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Invitation to Attend: D2 Monthly Meeting - "Ask an Editor" with Vicki Julian

9/12/2022

 
KAC District 2
Please join us on September 17th, 2022
Third Saturday of the Month
10:30am-12:00pm
Lawrence Public Library
Suite A, lower level
707 Vermont Street
Lawrence, Kansas
Live and Zoom meeting
Presenter: “ASK AN EDITOR” with Vicki Julian
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Vicki Julian is a writer/editor who loves to do both equally. She is an award winning writer, avid reader, and editor of a best seller on Amazon.  Her clientele has included a Distinguished Professor of English, retired university administrator, publisher, author of fun thriller/mystery books, financial counselor, art gallery owner/author, and many others.  Vicki is the author of 10 books and her work has appeared in 12 anthologies including Chicken Soup for the Soul, and various newspapers and magazines. She began offering editing services with Anamcara Press after forming an alliance and becoming friends with Maureen (Micki Carroll) when they first began offering memoir writing workshops. 
 

Presentation topic: Vicki will discuss editing fiction and non-fiction, and working with authors to present their best work. What are the most common errors editors try to address and how can writers avoid them? Come find out! Q & A session to follow presentation.

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IMPORTANT: Team Members Needed

9/11/2022

 
MAKE YOUR MARK ON OUR GROWING ORGANIZATION!

Do you have talent to spare? Time to invest in your community of writers? We are looking to fill the following positions in 2023.

​Contest Managers: We are actively seeking individuals to manage our 2023 adult poetry and youth writing contests. This person should be comfortable using Submittable (and/or willing to learn how to manage things on the back side). An enthusiasm for promoting and growing our contests is always a plus. Contest managers are charged with selecting judges for the contest, assuring that entries meet the requirements, answering contest questions, and preparing the awards presentation at the annual convention each October. Contest managers work closely with each other and with the Manager. We do ask that managers not enter the contest that they are managing while they are serving in the position. (So if you are a prose writer, managing the poetry contest might be the ideal job for you!)

Publications and Website: Do you have experience with layout and design? Are you proficient (or willing to learn) programs such as Microsoft Publisher and/or Adobe InDesign? Would you like to gain experience with website work or email newsletter services? Perhaps you would be interested in joining our publications team. We currently produce a print yearbook and an electronic newsletter, and publication opportunities within Kansas Authors Club may just be growing! Extra eyes for editing and proofreading are also always appreciated.

Social Media Contributors: If you follow us on Facebook, you already understand the power of teamwork to give an organization a presence. If your district (or area of writing interest) is underrepresented, perhaps you would like to join our teal of social media contributors. We also could use assistance with Twitter and Instagram. 

State Secretary: Job Duties (quick version) attends 3 board meetings each year plus the annual membership meeting in October. Our Secretary keeps the minutes, prepares a summary for publication, and will work closely with the manager and President as a member of the executive board.

State Financial Officer: Job Duties (quick version) attends 3 board meetings each year plus the annual membership meeting in October. Our Financial Officer reviews financial reports generated by the Manager quarterly, sets our budget in coordination with the Manager each year, and works closely with President as a member of the executive board.

District Representatives: Each district needs a representative to the board. The commitment includes attending 3 board meetings each year plus the annual membership meeting in October. This is a great way to get to know Kansas Authors Club in more depth and to perform a service for your local community of writers. If you are interested in helping out at the district level, talk to your District President about the many ways you can be involved. Note that District Representatives are elected or appointed at the district level. Pay attention to memos from your officers as districts will begin filling local positions toward the end of this year. 

Contact Kris or Tracy Today!

This Just In! Convention Registration Deadline

9/8/2022

 
POST UPDATED 9/18/2022: It turns out the September 20 date was for guaranteed room reservations at the discount rate. You still have time to register for the convention!

If you have not already registered to attend, please do so today.

We would love to see you in person, but we have virtual tickets available for those who are more comfortable attending from the comfort of their own home. One room of workshops will be live-streamed (and recorded) during the convention weekend. Recordings of all workshops will be made available to attendees after the convention (available to watch online for 3 months). If you have questions, follow our convention news feed.

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Invitation to Attend: D3/D4 Open Mic (via Zoom) with Featured Reader Catherine Hedge

9/8/2022

 
Poet, novelist, technical writer, editor, lyricist, and educator Catherine Hedge will be our featured reader on our 7:00 p.m. Zoom meeting, Tuesday, September 13, 2022.

Learn more about Catherine at Pen in Hand  and, in anticipation of the upcoming KAC Convention, take a look at this article where Catherine shares her experiences with writing conventions.

District 3 and 4 members invite all KAC members and guests to join this Zoom read-around meeting. Since Catherine is a District 4 member, I am hopeful that a District 3 member will be willing to read a piece after Catherine reads. Bring short pieces of your own to share. 

How does Open Mic work?
7:00-7:10pm – we check in, sign up to read, greet each other and celebrate victories
7:10-7:30pm – our Featured Reader presents
7:30-7:55 – Readers share in order of sign-up. Plan on 3 minutes. If there is plenty of time, attendees will get a 2nd opportunity to read.

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Early Bird Deadline Reminder -- Get your convention registration in by the end of day on September 1 to save $$!

8/30/2022

 

Board of Directors, August Meeting, & List of Open Positions

8/19/2022

 
The Board of Directors for the Kansas Authors Club met for a summer business meeting on Saturday, August 13, 2022, from 10:00 to 12:00, by Zoom. Those in attendance were Tracy Million Simmons (president, transitional manager); Kristine Polansky (vice-president); Monica Graves (financial officer); Cathy Callen (secretary); Anne Spry (D1); Adelaide Bauman (D3); Gretchen Eick (D5); and, Jim Potter (D6). Minutes from the March 26, 2022, board meeting were reviewed, corrected, and approved. The financial report submitted by Monica Graves was reviewed; Tracy sends quarterly reports to Monica, and finances are reported to be in good shape. District representatives took a few moments to report on activities within their districts. Contest managers submitted updates regarding the number of submissions to the various literary contests, with total submissions reported to be within normal limits when compared to previous contests.

A significant portion of the August 13th meeting was spent discussing the restructuring of the organization and the need to finalize changes to the bylaws for approval by members in October. The Board voted unanimously to approve changes and to submit the final version to members for their review. (see link below) Also discussed were plans for the Kansas Book Festival in September at Washburn (Kansas Authors Club will sponsor an informational table), and the upcoming Kansas Authors Club annual convention, to be held in Lawrence in October. We were reminded that there was an “early bird special” conference fee for those registering by September 1.

The nominating committee is preparing a slate of potential officers for 2023. There are still openings, and interested applicants can contact Kristine Polansky. See the list of open positions below.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:55 a.m. The next board meeting is scheduled for October 8, by Zoom.

Submitted for website publication by
Cathy Callen, State Secretary

Click here to view the proposed 2023 Bylaws
Note: The proposed 2023 bylaws are being emailed to every member by end of day on 8/19/2022. If you do not receive this email, please contact Tracy to confirm that your details in our master list are correct.

Make Your Mark on Our Growing Organization!

Do you have talent to spare? Time to invest in your community of writers? We are looking to fill the following positions in 2023.

State Secretary: Job Duties (quick version) attends 3 board meetings each year plus the annual membership meeting in October. Our Secretary keeps the minutes, prepares a summary for publication, and will work closely with the manager and President as a member of the executive board.

State Financial Officer: Job Duties (quick version) attends 3 board meetings each year plus the annual membership meeting in October. Our Financial Officer reviews financial reports generated by the Manager quarterly, sets our budget in coordination with the Manager each year, and works closely with President as a member of the executive board.

District Representatives: Each district needs a representative to the board. The commitment includes attending 3 board meetings each year plus the annual membership meeting in October. This is a great way to get to know Kansas Authors Club in more depth and to perform a service for your local community of writers. If you are interested in helping out at the district level, talk to your District President about the many ways you can be involved. Note that District Representatives are elected or appointed at the district level. Pay attention to memos from your officers as districts will begin filling local positions toward the end of this year. 

Appointed Positions

Contest Managers: We are actively seeking individuals to manage our 2023 adult poetry and youth writing contests. This person should be comfortable using Submittable (and/or willing to learn how to manage things on the back side). An enthusiasm for promoting and growing our contests is always a plus. Contest managers are charged with selecting judges for the contest, assuring that entries meet the requirements, answering contest questions, and preparing the awards presentation at the annual convention each October. Contest managers work closely with each other and with the Manager. We do ask that managers not enter the contest that they are managing while they are serving in the position. (So if you are a prose writer, managing the poetry contest might be the ideal job for you!)

Publications and Website:
Do you have experience with layout and design? Are you proficient (or willing to learn) programs such as Microsoft Publisher and/or Adobe InDesign? Would you like to gain experience with website work or email newsletter services? Perhaps you would be interested in joining our publications team. We currently produce a print yearbook and an electronic newsletter, and publication opportunities within Kansas Authors Club may just be growing! Extra eyes for editing and proofreading are also always appreciated.

Social Media Contributors: If you follow us on Facebook, you already understand the power of teamwork to give an organization a presence. If your district (or area of writing interest) is underrepresented, perhaps you would like to join our teal of social media contributors. We also could use assistance with Twitter and Instagram. 

District 2 invites you to attend, August 20, 10:30 am at the Lawrence Public Library, Presenter David Hann

8/9/2022

 
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Saturday, August 20, 2022
10:30am - 12:00pm
Lawrence Public Library
Suite A, Lower Level
707 Vermont Street
Lawrence, KS

Author David Hann (D2 member) will talk about The Jayhawker Cleveland Phantom Horseman of the Prairie. Culled from 1860s newspaper articles and published reports of a tumultuous and violent era in American history, Hann will talk about his research of this liberator of slaves and horses who found brief but deadly fame during the Kansas Missouri Border War.
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Notice: Kansas Authors Club Executive Board Meeting

8/8/2022

 
The next meeting of the Kansas Authors Club state board will take place Saturday, August 13, 2022, at 10:00 am via Zoom. If you have items of news or concern to submit, or would like to receive a link to attend, please use the contact forms on the Board of Directors page or reach out to your District Representative. 

Tentative Agenda:

Reports of Officers, standing committees, special committees
  • Financial Report – Manager
  • Contest Managers – Numbers

Ongoing Business:
  • Restructuring
  1. Transitional manager position
  2. proposed bylaws for presenting to the general membership at the convention
  3. (the restructuring of districts remains a discussion item)
  • KS Book Festival Plans
  • Future of Youth Program Awards Book
 
 
New Business:
  • Executive Board Positions in 2023
  • Appointed Board Positions in 2023
 

Grantham Will Present to D5

8/6/2022

 
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Don’t miss Tamara Grantham’s presentation to D5 August 13 at 1:30 when she reveals how she became a successful published author. She will disclose hints for marketing our writing and ourselves. She is the author of more than a dozen books and novellas, including the multi-award winning Olive Kennedy: Fairy World MD series, and the #1 bestselling Twisted Ever After trilogy. Dreamthief, the first book of her Fairy World MD series, won first place for fantasy in INDIEFAB’S Book of the Year Awards, and a first place RONE award for best New Adult Romance. The Witch's Tower, the first book of her fairytale retelling series, launched as a #1 bestseller at both Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Tamara lives with her husband and five children in Wichita, Kansas. When asked "How do you write while raising five kids?" her answer is, "I don't know how I would raise five kids without writing."
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The D5 meeting August 13 at 1:30 can be attended in person or on Zoom.
In person: Fireside Room at Asbury Church, 2800 W 15th St, Wichita
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88246448615?pwd=OHhUZkdhN3FJRmRkdGZmL1VGWS8vdz09#success
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Join us for an Author Talk with 2021 Children's Book Award Winner Adelaide Bauman

8/2/2022

 
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“Zara the Zebu:  My Quest to Self-Publish a Whimsical, Instructive, and Inspiring Children's Book”
Join 2021 Children's Book Award Winner, Adelaide Bauman, author of Zara the Zebu, who will review the entire process of creating, planning, writing, designing, and publishing an award-winning children's book.

"As a first time author with a very fresh perspective, I hope that my experience- from storyboarding, to finding and working with an illustrator, to the editing process and beyond, will offer you insights into possible avenues, hang-ups, and victories you may choose and experience when working to self-publish your own children's book, or perhaps inspire you to work with one of our great Kansas publishers instead. Either way, it is my hope that by sharing my experience, I can help another future author find their way to holding their very own book in their hands!"

--Adelaide Bauman, D3 member
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Save the Date: Author Talk with Adelaide Bauman, August 9 at 7:00 pm

7/26/2022

 
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“Zara the Zebu:  My Quest to Self-Publish a Whimsical, Instructive, and Inspiring Children's Book”
Join 2021 Children's Book Award Winner, Adelaide Bauman, author of Zara the Zebu, who will review the entire process of creating, planning, writing, designing, and publishing an award-winning children's book.

"As a first time author with a very fresh perspective, I hope that my experience- from storyboarding, to finding and working with an illustrator, to the editing process and beyond, will offer you insights into possible avenues, hang-ups, and victories you may choose and experience when working to self-publish your own children's book, or perhaps inspire you to work with one of our great Kansas publishers instead. Either way, it is my hope that by sharing my experience, I can help another future author find their way to holding their very own book in their hands!"

--Adelaide Bauman, D3 member

Register to Receive a Zoom Link
You must register in advance to receive a link for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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"ZARA THE ZEBU is charming and well-written. Child listeners and readers will relate to Zeni’s goal of forming a friendship with Zara and the obstacles she has to overcome to earn the calf's trust. This is a story of persistence and growing empathy, presented in a lively and child-like way. Zeni solves her problem herself, with supportive adults in the background, which gives agency to her as the main character. The bright color palette of the illustrations complements the story. The portrayal of Zeni in text and illustration is appealing and culturally sensitive. Congratulations, Adelaide, on a wonderful book!"
 
-Sue Lowell Gallion, 2021 Kansas Authors Club Children's Book Award Judge
2021 Children’s Book Award Judge​My choice for the winner of the Children's Book Award is Zara the Zebu, by Adelaide Bauman, illustrated by Vita Kalmutska.
 
ZARA THE ZEBU is charming and well-written. Child listeners and readers will relate to Zeni’s goal of forming a friendship with Zara and the obstacles she has to overcome to earn the calf's trust. This is a story of persistence and growing empathy, presented in a lively and child-like way. Zeni solves her problem herself, with supportive adults in the background, which gives agency to her as the main character. The bright color palette of the illustrations complements the story. The portrayal of Zeni in text and illustration is appealing and culturally sensitive. Congratulations, Adelaide, on a wonderful book!
 
Sue Lowell Gallion
2021 Children’s Book Award Judge​My choice for the winner of the Children's Book Award is Zara the Zebu, by Adelaide Bauman, illustrated by Vita Kalmutska.
 
ZARA THE ZEBU is charming and well-written. Child listeners and readers will relate to Zeni’s goal of forming a friendship with Zara and the obstacles she has to overcome to earn the calf's trust. This is a story of persistence and growing empathy, presented in a lively and child-like way. Zeni solves her problem herself, with supportive adults in the background, which gives agency to her as the main character. The bright color palette of the illustrations complements the story. The portrayal of Zeni in text and illustration is appealing and culturally sensitive. Congratulations, Adelaide, on a wonderful book!
 
Sue Lowell Gallion
2021 Children’s Book Award Judge

Reggie Jarrell Speaks on Memoir Writing at Saturday Meeting, July 23

7/19/2022

 
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Have you considered writing memoir? Care for some tips from an author who has recently published his personal memories?

Join author Reggie Jarrell, D5, this coming Saturday, July 23 @ 1:30 PM as KACD6's guest speaker interacts on for our monthly meeting, including Q&A.

Reggie will draw from his book, 31 Days (Nights): Memoir of Living Black in America, to show & tell.

Meeting is free & open to the public.
Contact Jim Potter for further details: jim@copintheclassroom.com or 620-899-3144

2022 Convention News

7/10/2022

 
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You are Invited!

Join us in Lawrence October 21-23, 2022 for "The Write Way to the Future!" convention.

Schedule and registration details are now available!

 We will be posting more details about our workshops and presenters throughout the coming month. We look forward to hosting you at the convention in October. Tickets for live streaming and viewing recorded sessions later from home are also available.
Learn More on the 2022 Convention Page
Don't forget to check out the books of our convention supporters. Click on the image below to learn more. This is an ideal time to get a quarter page advertisement for your books, too! Details here.
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Invitation to Attend: D2's monthly meeting featuring Hazel Hart

7/5/2022

 
KAC District 2
Please join us on July 16th, 2022
Third Saturday of the Month
10:30am-12:00pm
Flinthills Tech College
3301 W. 18th Ave
Emporia, KS
Live or Zoom meeting

Experiences in Self-publishing and Marketing
Hazel Hart will discuss her decision to self-publish and what has and hasn’t worked for her in marketing her books.
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Links:
Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Hazel-Hart/e/B002OCSU0E
My website: http://hazelhart.com/
Pierce Family Saga: https://piercefamilysaga.com/

Learn From a Talented Author

7/2/2022

 
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Brian Daldorph is a senior lecturer in the Humanities/English at the University of Kansas where he teaches creative writing, literature, and writing classes in the English department. He has also taught in Japan, Senegal, and England. His books of poems include: Kansas Poems.  Meadowlark Press, 2021, Blue Notes (Dionysia Press, Edinburgh).  2019, Ice Age/Edad de Hielo (Irrupciones P, Uruguay).  2017, Jail Time (Original Plus P, England).  2009, From the Inside Out: Sonnets (Woodley P).  2008, Senegal Blues (219 P).  2003, Outcasts (Mid-America P).  2000, The Holocaust and Hiroshima: Poems (Mid-America P) 1997.  Brian’s 2021 book published by the University of Kansas Press, Words Is a Powerful Thing, is his record of teaching at the jail for the two decades between 2001-2020, where he met  Antonio Sanchez-Day, an inmate and fellow poet and helped him get his poetry in print before Day’s death. He edits Coal City Review and is a District 2 member of Kansas Authors Club.

D5 meets Saturday, July 9 at 1:30. Attend on Zoom or in person at 2801 W 15th St N, Wichita, KS.
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July 5, Janet Kelley at Crow & Co Bookstore in Hutchinson

6/27/2022

 
D6 member, Janet Kelley, will be at Crow & Co. bookstore in Hutchinson, KS on Tuesday, July 5th at 5 pm, to share her book, TAINT. It's a novel set in Kansas and dealing with sexual assault. Come hear about the genesis of the story and Janet's writing process. Proceeds from the book are donated to The Trevor Project, a nonprofit that works with LGBTQ teens in crisis.
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Historical Performer Kitty Hamilton Speaks at D2 Meeting

6/7/2022

 
KAC District 2
Please join us on Saturday, June 18th, 2022
Third Saturday of the Month
10:00am-12:00pm
Flinthills Tech College
3301 W. 18th Ave
Emporia, Ks
Live or Zoom meeting

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Historical performer Kitty Hamilton presents her characters in the Chautauqua style. Her other projects include writing and self-publishing including two books on the life of Charles Curtis. She has also written an original script based on the home front during our country’s most recent conflict in Iraq. She is a mother, grandmother, Realtor and formerly self-employed entrepreneur living on what was once Kanza tribal lands near Council Grove.

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June 14, 7:00pm - You are Invited: Author Talk by Lisa D. Stewart

6/6/2022

 
“Writing the Radical—Saying the World is Kind and Good.”

In 2012, Lisa Stewart rode 500 miles, alone, on her horse through Kansas and Missouri to fulfill a childhood dream. Lisa will speak about her notetaking and communications on the trip and how she handled writing about the love and kindness she encountered without sounding saccharine or appearing to promote a message. She will speak about why and how she made such a trip, the nature of horses, what she personally gained from the experience, and what she hopes others will learn about the beauty and kindness of the world.
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Lisa was the winner of our 2021 "It Looks Like a Million" Book Design Award.

2021 Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence Award for books published by Kansas City area writers

2021 High Plains Book Award Finalist

At 54, Lisa Stewart set out to regain the fearless girl she once had been, riding her horse, Chief, 500 miles home. Hot, homeless, and horseback, she snapped back into every original cell. On an extraordinary homegoing from Kansas City to Bates and Vernon Counties in Missouri, Lisa exhausted herself, faced her past, trusted strangers, and stayed in the middle of her frightened horse to document modern rural America, the people, animals, and land. 

Praise:

“Lisa Stewart’s The Big Quiet charts a path for all women. It’s a path at once dangerous and thrilling and a path she had started down and backed out of since childhood. The resulting narrative recounts a journey not only to a point on the map but to a whole and liberated self. Stewart is finally free to trust herself and others, to survive by her wits and with the help of kind strangers of which there are still many. This is a delicious fantasy of a journey most of us deny ourselves and one taken on the back of a horse whose simultaneously terrified and fiercely loyal personality unfurls before us as the richest of characters’ personalities do—on the way from Point A to Point B.”
—Kelly Barth, author of My Almost Certainly Real Imaginary Jesus
“This is a book of gratitude of the highest order. Stewart, a 54-year-old woman riding alone on a high-strung, sure-footed horse across the gravel grid of rural America, is grateful each night for a place to pitch a tent and pasture her horse. But her journey, past and present, is as much about the people she meets, many of whom know how to study a horse and to trust its rider—these strangers are glad to offer water and their own stories, which, like Stewarts’, churn with old wounds, hard work, family, and an abiding trust in open land. This compelling meditation reminds us that every step, fall, and missed road leads the rider home.”

—Gary Dop, author of Father, Child, Water, MFA Program Director at Randolph College
“This book is more than a log of an unusual (for this day and age) solitary horseback journey; it is also a perceptive examination of the author’s own life—a well-written introspective journey of self-discovery.”

—James F. Hoy, author of Flint Hills Cowboys: Tales of the Tallgrass Prairie, Chair of Emporia State University’s English Department and professor, past president of the Kansas Historical Society
“After riding more than 3,000 miles across the United States in the early 1980s, Stewart helped launch one of that country’s most successful saddle companies. Yet Lisa Stewart is no salesman, eager to sell a saddle to gain a commission. She is a long rider who made mistakes and learned by them. She faced obstacles and overcame them. She was presented with ancient riddles and discovered solutions.”

—CuChullaine O’Reilly, FRGS, Founding Member of The Long Riders’ Guild
A unique and inherently fascinating memoir, "The Big Quiet: One Woman's Horseback Ride Home" will prove to be an immediately welcome and enduringly popular addition to both community and college/university library Contemporary American Biography collections. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of all dedicated horse lovers and dedicated travelogue fans that "The Big Quiet: One Woman's Horseback Ride Home" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $9.99).

—Helen Dumont, Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

A Memoir Written

6/2/2022

 
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You won't want to miss Reggie Jerrell's presentation as he tells of his experiences writing about being a Black man in our society. He will lead us down his journey toward the decision to write this memoir.

A lawyer, a clergyman, a communications professional in television and print journalism, and a professor of communication at Southwestern University in Winfield, KS, are only some of Reggie Jarrell’s qualifications. He has several advanced degrees and has lived in many parts of the US. His 2022 memoir, Thirty-One Days (Nights), presents thirty-one experiences from his life that shed light on what it means to be Black in America. He will read a passage and discuss his book. he came to write it.

D5 meets Saturday, June 11 at 1:30. Attend on Zoom or in person at 2801 W 15th St N, Wichita, KS.

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D5 meeting June 11 at 1:30

Writing and Illustrating Children's Books: Glendyn Buckley and Barbara Waterman-Peters May 28 Program

5/27/2022

 
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This Saturday, May 28th, the D6 monthly meeting will be on Zoom only, beginning at 1:30 PM (CST). 

Our guest speakers, Glendyn Buckley and Barbara Waterman-Peters, will share with us their journey of writing and illustrating children's books. They are both KACD1 members who will join us virtually from Topeka.
Glennie is the author of Ting & The Canterbury Tales. It's her third collaboration with Barbara Waterman-Peters. Two prior books are The Fish’s Wishes (in its third printing), 2015; and Bird in 2017. 

Barbara has illustrated several books, including BACI: A Mind-Altering Cat, and THE COLLECTIVE @25, both of which she also wrote and designed; in addition, she has created book cover art and illustrations for several authors and anthologies, and illustrated a coloring book for the Kansas Dental Association. She collaborated with poet Dennis Etzel, Jr. on his project and book, Two Ponders: A Collaboration. Together with Glendyn Buckley, she formed Pen & Brush Press after the success of their first children’s book, The Fish’s Wish’s (KNEA Recommended Reading List.) Their second book, Bird, won the Kansas Authors Club Children’s Book Award in 2019. Ting & the Canterbury Tales is their third book and is inspired by actual cats who’ve owned the authors.

If you're a current KAC D6 member, you're also invited to join us an hour earlier for a D6 Board Meeting on Zoom. (We'll use the same Zoom link for both meetings.) As we've done previously, well end the board meeting no later than 1:15 p.m. in order to give us time to take a break and to prepare for our guest speakers.

The Board is always talking about our future, and we have some neat plans, so join us again with your ideas. 
If you haven't heard, at the end of this year, Jim & Alex Potter will not be running for reelection as members of the D6 Board. Alex & I are pleased to have dedicated our service to improving D6 the last 2 1/2 years, and we look forward to stepping back and giving others an opportunity to make a difference.

By announcing our intention now, this will give D6 members an opportunity to consider becoming a Board candidate prior to our election on November 26, 2022.
If you have any questions about the duties of our Board members, I encourage you to contact one of us and show up at D6 Board meetings. 


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