Meetings

SCWA November Featured Speaker: Matt Phillips

SCWA Monthly Featured Speaker Matt Phillips Writing Heart Pumping Fiction Come for the program—stay for the surprises! Do you dream of readers breathlessly racing to the next page in your memoir, science fiction, mystery, thriller, fantasy or historical fiction novel?  Join us Saturday, November 18, 2023, at our NEW LOCATION at the 19th Hole Restaurant … Read more

SCWA Presents Writers Online

SCWA Presents Writers Online

Check out our new YouTube channel for some of our best and brightest authors and guest speakers. Through this year of challenges SCWA has risen to new heights with a wide range of talented presenters who will inspire, educate and motivate writers and readers alike through our online programs.

Our content includes the Hump Day Book Tours, Pub Shops with insights into book publishing and marketing, plus our monthly author spotlights and workshops.

We appreciate your support so please visit, comment and subscribe so you're the first to know when a new video is posted. There's always more great content to come from SCWA, the Perennial Writers' Conference!

Join Us for Our Virtual Happy Hour

Join us for our weekly SCWA Virtual Happy Hour

Fridays at 4:30 pm PDT--Members and Nonmembers welcome!

What you'll need:

  • Your libation of choice!

  • A computer with mic, speaker, and webcam!

  • Your best party shirt!

  • A willingness to learn and make mistakes!

  • Ideas for making the most of our corona-cation!

Zoom virgins come early for tech check - we'll be in the room at 4:20 pm

Let's have some fun together. The party begins at 4:30!

Please RSVP to receive your link and password.

POSTPONED March 21, 2020 | Nancy Cole Silverman

POSTPONED: March 21, 2020 | Nancy Cole Silverman “How to Plan a Mystery Series & the Expanding World of Cozies” – Nancy Silverman (NEW LOCATION – Mile Square Banquet Center, 10401 Warner Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708) Nancy Cole Silverman spent nearly twenty-five years in Los Angeles Talk Radio, beginning her career on the talent … Read more

December 21, 2020 | Ivy Pochoda

March 21, 2020 | Ivy Pochoda Ivy Pochoda talks writing EPOCA with Kobe Bryant and the secrets to a successful collaboration! Ever wonder how James Patterson earns 28 million dollars a year? Aside from being a talented author, and putting out a jillion movies and books a year, James Patterson mastered the art of collaboration. … Read more

February 15, 2020 | Raymond Obstfeld

February 15, 2020 | Raymond Obstfeld – “All Fiction Plots Fall into These Six Templates” Raymond Obstfeld, the modern-day JD Salinger, will be the featured writer and guest speaker at our SCWA February meeting! Raymond Obstfeld is a multi-time NY Times Bestselling author of fiction, non-fiction, and graphic novels. His works cross genres from crime … Read more

December 21, 2019 | Travis Cluff & Chris Lofing

December 21, 2019 | Travis Cluff & Chris Lofing Our Journey as Independent Movie Producers Travis Cluff and Chris Lofting independently co-wrote, co-directed, and co- produced the micro-budget horror file THE GALLOWS for only $100,000. It grossed over $42 million! THE GALLOWS ACT II will be released by Lionsgate soon Their company, TREMENDUM PICTURES is … Read more

January 18, 2020 | Christopher Reich

January 18, 2020 | Christopher Reich Christopher Reich is the New York Times bestselling author of 12 thrillers and his novel The Patriot’s Club won the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel. Born in Tokyo and educated in Los Angeles, he attended Georgetown University and the University of Texas and then worked in Switzerland before returning to … Read more