Tag: writers
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December 2025: Writing Coach Shann Arriaga
Writing Coach Shann Arriaga led everyone through her process of setting “audacious goals” for the coming year and beyond. She included a handout* guiding writers toward an enjoyable, writerly journey. It was an engaging program, thank you, Shann! Additionally, the club as a whole planned for 2026: Thanks again, Shann Arriaga, and thank you, club…
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November 2025: Dr. Sandra Hazelip
Cisco Writers Club members and guests gathered at Assembly of Yahweh in Rising Star for our annual Thanksgiving celebration. We enjoyed a covered dish supper, and author Dr. Sandra Hazelip was the guest speaker. She talked about her children’s book, a Christian story about monsters and friends. She also spoke about her travels around the…
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October 2025: Megan Cline
Megan Cline conducted a writing seminar for Cisco Writers Club members and guests. Cline is an instructor at Tarleton State University and the co-founder of the literary magazine The Bosque River Review. During the seminar, Cline explained how what we consume (reading, listening, watching, and even eating) affects our creativity. We ended with a writing assignment…
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June 2025: 50th Anniversary Celebration!
At our June meeting, a larger-than-expected turnout gathered to celebrate 50 years of Cisco Writers Club “helping writers where they are.” Family of charter members came to read works written by their particular charter member. We laughed, we teared up (we mostly laughed–the charter members wrote a lot of humorous pieces), and we all had…
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May 2025: Loretta Brister
At the May 1, 2025, meeting of the Cisco Writers Club, author and retired Assistant Professor from Tarleton State University gave a presentation on writing conferences, organizations, workshops, retreats, and groups. She entertained us with tales from her own experiences and explained how these organizations and events could help us become better writers. It was…
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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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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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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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May 2018: Brian Foster at the Cisco Writers Club Picnic
Picture of people at a picnic by Rosalind Chang on unsplash A special treat at our May 3, 2018, picnic was Brian Foster of Early, Texas. As a former police officer, he writes under the Black Dog Swamp imprint, and shows a keen understanding of the criminal mind. His riveting but humorous life stories have…
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September 2017: Writing Contest Awards Ceremony
Cisco Writers Club celebrated all those who submitted manuscripts in our 41st Annual Summer Writing Contest on Thursday, September 7, 2017. Significant cash accompanied several certificates as we handed out almost $1,500 in prize money. For winners in the Adventures in Writing category, focused entirely on 15-year-olds-andunder, the prize was a flight in a small…
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