President's letter

Happy 2025 to you all,

I am writing this in December and having a private celebration because I finished my family Christmas book. This year I ordered 19 copies for all the households scattered far and wide between New York, Virginia, Washington, Oregon, and California. It’s amazing how those babies a few years ago are now in their twenties, thirties, and forties.

My book was just for family, but many of our members are publishing their books for the public to enjoy. On December 8, four of our members— Brooke French, Evan Pellervo, Mary Smathers, and Scotty Cornfield—brought out their latest creations at River House Books in Carmel. Several club members were in the audience to support their fellow writers. This is a fun and meaningful part of being a member of Central Coast Writers.

This month, you will have another chance to do just that.

On Sunday, January 12, 2025

At 1 p.m.

River House Books

208 Crossroads Blvd

Carmel, CA

Loreen Gibbons will be reading from her book All Eternity Lies Before Me. 

Our monthly meeting will be on

Tuesday January 21, 2025

At

Center for Spiritual Awareness

522 Central Avenue

Pacific Grove, CA

It is across the street from the Pacific Grove Public Library.

Admission is free. Don’t forget—free pizza.

Lila LaBine and Eva Barrows will be presenting on the following topic: 

Get Ready to Publish: Selecting the Right Editor for Your Writing Project

Our monthly salon will be on the following

Sunday

January 26, 2025

From 1-3 p.m.

At

The PGMeeting house (formerly known as Juice N’ Java)

599 Lighthouse Avenue

Pacific Grove, CA

SatChat will meet on

Saturday January 25, 2025

10:30 a.m. to 12 noon

Seaside library

550 Harcourt Avenue

Seaside, CA

Also on January 25, but fortunately not at the same time:

Writer’s Round-up with Wendy Goodman. Her topic will be marketing your book.

January 25, 2025

1:00-3:00 p.m.

At the Little House in Jewell Park in Pacific Grove on the corner of Central and Grand, across from the PG Library.

I am Sooooo glad COVID gave me a chance to figure out how to use the electronic calendar on my iPhone and computer. Can’t imagine how I would keep all these gatherings straight. Some months I feel more like our club’s social director than president. Frankly, this is a very good problem. Hope to see many of you at these gatherings.

Meanwhile,

Keep writing,

Sarah E. Pruitt

CCW president.