Author: Cisco Writers Club
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March 2025: Roma Holley
At the March, 2025, meeting of the Cisco Writers Club, author and poet Roma Holley gave a presentation on her healing experience after the death of her son Zachary. She described how she wrote throughout the years-long journey. Holley read several poems, some from her book, Surviving the Storm Through the Wind of the Spirit,…
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February 2025: Jennifer Neville Maddle
At the February meeting of Cisco Writers Club, author Jennifer Neville Maddle gave a presentation on conveying truth through humor. We started with an icebreaker in which we each wrote something love/Valentine related with the prompts that Maddle provided. (Some great poems came from this exercise!) Maddle then read the first chapter of her hilarious…
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January 2025: Planning Meeting
At the January meeting of the Cisco Writers Club, members brainstormed and came up with a schedule for the rest of 2025 on the first Thursday of each month: February: Jennifer Maddle – “Using Humor to Convey Truths,” at Connect Spot inside the Myrtle Wilks Community Center March: Roma Holley, Author and Poet, at Connect…
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December 2024: First Page Critiques
Cisco Writers Club members and friends gathered at the Connect Spot in the Myrtle Wilks Community Center for first page critiques. Everybody brought something to read aloud or to pass out. There was poetry, non-fiction, theology, and fiction. Writers gave one another helpful advice and encouragement. We need to schedule another critique session for 2025!…
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November 2024: Abilene Writers Guild Writing Contest
Abilene Writers Guild is currently accepting entries through November 30th for their annual writing contest open to all writers fifteen and over. The categories, max number of words (or lines), and entry fees are as follows: 1. Rhymed Poetry, any style, 50 lines, $7 2. Unrhymed Poetry, any style, 50 lines, $7 *3. Flash Poetry:…
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October 2024: Helen Cozart
November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. That means October is prep month, or Preptober. At the October meeting of the Cisco Writers Club, author and CWC member Helen Cozart led a workshop guiding us through four writing pillars: idea, character, world-building, and plot development. We are all better prepared to write our next…
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September 2024: Awards Ceremony
Awards for this year’s contest will be given out at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at the Myrtle Wilks Community Center, 1498 I-20 W in Cisco. Light refreshments will be served. Come join us in celebrating the award winners! A big thank you to our contest chair, Ruth York, and all the judges…
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August 2024: Helen Cozart
Talented author, librarian, and CWC member Helen Cozart spoke at the August meeting of the Cisco Writers Club. She offered tips to help us avoid writer’s procrastination and ways to write even when life is busy. Themes included getting started, routines, planning, goal setting, tools, distractions, editing, accountability, and self-care. It was an encouraging presentation.…
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July 2024: Annual Writing Contest
Cisco Writers Club’s 48th Annual Writing Contest is now underway and continues until midnight, July 31. With six categories, low entry fees, and awards and special prizes totaling approximately $1,500, this contest is our service to our community. This year’s theme: The Power of Story. Entering is easy. Once your entry is polished and ready…
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June 2024: J.V. Lewis
At the June, 2024, Cisco Writers Club meeting, author and CWC member J.V. Lewis spoke about his efforts and the costs involved with promoting his book, Knowing Our Savior. Using his laptop and the large screen TV generously provided by the Conrad Hilton Center, Lewis demonstrated in real time what his new website looks like…
