Louise Boggess award: 2021

Congratulations to Megan McDonald, recipient of this year’s Louise Boggess Award. The award is our branch’s top honor and is given each year for outstanding contributions to the club. Megan has been active in our branch on many levels. She served as our Hospitality Chair including the planning of the 2019 Holiday Party. She was active in the San Mateo County Fair Literary Stage for several years before transitioning to Literary Stage Liaison in 2020. She is busy planning to make next year’s event even more interactive! Her presentations through Writers Helping Writers, Think Tank and multiple library panels are always thoughtfully crafted and supportive to the writing community. She helped get the branch up and running on Zoom, acting as technology support for Monthly Meetings in the first half of 2020 and has recently been elected to serve as Vice President.

Thank you, Megan for your generous spirit and willingness to help our community.

Critique group opportunity! A small supportive group of experienced writers focused on short stories and novels has room for more. We meet the second and fourth Tuesday of every month from 7 – 8:30pm. Contact Karen Sundback for more information.

Mary Beth O’Connor completed her memoir manuscript, turned to writing a book proposal, and created her website (junkietojudge.com). Mary Beth also has increased her recovery advocacy speaking, including being a keynote speaker for the Women for Sobriety annual conference and being interviewed for The Only One in the Room podcast.

Ellyn Siegel‘s Emerson Mysteries: Book Five is now on available from Amazon.

James Hanna’s zany new book, The Ping-Pong Champion of Chinatown, is available on Amazon in hardcopy and Kindle.

Ida J. Lewenstein has been spotlighted in the Spring 2021 issue of the Student Conservation Association’s magazine, The GreenWay. The article featured portions of two of Ida’s environmental poems, “Footprints in the Sand” and “Consider the Litter.”