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The Denton Writers League is a group of readers, and published and unpublished writers who help each other hone their craft through external critique groups, guest speakers, and workshops. The League meets the 2nd Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in Denton TX in the Emily Fowler Branch of the Denton Library located at 502 Oakland St. Dues are $15 a year. |
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Saturday, October 11, 2008. Join Us! Visitors are always welcome! The yearly membership fee is $15.
Guest
Speaker
Cindy Vallar was born and raised in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, She spent her
formative years reading books and writing poetry. While in college, she saw a
movie based on the life of Jean Laffite, a gentleman pirate who helped Andrew
Jackson win the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Intrigued by the mysterious, she
started researching and writing a novel about Laffite. Graduation, career, and
marriage put that manuscript on a shelf where it remained until she started
working as a school librarian for seriously emotionally challenged teenagers.
she
returned to writing to relieve the stress inherent in working in special
education facilities. During a boring staff meeting, she wrote about a caped
figure who crossed the Scottish Highlands during a fierce some storm.
After twelve years and numerous revisions, that kernel of an idea blossomed into
her
first published novel, The Scottish Thistle. She is currently working to
complete that pirate novel started many years ago while researching another
novel set in the Dust Bowl of western Kansas during the Great Depression. She
also writes a monthly maritime history column entitled Pirates and
Privateers. She reviews books for Historical Novels Review and
Pirates and Privateers. She teaches online courses and in-person workshops on
maritime piracy and Scottish history and culture. She is also an editor and
copyeditor for Wings Press, as well as a freelance editor. she writes an editing
column for The Historical Novel Society's Solander magazine, of which she
is an associate editor.
Vist her website at
http://www.cindyvallar.com/
Flower Mound Writers Group group meets at: Flower Mound Public Library Meetings start at 7:00 PM and general run 90 minutes. For calendar of meeting days and events, please
visit their website at: Hastings Bookstore Any member wanting to set up a book signing or to
place their books in Hastings on consignment , should contact Jason
or Ginny at 940/565-1764 For
inquiries or to submit articles to the newsletter, please contact
Joni Latham-bleuunicorn@verizon.net or George Avera-georgeavera@verizon.net. This page created and maintained by
Joni Latham. |
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