NEWS & EVENTS
September 2022
I interviewed Abigail Hing Wen about her bestselling Loveboat, Taipei YA series for the San Mateo County Libraries. YA was my first love, so it was great to dive back in with her and learn about her journey.
August 2022
I interviewed author Mike Chen for the San Mateo County Libraries about his family drama meets space opera Light Years From Home on August 16. We had a fascinating discussion!
July 2022
I produced and emcee’ed the California Writers Club San Francisco Peninsula Branch Fault Zone: Reverse Anthology Reading/Story Cafe Live event July 31, at the Belmont Library. Our first live public event since the pandemic began. Great energy, readings, and crowd!
December 2021
“A Kiss Is A Kiss” published in Fault Zone: Reverse
Summer 2021
Bardi Rosman Koodrin Literary Stage: I won FIVE literary prizes this year! Including Best of Show!
List of contest winners here
Link to winners’ readings here. (I come in at minute 17.25. In spite of some technical difficulties on my end–mostly with the video–you’ll be treated to two of my stories. Enjoy!)
PAST EVENTS
March 2021
Wednesday, March 10 at 7pm Writers Helping Writers: Learn the art of Push and Pull Virtual event through San Mateo Public Library in partnership with California Writers Club, SF Peninsula branch: Get tips from editor and writer Lisa Meltzer Penn on bringing your strongest story elements forward and pushing back the ones you don’t need front and center. We’ll practice techniques you can use on your own early and middle drafts and find out when an outside eye can be of help. Hone your next draft through the simple lens of “Push & Pull.”
February 2021
Wednesday, February 24: I’m co-hosting “Inclusion, Confusion, and Authenticity in Writing” with California Writers Club San Francisco Peninsula branch and Shuffle Collective. We’re offering it FREE to all writers. Featuring a dynamic and diverse panel of writers and leaders. Don’t miss it!
November 2020
I’m participating in NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month. Between November 1-30 my goal is to write 50,000 words and come out with ten short story rough drafts. Wish me luck! *Final results: 50,225 words and 14 stories! V e r y roughly drafted.
September 2020
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 AT 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM (Pacific time)
SF Peninsula Virtual Book Festival Livestream Event featuring Carole Bumpus, Joan Gelfand, Audrey Kalman & Geri Spieler. I’m pleased to be co-hosting the event with San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto. Find details here. Join via Zoom here. You’ll get to hear 4 fabulous authors talk about their books and then stay for Q&A.
September: San Mateo County Library’s virtual Story Cafe is featuring “Chasing Carol Stein” from the Fault Zone: Transform anthology
August 2020
Visit San Mateo County Library’s brand-new virtual Story Cafe for my reading of “The Prisoner” from the Fault Zone: Uplift anthology
June 18, 2020
If you missed the live conversation, you can watch the recording here: A Suspense for our Times: A Conversation with Pretty Things Author Janelle Brown With Lisa Meltzer Penn; San Mateo County Public Libraries
May 9, 2020
Reading | Fault Zone: Words for Uncertain Times
Weekend of Words (online)
February 20, 2020
Co-host: Bay Area Generations Literary Salon
Penelope’s Coffee & Tea, Foster City, California
February 3, 2020
Women’s Journeys: A Readers Theater Event
Dragon Productions Theatre Company
2120 Broadway Street, Redwood City, California
November 21, 2019
Featured Reader: Bay Area Generations Literary Salon
Penelope’s Coffee & Tea, Foster City, California
October 10, 2019
Open Mic
You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes
The Lost Church, San Francisco, California
June 19, 2019
California Writers Club Literary Stage at the San Mateo County Fair
Manuscript Evaluations
June 13, 2019
California Writers Club Literary Stage at the San Mateo County Fair
Fault Zone Readings
June 9, 2019
California Writers Club Literary Stage at the San Mateo County Fair
Panel: What Am I Writing Anyway: A memoir, narrative non-fiction, or essay?
(Laurel Anne Hill, Sue Barizon, Alex Veech, Lisa Meltzer Penn)
June, 2018
Promo Video for California Writers Club Literary Stage at the San Mateo County Fair
Lisa Meltzer Penn 