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Fremont Area Writers

The Centennial Branch of the California Writers Club

Why Join?

Written By: RScott

Why Join the Fremont Area Writers?

I have often been asked, “Why should I join the Fremont Area Writer’s Club”, and my best answer has always been, “For the people, for the resources, for being with other writers.”

Here are some additional reasons:

Fremont Area Writers is a Portal to Success in Writing
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We offer three major benefits: Networking, Education and Exposure

Networking
1. Meeting other writers
  - Published
  - Unpublished
  - Professionals
  - Beginners
  - Meet people who write what you write
  - Meet people who have been published and learn how they did it
  - Share what you know with others
2. Support
  - Stuck for an idea?
  - Need help with a Query letter?
  - Looking for an editor or agent?
3. Forming Critique partnerships or groups
4. Fun
  - Parties
  - Picnics
Education
1. Workshops Discount Prices
  - Memoir writing
  - Blogging
  - Editing
2. Speakers
  - Writers
  - Agents
  - Editors
3. Resources
  - Agents
  - Editors
  - On-line tools and resources
4. Tricks of the trade
Exposure
1. Socialize your work
2. Discover new markets
3. Learn to be objective about your own work

Fremont Area Writers is a Portal to Success in Writing
Skip Directly to the Membership Application

Monthly Meeting Guest Speaker

Alon Shalev, author of “The Accidental Activist,” will speak to Fremont Area Writers on Saturday, May 26. Born in England, he has been a political activist since his teens and works to highlight social and political injustice through his writing. “The Accidental Activist” is a political courtroom novel about two young activists challenging a multi-national corporation using a new tool—the Internet. His other books include “A Gardener’s Tale,” now out in e-book format and soon to be in print, and “Wycaan Master,” a young adult fantasy novel. “In a writing workshop, I once heard the phrase: transformational fiction. It never caught on, but I would like to fly its flag,” Shalev said. You can find out more about him at http://alonshalev.com/home.