President's letter

Welcome to May 2025, which in CCW land means that we are approaching the annual elections in June.

During the May meeting, the chair of the Nominations Committee will read the names of the people running for president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. We will vote on those candidates at the June meeting.

By the way, (I know I should write BTW but I am not cool enough.) if you have something published or win an award please let us know. We would like to announce it at our meetings.

Our monthly meeting will be on Tuesday May 20, 2025 at the Center for Spiritual Awakening

522 Central Ave, Pacific Grove, CA. It is across the street from the Pacific Grove Public Library.

• If you want to help set up, the doors open around 5. Most members arrive around 5:30-5:45. Scotty Cornfield, our Vice-president, will lead a fifteen-minute networking discussion beginning a little before 6 p.m. Our meeting will start soon after.

• This month's speaker is Ava Homa speaking on the topic of “Writing as a Pathway to Global Understanding”.  Ava Homa is an acclaimed author, speaker, activist, and faculty member at California State University, Monterey Bay. Her debut novel, Daughters of Smoke and Fire (HarperCollins & Abrams, 2020), was featured in Roxane Gay’s Book Club, the Unplugged Book Box, and Women for Women International. 

Our Literary Salon takes place on the Sunday following the monthly meeting. This month it will be on Sunday, May 25, 2025 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at The PGMeeting house (formerly known as Juice N’ Java), 599 Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA. Bring a piece of writing to share or just come to listen.

Sat Chat will take place on Saturday, May 31, 2025 from 10:30-12 at the Seaside Public Library,  

550 Harcourt Ave, Seaside, California. Ask the name implies, Sat Chat is a great opportunity to simply sit around and chat about writing, publishing, or anything else related to the literary life. There’s not much opportunity to do that at our monthly speaker meetings. Sat Chat is designed to fill that void.

Saturday, May 31, 2025 is also the date of our series of “writers helping writers” presentations featuring member or two sharing their expertise. In May, Marlo Faulkner will be sharing her experiences with hybrid publishing 1-3 p.m. This event will be held at the Little House in Jewell Park in Pacific Grove on the corner of Central and Grand, across from the PG Library.

All of our events are free and open to all members and their guests.