Category: Member News

  • Member News: New Release by Mollie Hunt

    Member News: New Release by Mollie Hunt

    Mollie Hunt launches her latest Crazy Cat Lady Cozy Mystery, Cold Case Cat on October 29th. Cold Case Cat is the 12th instalment in the award-winning Series.

    An injustice done, a murder unpunished.

    It’s Pride Month in Portland Oregon, but instead of hanging rainbow flags and streamers, Lynley finds herself obsessed with a cold case murder. Starting work at the Cat Park, a sanctuary for senior and hospice cats, is challenging enough for Lynley, but then she learns the founder of the Park was murdered and the murder never solved. Lynley’s cat-like curiosity won’t let her leave the case alone.

    But why is the Park’s new owner so fiercely opposed to Lynley’s sleuthing? What’s making the Director of Philanthropy grumpy all the time? Who is sneaking around listening at doors? The dead woman’s ancient cat has a twinkle in her eye, but she isn’t telling.

    As Lynley’s granddaughter and her beau make plans for their upcoming wedding, Lynley has other things on her mind. Something is going on at the Park. Is there more to her new job than playing with cats?

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  • Member News: New Release from Elizabeth Beechwood

    Member News: New Release from Elizabeth Beechwood

    Elizabeth Beechwood is happy to announce the release of her second book, a writing reference guide, How to Write Animal Characters.

    In these pages you’ll:

    • Explore four elements of animal characterization—Point of View/Perception, Behavior, Intelligence, and The Wilding
    • Identify the challenges of writing animal characters, including the limitations of communication, movement, and knowledge
    • Study examples from various genres of literature
    • Apply what you learn to your own stories with writing exercises in each chapter
    • Bring your curiosity and a playful spirit and start creating animal characters that will capture your reader’s imagination!

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  • Member News: New Release with Gail Pasternack

    Member News: New Release with Gail Pasternack

    Member News: New Release with Gail Pasternack

    Willamette Writers member Gail Pasternack is celebrating the release of her group’s anthology, “The Rooster Princess and Other Tales: Jewish Stories Repopulated with Spunky Heroines, Wise Women, Brave Crones and Powerful Prophetesses.” This innovative collection puts a modern, feminist spin on Jewish folklore by replacing traditional male protagonists with female characters.

    The official book launch takes place September 6 at Havurah Shir Hadash in Ashland, OR. Portland events include the Eastside Jewish Commons on September 17th, Annie Bloom’s Books on October 6th, the Feldstein Library on October 21, and Bold Coffee & Books on October 25th.

    The Jewish Women’s Storytelling Collective began in 2022, shortly after Gail graduated from a maggid (Jewish storyteller) training program led by Maggidah Debra Gordon Zaslow and Rabbi David Zaslow. She, Debra, and four other female graduates expressed frustration with the lack of female protagonists in Jewish folklore. They decided to create a collection of adapted folktales and original stories in which women took center stage. Over the next two years, five more maggidot (plural for female maggidah) joined by adding their stories. The shared vision of the Jewish Women’s Storytelling Collective is to offer Jewish stories from a uniquely female perspective and to make those stories accessible to modern audiences.

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