performing Let Them Eat Books, a collection of classic literature & poems by Sandburg, Carroll and Twain  presented by The Music Center's We Tell Stories, a community of story-telling artists. They performed  The Jabberwocky with audience participation.
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A performance of The Jabberwocky by actors of We Tell Stories at The Huntington on Nov. 14, 2015
I had as much fun as the kids. My boyfriend, Shunji, who didn't know who Louisa May Alcott was or that she was being portrayed by an actress, was shocked when she said she was a nurse in the Civil War!!! 
]]><![CDATA[Mary Terzian in a Podcast Interview]]>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:58:16 GMThttp://www.whittierwriters.com/this-just-in/mary-terzian-in-a-podcast-interview
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 Mary Terzian was interviewed by Sara Troy, for a podcast  on Choose Positive Living. 
A universal struggle revealed in a personal story. This memoir is told against the backdrop of strict cultural upbringing, political turmoil and a young girl’s love for education propelling her toward independence.
 
​CLICK HERE TO LISTEN.
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]]><![CDATA[Epiphany]]>Sat, 07 Nov 2015 07:30:04 GMThttp://www.whittierwriters.com/this-just-in/epiphany

​Nickolae Gerstner's latest novel, Epiphany, is available in paperback from Amazon.

Philip Rockcastle is a priest who believes he has found his true calling – until he becomes involved in a murder investigation while trying to help one troubled parishioner and finds himself falling in love with another parishioner. Is his life a mistake?
]]><![CDATA[Romance Writers Tell All]]>Sun, 01 Nov 2015 23:53:53 GMThttp://www.whittierwriters.com/this-just-in/romance-writers-tell-all
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Two of our members, Kathleen Harrington and Chase Theroux (Angela Myron) are part of a group that has launched a blog for lovers of romance fiction. Check out Writing Something Romantic. You don't have to be a romance reader to enjoy their take on books, movies, and life.

If the name, Chase Theroux, isn't familiar, perhaps it will help to know that she also blogs here: http://www.angelamyron.com/
]]><![CDATA[Birthday Bash for Romance Writers]]>Sun, 11 Oct 2015 00:38:52 GMThttp://www.whittierwriters.com/this-just-in/birthday-bash-for-romance-writersThe Orange County Chapter of Romance Writers of America is celebrating its Annual Birthday Bash today in Brea at the Embassy Suites. Festivities kicked off Friday night, with a write-in, then doors opened at 9 this morning with keynote speakers bestselling author Lauren Dane and Deb Werksman, editorial director at Sourcebook, an independent publisher. Today attendees enjoyed book awards, raffle prizes and a multi-author book signing. Tonight will close with pajama parties in the form of panel discussions and talks designed to hone writing skills, build business acumen and fuel creative fires.

Attendees were encouraged to dress like their favorite fairytale character.  Three of WCW's members, Kathleen Harrington. Angela Myron and Sherry Novak,  were in attendance – and in costume! 
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Kathleen Harrington is second from left. Angela Myron is second from right.
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Sherry Novak is second from left and Angela Myron is on the far right.
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