Celebrity Author Will Share Her Insights at County Writers Meeting : Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey will talk to group about her experiences as a screenwriter, novelist.

With over 300 members, the Ventura County Writers Club is the most active writers organization from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles. The club’s May meeting features Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, best-selling author of “A Woman of Independent Means” and “Joanna’s Husband and David’s Wife.” She will talk about her experiences as a screenwriter and novelist. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Orchid Professional Building, 816 Camarillo Springs Road, Camarillo.

In addition to holding monthly evening meetings featuring authors, agents and editors, the writers club publishes an excellent newsletter and sponsors specific-interest workshops in which members critique manuscripts and share market information. Yearly dues are $30.

The club also offers a daytime meeting that includes instruction in basic writing techniques. Non-members are welcome at the meeting, which takes place the second Monday of each month. Call 482-5648 or 642-6130 for details.

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Screenwriters Jeanne Rosenberg, Jeffrey Fiskin and Frank Deese and screenwriting instructor Michael Hacker at a “How to Write for Hollywood” seminar from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Learning Tree University, 1408 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. The program will show beginners how the film business operates. Call 497-2292.

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Novelist/screenwriter David Debin will sign his third Albie Marx mystery “Murder Live at Five” at 1 p.m. Saturday, and Geraldine Lewis will introduce her first mystery “Dying to Live” at 1 p.m. Sunday at Mysteries to Die For, 2940 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks.

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“Western Whitewater: From the Rockies to the Pacific,” a river guide for raft, kayak and canoe by Jim Cassady, Bill Cross and Fryar Calhoun, has been named best self-published book of 1994 by Writer’s Digest Magazine. The authors will present a free slide show at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Sport Chalet, 1885 Ventura Blvd., Oxnard. Call 485-5222.

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LAPD Detective and Camarillo resident Paul Bishop, author of five novels including “Citadel Run” and “Kill Me Again,” will be the guest at a meeting of Friends of the Camarillo Library, 3100 Ponderosa Drive, at 2 p.m. Sunday. Call 482-2468.

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Victor Margolis, author of “The Plate Spinner,” will talk about pursuing artistic dreams at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Barnes & Noble, 4360 E. Main St., Ventura.