K S W R I T E R S I N K October 2007
KS Writers, Inc.
Check out our web site at www.kswritersinc.com.
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CONTENTS
1. This Month’s Meeting
2. Minutes
3. From
the President
4. Kudos and Author’s
Releases
5. Information, Please!
6.
It’s Your Turn
7.
Upcoming Program Information
8. Future Meeting Dates
9. Officers and Committee
Chairs
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1. THIS MONTH’S MEETING
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WHEN: Saturday, October
27, 2007
Noon: Lunch
12:30
p.m. general business meeting, program follows at approximately
1:00
p.m. Literary Agent Cheryl
Ferguson
WHERE: Topeka/Shawnee
10th & Washburn,
Menninger Room
206
WHAT: Literary agent Cheryl Ferguson, Kansas City, will speak about getting an agent, working with an agent and share tips on the publishing industry.
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2. MINUTES -- LAST MONTH’S MEETING
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Not available at Press time
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3. From the President
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Happy Halloween Everybody
I would like to thank everyone for allowing me the honor of being your president this year. I have the good fortune to have had two amazing presidents to serve as role models. I only hope I can live up to their legacy.
Our year got of to a magnificent start with our September program. Gemma Halliday, author of Killer in High Heels, and Leah Hultenschmidt, romance editor for Dorchester Publishing graced us with a program that was both informative and entertaining. Many thanks to Tanzey, Shayne, and the library for all the hard work they put in to making our workshop a success.
Kudos to all of you who had the confidence, courage and the finished manuscript to make a pitch to our visiting editor, I salute each and every one of you.
I am looking forward to seeing everybody at our October meeting.
Cheers,
Bear
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4. Kudos and Author’s Releases
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Hi all,
I just wanted to announce that the 4th book in my “
Justin
St. James doesn’t realize what he’s had under his nose until his best friend,
Marissa Benson, announces that she is planning to marry. Now, he must find a way to win the heart of
the woman he loves and make her his “long-awaited bride.”
-Sandy vink
~ Find Tanzey’s column at
freshfiction.com.
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5. Information Please!
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Sabrina needs any updates you may have for the website e-mailed to
her at resongon@aol.com.
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6. It’s Your Turn
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October
is the month of change. The weather in
October
is the time of change. The clocks are
set back at the end of the month. When
we leave our homes in the morning it is dark, only to give us a few more
precious moments of light at the end our workday. We all look forward to slowing down from our
busy summers, enjoy spiced cider, getting fire pits cleaned up for a late
evening get together with our families where we talk about old times, try out
new projects, or create new traditions.
October
is the month of bumps in the night, jack o’lanterns, and ticklish-tummy
children dressed up as little goblins or princesses. It’s the month when you can step outside
after dark, when it’s quiet, and hear the sounds of geese migrating south for
the winter. If you are like me, you wait
for this moment each year. It’s a moment
when you can embrace nature and its cycles.
It’s the time to slow down and appreciate a warm fire and a cup of tea
or coffee; it’s time to curl up in a chair and appreciate a good book. It’s an ever better time to sit down at your
computer and start writing. October is
the month of change. What have you
changed this month?
What does November mean to
you? I invite and encourage at least one
member of KWI to send me even one small paragraph or more of what November
means to you. I’ll post it in this
category with or without your name if you choose. Perhaps you can write about a memory of
something that happened in a November past.
It’s a chance to use your senses and share sights and sounds and smells
that remind you of something special like walking down a damp sidewalk on
Halloween evening with the rustling of leaves under your feet and the sound of
trick or treaters eagerly making their way through
the neigborhoods.
Come on, take a chance and share some writing with your fellow members. -
Sabrina
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6. Upcoming
Program Information
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Saturday,
December 1st
is our annual Christmas party, It will be at First Congregational Church, which is at the
corner of 17th and Collins in
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7. FUTURE MEETING DATES
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10/27/2007 – Menninger Room 206
12/01/2007
- First Congregational Church, corner of
17th and Collins in
01/26/08 -
02/23/08
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8. OFFICERS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS
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Officers:
President: Tish Glasson
Vice-President/Program: Morgan Rothenberger
Secretary: Lynne Dillon
Treasurer: Tanzey Cutter
Newsletter Editor: Sabrina Mariño
Membership: Diane Lawson
Special Advisor to the President: Shayne Sawyer
Committee Chairs:
Web site: Sabrina Mariño
Tape Librarian: Angela Johnson
Newsletter
items should be sent to Sabrina Marino at resongon@aol.com