The Writer's Brush
The Writer's Brush is an anthology compiled by the Golden Pen Writers Guild, a group of authors, poets, and writers who have been meeting weekly for 22 years. The group met in person until the pandemic in March of 2020. Since that day, the Golden Pen Writers Guild has been meeting online by group video class. This has allowed them to continue weekly meetings and also allowed writers from other parts of the country to join them. Writers from other parts of California, Texas, Michigan, Florida, and New Jersey have made their way to weekly classes and made friends among the group.

Over the years, writers have come and gone, however many have been participating for 20 years or more. A few have been in the group since its inception. The age range 16 and 96.

Golden Pen Writers Guild Anthologies
The Writer's Brush is the group's 9th anthology. Since 2003, they have compiled works of fiction and nonfiction, poetry and prose and there has been a heavy emphasis on memoir. Students and members of the group have not only written but also edited their works as part of each project. The books have been published by the group's founder and facilitator, Judith Cassis through her company, Writer to Writer. Judith is a New York Times/LA Times bestselling ghostwriter and book coach.

What is Creative Writing?
Creative Writing helps us understand and appreciate our innermost thoughts and communicate them from our perspectives. Works can be fiction or nonfiction; humorous or sad; drawn from imagination or based on a true story. An entire spectrum of feelings can be brushed onto a book's pages in the same way a painter brushes colors onto a canvas.
Poetry is one form of creative expression.

Poems provide a window into the heart and soul of the poet and articulate their ideas and views of the world. Poetry creates social impact. It heals. There is no right and wrong in poetry.

Memoir is a written narrative from the author's perspective, highlighting specific life experiences, or moments in time. It is personal and subjective; humorous or heart-rendering. It also heals and offers resolution as the writer expresses in words.
For two decades, the Golden Pen Writers Guild has shared works in nine anthologies and produced public performances.
We offer The Writer's Brush and hope you enjoy reading our poetry, prose, and stories-fiction, nonfiction, and memoir. We hope it encourages readers to pick up a pen and write.

Twenty two years is a long time and to keep things interesting and help the writers grow, they built their skills in other ways. Along with various trainings in creative writing, members of the Golden Pen Writers Guild have also dabbled in other forms of writing and genres, such as writing reviews, radio commercials, interviews, reports, resumes, single-act playwriting, eBook production, flash fiction and more. They have been given the opportunity to participate in the Los Angeles Festival of Books (2016), The Santa Clarita Library Authors events, and an advanced writer's course offered by WritertoWriter.com (2015-2018).

More than 20 students of the Golden Pen Writers Guild have published their own books; some more than one. Contact Judith Cassis at judith@judithcassis.com for information about other anthologies still available.