Intriguing Web

As we approach the end of the century, a new and overwhelming dimension has invaded the life of the literary toiler. Writers who understand how to use the complicated Internet technology are earning more money than ever before, and writers who ignore this new world are finding themselves left behind.

Adrienne GreenHeart, Web site producer for CyberMedia, who supervises a staff of programmers, designers and writers, will offer advice on how to use the Internet to enhance writing careers at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Ventura County Writers Club meeting, Orchid Professional Building., 816 Camarillo Springs Road, Camarillo. The nonmember fee is $5. Call 482-5648.

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Storytelling by Jim Woodard will be featured at the Fourth of July celebration at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. At 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Friday, Woodard will share stories about a little-known incident in the life of Abraham Lincoln, and the birth of the American flag in 1775. Call (800) 410-8354 for details about other Independence Day activities at the library.

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Ella the Storyteller will entertain youngsters from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday during the continuing drive to collect cash donations and 10,000 books to benefit Ventura County libraries. The day’s activities, sponsored by B. Dalton Booksellers and the Ventura Library Services Agency, will be held at The Oaks mall, 222 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks.

Mary Ann Fraser, author-illustrator of more than 50 books for children will participate in the library drive at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the mall’s center court.

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The Conejo Valley Genealogical Society will host a potluck dinner and round-table forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday to celebrate its return to meeting in the Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road. Call 497-8293 for details.

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Helen Hood will offer a workshop based on her parent-child enrichment programs and sign “Awakened Heart Parenting” at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Borders, 125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks.

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The literary journal Verve is soliciting material for its fall ’97 issue. Send poetry and short fiction (up to 1,000 words) expressing the theme “Family Ties” to Verve, P.O. Box 3205, Simi Valley, CA 93093. Send a SASE for guidelines. The deadline is Aug. 1.

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Although women account for 46% of the work force in the United States, only an estimated 3% to 5% make it to the top of their fields. Journalist Barbara Hutmacher MacLean addresses the issue in her book “I Can’t Do What? Voices of Pathfinding Women” recently published by Pathfinder Publishing of Ventura. The book may be available locally, but if it isn’t call the publisher at 642-9278.

* Frances Halpern and Jon O’Brien are co-hosts of “Beyond Words” at 10 a.m. Sundays on KCLU-FM (88.3), Ventura County’s National Public Radio Station.