November General Meeting featuring Gideon Asche

Gideon Asche, Author, Columnist, Historian Come and listen to this fascinating writer. Learn about the dual challenge of writing while holding down an unusual full-time job. You will learn about the challenges and restrictions of memoir and novel writing with the State Department looking over your shoulder. ### General Meeting Part 1 Member Book Sale, 10:00 – 10:30 3-Minute Flash Fiction, 10:30 – 10:45 Business Meeting, 10:45 – 11:00 Coffee, tea, fruit, and pastries included. ## General Meeting Part 2 Our Featured Speaker: Gideon Asche, 11:00 – 12:00 COST CWC Members: $15.00 ($20.00 after Nov. 7th) Guests: $20.00 Register at [https://cwcmtdiablo.org/meetings-and-workshops/](https://cwcmtdiablo.org/meetings-and-workshops/) Your Meetup RSVP does not count as registration. Gideon Asche is a writer with an amazing story to tell. In addition to working as a clandestine intelligence officer, (a spy!), during the Cold War, he worked for Radio Free Europe rewriting scripts for English learning programs for broadcasts behind the Iron Curtain. He has worked in several highly secret and dangerous government positions. He wrote unofficially about some experiences and published in High Times and other publications, after which he was visited by unwelcome government investigators. His publisher canceled his first book because of Government restrictions. It took another 2 years to get clearance to publish JINNIK the Asset, A Cold War Memory. He is currently working on a historical novel, Hummingbird, and it too will require clearance by the State Department.*