Tag: writing
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February 2024: Lance Hawvermale
Cisco Writers Club was thrilled to host award-winning, thriller author LANCE HAWVERMALE at the club’s February 1st meeting. Hawvermale spoke about his writing techniques, publishing journey, and marketing advice. He also handed out signed copies of one of his books! Thank you for your time and generosity, Lance! Hawvermale holds a master’s degree in English…
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December 2023: Children’s Fiction Authors Workshop
At the December meeting of the Cisco Writers Club, Authors Marilyn Kay Brooks and Marilyn Kay Pineda (together known as their pen name “Marilyn Kay”) gave a workshop to aspiring children’s fiction authors. Participants learned how to write a story that will inspire young minds. They gave workshop attendees advice on tuning into a young…
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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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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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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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November 2019: Thanksgiving Celebration
Every November the Cisco Writers Club hosts an early Thanksgiving meal. This year we arranged to meet at the Assembly of Yahweh Fellowship Hall, 109 County Road 280, Rising Star, TX. We’re grateful for the excellent contributions of delicious food and service by our members, and the many individuals from across the community who joined…
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July 2019: Independent Thoughts
Two hundred and forty-three years ago world history shifted forever – and for the better – with the declaration of American independence. Cisco Writers Club did not meet the first Thursday in July 2019, as we usually do, so our members could celebrate Independence Day. Instead, we offer some personal thoughts. “July 4 is a…
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October 2018: When Your Post Goes Viral
It was Thursday, October 11, at 8:03 a.m., that Mattea Goff, stay-at-home wife and mom of two in Cisco, Texas, posted a simple set of stick-figure cartoons on Facebook. She had sketched the humorous stick family to convey to husband Kris the exhaustion many new moms feel, and why. She thought it might resonate with…
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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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