D6 Secretary and Treasurer Karis Ens worked recently with D6 President Melody J. Cole to help bring her newest book - the latest installment in her A Girl and Her Cat series - to the world. Cole worked as an editor for Ens, who shared more about their working relationship and experiences in a recent YouTube video.
An Invitation to Volland: Ann Vigola Anderson and Sara Long, The Adventures of Bottle Calf2/21/2024
 Upcoming at Volland _________________________________ Ann Anderson & Sara LongThe Adventures of Bottle Calf Sunday, March 3, 2024 Doors open | 1pm Reading & Presentation | 2pm Admission | Free Reservations appreciated.  Artist Sara Long and author Ann Anderson, a long-time friend of Volland, come to Volland on March 3rd, 2024 to share their latest work The Adventures of Bottle Calf, published by Meadowlark Press! Anderson, a specialist in warming hearts and delightful fun, will present a reading from her new book and Long will share a few of her paintings that were created especially for The Adventures of Bottle Calf. Rumor has it there will be a special Bottle Calf song for all to enjoy! In 2020, Anderson teamed up with local artist and dear friend Sara Long to share the story of Bottle Calf, who was born during an early spring blizzard at Anderson’s grandfather’s farm. For two years Anderson and Long worked in tandem, writing and illustrating a read-aloud book for all ages to enjoy. The Adventures of Bottle Calf builds off the success of Anderson's Posts of A Mid-Century Kid, a book of short stories written her childhood, which included time in Volland. Prints, puzzles, kids’ tees and kids’ activity kits will be available at the gallery and at saralongart.com. Conversation and refreshments will round out a most pleasant afternoon. Bring your kids, grandkids, and neighbors and come join Ann Vigola Anderson, Sara Long, and Bottle Calf at Volland! Ann Vigola Anderson is a member from District 2 and currently serves as our state secretary.  If you have news of writing events that would be of interest to all Kansas Authors Club members, or if you are a member (dues current) who would like to announce an achievement, please submit your news via this form.
The recording of the February program is now available for viewing by members at this link. (Member sign-on required.) This video will be available until replaced by the March program recording.  plan to join us in march! What to Do After You've Sold 50 Books to Your Family and Friends: An Intrepid Marketing Plan for Authors and Poets
Presenter: Ann Vigola Anderson Location: Zoom AND Live Site To Be Announced Presentation Category: Craft (skills and techiniques), Inspiration, Marketing You've written and book and it's being published. Do you have a plan for what happens after you open that first box of books? Ann will take us through practical and fun ways to market your book. She will cover launch events, the day after, using Facebook, watching out for those scam emails, and having fun. Ann Vigola Anderson is a native Kansan and author of Posts of a Mid-century Kid and The Adventures of Bottle Calf. She is grounded in her sense of place and is committed to the preservation of mid-century memories, open spaces and family stories. Her writing has appeared in 105 Meadowlark Reader, a National Geographic article by Sara Smarsh (Heartland), Tennis Pro Magazine, Itty Bitty Writing Space, and she is a contributor to Facebook sites 'Topeka History Geeks' and 'Friends of the Flint Hills'. Her Facebook sites are Ann Vigola Anderson and Posts of a Mid-Century Kid. Ann is a tennis coach at Jayhawk Tennis Center. She and her husband live in Lawrence with their three rescue kitties. www.annvandersonwordpress.com Member, Duane L. Herrmann, submits the following publications in January:
Reiter's Block, Stick Figure Poetry, and Zona i Nari (Croatia) posted/published a total of seven poems. Adirondack Center for Writing and Carrot Ranch posted/published three responses to prompts. I Write Her posted/published six pieces of flash fiction, one of which was partially re-posted by Vixen of Verse (England) One article, in English and in Afrikaans, was posted/published in South Africa. And one fictional story was posted/published by: MasticadoresUSA Congratulations, Duane! Have you ever had technological difficulties? Longed for how simple life used to be? Or gotten marital advice from Grandma? Yes? Then you’ll enjoy these humorous stories by author Jeanette Carter who observes life with wit and an eye for irony. She originally wrote these vignettes as Facebook posts, to the delight of her family and friends. Now wanting to leave a more permanent legacy of stories, Jeanette has collected them into this book for your enjoyment, too. These humorous sketches will get you chuckling with recognition of many foibles of human nature and life situations.  Note from Jeanette: It just came out a couple of weeks ago! It can be ordered from Amazon and read from the Kindle app. I hope you like it! It is a compilation of humorous stories about my family, funny experiences I have had, and my silly musings on life. Jeanette L. Carter.  If you have news of writing events that would be of interest to all Kansas Authors Club members, or if you are a member (dues current) who would like to announce an achievement, please submit your news via this form.
 Josie Posey and her posse of Mahjong Mavens are at it again, in this cozy mystery where the retired big city crime reporter turned small town crime solver uncovers another murder in picturesque English Village. When the clockmaker’s daughter returns home for a visit, reporter Josie Posey is assigned the task of interviewing the talented watch designer. That very afternoon the young woman falls from a ladder while inventorying antique clocks. At first, Josie is certain the fall was an accident. Everyone loved Ella McGregor Benjamin. But Ella’s deathbed statement is a mysterious riddle that can’t be ignored. With her Old English Sheepdog Moe by her side, and an ever-growing list of suspects, Josie scrambles to identify the killer before anyone else gets hurt. The local police chief wants Josie to help solve the puzzle, but stay out of his murder case. The editor of The Village Gazette wants an in-depth story for the next edition. And somebody wants Josie to stop asking questions. Deadlines loom. In this fast-paced rollercoaster ride of a mystery, the clock is ticking as Josie vows to find the killer before time runs out. A Note from the Author I’m thrilled to announce that book two in my Josie Posey Mystery Series, CLOCKED OUT, releases February 6, from Level Best Books. You’ll find this cozy mystery under my pen name, Anna St. John, online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other booksellers. Or, you can check with your local library or request it from your favorite independent bookstore. CLOCKED OUT will be available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook versions. As a new author, I’m working to build my Facebook page and newsletter list, so I invite Kansas authors to join me there. I would be honored to follow you in return. Facebook: @cozyauthor Website: www.anna-stjohn.com  If you have news of writing events that would be of interest to all Kansas Authors Club members, or if you are a member (dues current) who would like to announce an achievement, please submit your news via this form.
February 17, 2024 1:30 pm Program: Writing Glitter: How Art Gets Into Everything Presented by Christine Benner Dixon Covering: Craft (skills and techiniques), Writing This presentation is for writers at any level who are struggling to make room for their writing practice in everyday life. Program Location: Zoom (Members will receive this link by email, and can also use the button below to find the link on our website, sign-in required.)  Even with limited time to dedicate to their craft, writers can enhance their everyday writing practice by nurturing an artistic mindset. Let your art get into everything: from cooking to watching TV to sitting through meetings. Develop habits of mind that keep your writing alive between writing sessions. Setting aside dedicated writing time is key to being a writer—but you can make the most of your writing time by keeping the creative pump primed. Join M. C. Benner Dixon, co-author of Millions of Suns (2023) named one of Poets & Writers "Best Books for Writers," for a conversation on the writing life. This presentation, which includes practical exercises as well as a philosophical framework, encourages writers to let their art expand into every part of their life. Christine Benner Dixon (M.C. Benner Dixon) is a teacher, poet, editor, and award-winning novelist living in Pittsburgh, PA, where she serves as the interim executive director of Write Pittsburgh. Christine’s writing has appeared in outlets such as Literary Hub, Reckoning, Flash Fiction Online, Appalachian Review, and elsewhere. Along with poet Sharon Fagan McDermott, Christine is the co-author of Millions of Suns: On Writing and Life, a collection of hybrid craft-of-writing and personal essays about navigating life as a creative person. Millions of Suns is out now from the University of Michigan Press as part of their Writers on Writing series. Christine’s debut novel, The Height of Land, is scheduled for release in late 2024 from Orison Books. You can find Christine online at bennerdixon.com.
I felt honored today to see my former essay in Spillwords about the Hundermark family republished in their January newsletter as the featured piece representing Kansas Day, Jan. 29. I hope you'll give it another look!  Order from IngramSpark or bluecedarpress.com  February 1 Reginald D Jarrell, Finding Myron: an adopted son’s search for his birth father A Black man adopted by extended family and raised in a loving home is haunted by questions about the birth father that no one will tell him about. A haunting memoir about the power of DNA connection and the persistent need to know your roots. Jarrell’s story will be helpful for adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, as well as youth groups and classes in congregations and social studies classes. Retail Price: $20.00 ISBNs: 978-1-958728-16-1 (paper) & 978-1-958728-17-8 (ebook) LCCN: 2023949737  March 1 G. C. Eick, Where is Ana Amara? [an international thriller] When a Syrian journalist disappears from the London home she shares with her British partner while investigating the treatment of asylum seekers by Britain’s Ultra Party, her partner seeks help from four renegade Members of Parliament and the community of Syrian immigrants. Their search for Ana leads them to an international adoption network, Britain’s retired chemical weapons facility, and a runaway Saudi princess and provokes an international scandal. Retail price: $20.00 ISBNs: 978-1-958728-18-5 (paper) & 978-1-958728-19-2 (ebook) LCCN: 2024930300  March 15 Aida Dziho-Sator, For Me, the War Begins in an Elevator (poems) Aida Dziho-Sator was a child when the Bosnian War began in 1992. She has since become an internationally traveled professor of English Literature who somehow manages to also write exquisite poetry while teaching, applying for travel grants, and raising two children. Her poems are about relationships, memory, being a woman, and internal and external wars. They are truthful, powerful, and even funny. Retail Price: $15.00 ISBNs: 978-1-958728-21-5 (paper) & 978-1-958728-20-8 (ebook) LCCN: 2024930887  April 30 The Death Project: An Anthology for the Living 36 authors from different ethnicities and religions reflect in prose and poetry on losing loved ones and finding a way forward. Includes information on how different religions handle death and how people have coped with deaths from war, from police violence, suicide, murder, AIDS, dementia, illness. Perspectives include a mortician, a New Age spiritualist, a police officer, and women and men from around the world. New edition with added material. A book for congregations, funeral homes, and all those living with loss. Profits from will go to international health care workers. Retail price: $15.99 ISBNs 978-1-958728-22-2 (paper) & 978-1-958728-23-9 (ebook) LCCN: forthcoming  June 1 Paul Lamb, Parent Imperfect (a novel) Pressed by Kelly, newly married Curt and Kelly agree to adopt a child. But Kelly struggles with depression and memories of his family’s abusive rejection of him because he is gay and Curt is uncertain if he can love their unusual son. With the help of Curt’s parents, they work at it, sustained by the cabin in the Ozarks that has for generations been a lodestone for all of the men in Curt’s family. Can they be a family? Can the cabin’s magic include two outsiders, Kelly and their son Clarkson? A moving story of loving and making family in the Twenty-First Century. The sequel to One-Match Fire (2022). Retail price: $19.99 ISBNs 978-1-958728-24-6 (paper) & 978-1-958728-23-9 (ebook) LCCN: forthcoming  June 15 The Love Book: Collected Shorts on Love
Selected poetry, short stories, and memoirs about different kinds of love and loving for your favorite persons. These pieces were selected by judges from a contest held by Blue Cedar Press in 2024. Retail Price: $20.00 ISBNs: 978-1-958728-26-0 (paper) & 978-1-958728-27-7 (ebook) LCCN: forthcoming  You have almost one more month (till March 1) to enter your best writing on love to Blue Cedar Press's contest for inclusion in The Love Book, publication date June 15. Entries may be memoir, short story, or poetry and guidelines are at bluecedarpress.com.
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