{"product_id":"healdsburg-alive-armando-garcia-davila-9780983889229","title":"Healdsburg Alive!: Eight Sonoma County Writers Pay Homage to a Great Northern California","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. Armando Garcia-Dávila, Healdsburg's 2002-2003 Literary Laureate, led the workshop. The price of admission included marvelous meals prepared by Armando. The 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. Armando then selected and edited pieces for the book. And voila, we have \u003cem\u003eHealdsburg Alive!\u003c\/em\u003e We hope you enjoy it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Armando Garcia-Davila,Simon Jeremiah,David Mechling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0983889228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780983889229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McCaa Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19d","brand":"Armando Garcia-Davila","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435768590591,"sku":"9780983889229","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3edd5ebf-c0e5-41db-a5e3-1167a063208f.jpg?v=1777152593","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/healdsburg-alive-armando-garcia-davila-9780983889229","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}