{"product_id":"9780983889229","title":"Healdsburg Alive!: Eight Sonoma County Writers Pay Homage to a Great Northern California Town","description":"The Healdsburg Literary Guild is delighted to publish this new book, \u003cem\u003eHealdsburg Alive!-Eight Sonoma County Writers Pay Homage to a Great Northern California Town\u003c\/em\u003e. It follows a number of previous Guild publications, including \u003cem\u003ePresent at the Creation\u003c\/em\u003e and three books entitled \u003cem\u003eA Day in the Life of Healdsburg\u003c\/em\u003e, in addition to several poetry chapbooks. This new book provided writers in the Healdsburg area with a four-session workshop in which to hone their writing skills along with an opportunity to publish their pieces.\u003cbr\u003eArmando Garcia-Dávila, Healdsburg's 2002-2003 Literary Laureate, led the workshop. The price of admission included marvelous meals prepared by Armando.\u003cbr\u003eThe workshops met four times in 2010-once in each season. Armando opened sessions with a discussion of writing prompts, techniques, seeds, and subjects the participants might consider. Writers were then on their own for about three hours to wander Healdsburg and surrounding areas in Sonoma County, looking for inspiration for a story or a poem. Although the stated premise of the workshop was to write a piece that matched each season, writers followed whatever muse grabbed them and led their pens in preparation of a first draft. The group then reconvened and writers read their drafts. A lively discussion followed, offering each writer comments, ideas, and encouragement.\u003cbr\u003eArmando then selected and edited pieces for the book. And voila, we have \u003cem\u003eHealdsburg Alive!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe hope you enjoy it.","brand":"McCaa Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010101035248,"sku":"9780983889229","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780983889229_p0.jpg?v=1763886123","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780983889229","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}