Welcome to the
Published Writers
of Rossmoor

It’s never too late to start writing or publishing! The Published Writers of Rossmoor offers the companionship of like-minded individuals, and welcomes both aspiring and published writers: anyone interested in learning more about writing. The members of PWR are novelists and poets, historians and memoirists with these in common - a word processor and a dream. Our community is here to help you grow as a writer and provide advice on publishing and promoting your work: from workshops to critique groups, we’re here for you. Meetings are held on the first Saturday of each month (except July) at 10am in the Fairway Room in the Creekside Building. Guests are always welcome.

Fall PWR Bazaar

There is no regular PWR membership meeting for November 2^nd since that’s the day of the annual Rossmoor Fall Bazaar.

This annual Bazaar is held in two of the large meeting rooms at the Gateway Complex and runs from 9 am – 2 pm.

Several PWR authors will be at the Published Writers table. Among those selling their books are; Ron Cohn, Lucia Falcone, Jon Foyt, James Freeman, Gisele Huff, Beth Hume, Rae James, Duffy Jennings, Karl Livengood, Balroop Singh, Twila Slesnick, Peggy Snyder and Ed Vogt with more to come.

The Bazaar features crafts made by Rossmoor Residents as well as books, lapidary, ceramics, woodworking and jewelry.

Featured Authors are members of the Published Writers of Rossmoor group.

A different author will be featured periodically.

Featured Author

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Phyllis Wachob

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Phyllis Wachob is a relatively new member of PWR. At her first meeting, she introduced herself as a writer of cozy mysteries. Cozy mysteries are considered “gentle” books, no graphic violence, no profanity, and no explicit sex. Most often, the crime takes place “off stage” and the victim was a nasty character who badly treated others. The main character, usually a woman, is always very likeable and smarter than the local police. Think of Jessica Fletcher in the TV series, Murder She Wrote - she typifies the heroine in a cozy mystery.

Cozy mysteries have become a booming business. Many cozy mystery readers are intelligent women looking for a “fun read” that engages the mind. The main characters in Wachob’s books are both women: one a retired school librarian and the other a ditzy English teacher. Mysteries and dead bodies seem to follow both these heroines, whether they are in exotic places or in their own backyards.

Phyllis Wachob grew up in the Central Valley of California. As a child, she loved to read and use her imagination. After college at UC Santa Cruz, she began a life of travel and adventure, studying for an MA in England, traveling by bicycle through France and Italy, followed by busing through Greece and Turkey. She then became a full-time traveler and writer, spending a year in India, followed by a year traveling in Africa. She has continued to travel throughout her life and has, to date, traveled to 80 countries.

When she was teaching English in China, she fell in love with the wild scenery and peoples of Chinese Turkestan. She subsequently lived in Japan, Taiwan, Australia (where she earned a Doctorate of Education in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), China, Singapore, Egypt and Turkey, teaching and traveling. These extensive experiences are reflected in her mystery novels in the Teachers Abroad Mystery series. She took her knowledge of the people, places, food and customs and wove fictional stories of mystery and murder.

Although she started with the Nancy Drew mysteries, Wachob has been influenced by the great mystery writers, enjoying Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s books, among others. She believes that characters and their vicissitudes form the crux of mysteries and the motivation to solve the whodunit is the driver of the story. The colorful, exotic, and unfamiliar should draw the reader into the core of the mystery, while the mundane and conventional hold the keys to the solution.

Wachob currently lives in Walnut Creek, where she recently moved from Bakersfield. Her newest series, the Kern Kapers Mysteries, is set in Bakersfield and environs and features the characters who live there. The first in the series has just been made into an audio book and fans can now listen to the heroine, Vermilion Blew, tell her own story of in Body in the Orchard.

A member of the California Writers Club, Wachob benefits from the connections of this professional writing community. She is currently working on a non-fiction book tentatively entitled Exploring Chinese Turkestan: Following in the Footsteps of Marco Polo. Phyllis has visited the region eight times over a period of thirty years. The latter- day Marco Polo European explorers of the 19th and 20th centuries have been her inspiration in writing, visiting, and exploring off the beaten track.

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Writing/Editing

Professional Editor, Ph.D The former editor of newsletter for the Published Writers of Rossmoor is available to edit your fiction or nonfiction manuscripts. Work in person or online. www.editor-writer.

editing@gmail.com or 510-710-2249

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Alive Book Publishing

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Anne Breedlove

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Your Legacy Your Story

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