THE CREATIVE SPARK WORKSHOP
This workshop focuses on cultivating our creativity in whatever ways we choose to express ourselves. This online event is perfect for creatives, authors, poets, artists, and those who want to deepen their creativity.
Registration is open to all members of Redwood Writers, California Writers Club, and to the public.
Michael Shapiro is the author of The Creative Spark: How musicians, writers, explorers, and other artists found their inner fire and followed their dreams, published in late 2019. The book is a collection of interviews and biographical sketches that serve as inspiration for creative endeavors. Among those Shapiro interviewed: Smokey Robinson, Lucinda Williams, Francis Ford Coppola, Pico Iyer, Jane Goodall, Amy Tan, David Sedaris, and Barbara Kingsolver.
A freelance journalist, Shapiro’s features have appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Los Angeles Times. He’s written for magazines including National Geographic, Saturday Evening Post, The Sun, and Alaska Beyond. He’s even profiled Jane Goodall for O the Oprah magazine.
Saturday, February 20, 2021
1 – 2:30 p.m.
Join us on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 1 p.m. on Zoom* for this annual event!
Due to the global pandemic, the meeting will be held ONLINE.
Author Launch 2020-21
Chair
Jeane Slone
Celebrate the success of Bay Area authors at the annual Redwood Writers Author Launch event. Listen to excerpts from new books published by our members, and meet local authors online on Zoom.
Below, click on a book for more information about the book and its author.

*WHAT IS ZOOM?
Zoom is the most popular online platform for virtual presentations, meetings, get-togethers, and so on. Just go to Zoom.us and download the free app on your phone, iPad, or computer (camera required to participate). If you can't join us live, you will be able to download the presentation for viewing/sharing at your leisure (and don't we have plenty of that!).
ZOOM UPDATE, 5.0
If you already downloaded Zoom, before you join the next Redwood Writers meeting online, you are required to download their encryption security update. Go to Zoom.us for more information.
QUESTIONS?
MEETING DAY ZOOM LOGIN ISSUES: If you need help logging into the Zoom meeting on the day of the meeting, please call or send a text to Judy Baker at 707-210-6696.
PRIOR TO MEETING DAY: Once you click the registration button, above, the registration process offers additional meeting information, and signup and login instructions. Moreover, you will receive confirmation and reminder emails. (Please check your spam folder if you don't see those emails.)
If you still have questions regarding the Zoom signup process, please send an email to [email protected]
MORE SPEAKERS IN THE MONTHS AHEAD
March 20, 2021
Sarah Rabkin
Writing the Image: Drawing the TextApril 17, 2021
Phyllis Meshulam
Craft of Writing PoetryMay 15, 2021
Heidi Kuhn
Memoir: Writing the Call to ActionJune 19, 2021
Matthew Felix
Online Marketing for Writers
AFTER ZOOM, WE'RE MOVING!
Once large groups can safely gather, Redwood Writers meetings will be moving to the FINLEY COMMUNITY CENTER in Santa Rosa on THIRD SATURDAYS from 1 – 2:30 p.m. (Currently due to the pandemic, the meetings are conducted on Zoom.) Prices are $5 for members, $10 for non-members.
For more information, CLICK HERE to visit the Meetings page.

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