Category: Meeting
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May 2023: Cisco Writers Club 48th Anniversary
Despite dramatic area storms in late afternoon, Cisco Writers Club celebrated its 48th anniversary as planned with an informal table reading on March 2, 2023. Twenty-four readers, including 13-year-old Mickell York and 80-year-old Dave Carney, assembled to read a screenplay of Elmer Kelton’s classic western, The Time It Never Rained. The script was written by…
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April 2023: Poetry Workshop
Two Cisco Writers Club poets hosted a poetry workshop at the April meeting of the Cisco Writers Club. The theme of the workshop was poetry for those who are scared of poetry. Everybody walked away with a poem they had written, and even though it wasn’t a requirement of the workshop to share, participants were…
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November 2022: Carol Gordon
Cisco Writers Club met for an early Thanksgiving celebration Thursday, November 3, at 6:30 p.m., in the fellowship hall of the Assembly of Yahweh, 109 County Road 280, Rising Star TX. After the meal CWC member Carol Gordon of Eastland shared her game plan to “Write YOUR Life Story.” A big part of that was…
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October 2022: Marjorie Moffitt
On Thursday, October 6, 2022, those of us in the Cisco Writers Club met to share our passions about learning to write to meet the needs of others. Ruth York could not be with us that night, so Marjorie Moffitt led the group. Each one of us shared the kinds of books we enjoy reading,…
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August 2022: Helen Cozart and NaNoWriMo
On August 4, 2022, Cisco Writers Club member Helen Cozart brought us information about National Novel Writing Month, affectionately called NaNoWriMo, that has happened every November since 1999. It’s an international program to help writers finish in one month the draft of a novel or other manuscript of 50,000 words. Writers sign up beforehand and…
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July 2022: Dr. Duane Hale, Historian
One of the preeminent historians in the state, CWC member Dr. Hale spoke to an attentive crowd July 7, 2022, on “Local Historical Topics That Should Be Remembered.” Born and reared near Cisco, Dr. Hale has long had a deep interest in the tales told by his elders. Researcher, writer, lecturer and teacher, Dr. Hale…
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June 2022: Marjorie Moffitt, Flag Day
Cisco Writers Club member Marjorie Moffitt, new to this area, presented our June meeting titled Looking Ahead to Flag Day, June 14, 2022. “I don’t think we give enough thought to the sacrifices made by our veterans,” says Marjorie, “but also to the special burdens born by their families. I want to address that.” Marjorie…
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May 2022: Picnic and Song Writing
Cisco Writers Club held its annual picnic Thursday, May 5, 2022, at the Assembly of Yahweh Fellowship Hall, ten miles south of Cisco. Everyone was invited. There was no charge. Songwriting was the evening’s topic, with a variety of local songwriters including Ruth Stewart, Chuck and Melissa Henry and Ruth York of Cisco, and Walter…
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April 2022: Shann Tajiah, Your Author Bio
The Cisco Writers Club welcomed author Shann Tajiah on April 7, 2022, to the Hilton Center in Cisco to talk about creating an author bio. The author bio is the humble brag and elevator pitch combined. It is also the most uncomfortable bit of writing an author can face. But what if it didn’t have…
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February 2021: Carrie Windham on Journaling
The Cisco Writers Club welcomed a host of friendly writers, journalers (not to be confused with journalists) and friends to the February 2021 presentation by Carrie Windham as she introduced her new book, Shades of Me: A Guided Journey to Self-Discovery, Self-Reflection, and Self-Transformation. Carrie Windham is a licensed marriage and family therapist associate working…
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