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An August August Meeting Cometh

Posted on August 7, 2025August 7, 2025 by Mark Davis

I love the ambiguity of the word “august,” in pronunciation and meaning, yet ultimately both tied back to the Roman emperor Augustus, with deeper etymology tied to “augur” and “auspiciousness.” For Las Cruces Writers it is auspicious in that elections are held and the next Augustus and his (or her) cabinet are chosen by the people. It seems this year, however, the august reign of Diego will continue!

Where

Good Samaritan Village in the Creative Arts Room, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Enter through the main administrative building entrance (parking is to the east of the building) and turn left in the first hallway to reach the room.

When

2:30-4:30 pm, Saturday August 9th, 2025

Agenda

  1. Call to Order
  2. Welcome New Members
  3. Membership and Financials
  4. Member Accomplishments
  5. Efrem class
  6. Author success (what does success mean to you?) discussion
  7. Readings by members
  8. Writing prompt (if there’s time)
  9. Time & Date of next meeting reminders
  10. Adjournment
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Southern New Mexico Book Festival

Posted on July 23, 2025October 3, 2025 by Mark Davis

Check our Events pages for current information.…

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Las Cruces Writers at Artists’ Workshop Week

Posted on February 16, 2025February 16, 2025 by Mark Davis

Join Karen Ray, Elva Oesterreich, and others at the Artists’ Workshop Week organized by Ten O’clock Artists, March 15th through the 23rd.

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August 2024 Meeting

Posted on July 28, 2024August 2, 2024 by Diego Salazar

Where

Good Samaritan Village in the Creative Arts Room, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Enter through the main administrative building entrance (parking is to the east of the building) and turn left in the first hallway to reach the room.

When

We are trying a new time slot. This meeting will be taking place on Saturday NOT Thursday!

2:30-4:30 pm August 10th, 2024

Agenda

  1. Call to Order
  2. Welcome New Members
  3. Membership and Financials
  4. Member Accomplishments
  5. Bylaws business (amendments votes and ratification)
  6. Reading by Jim Humphrey’s and critique (30 min)
  7. Lecture on prologues by Efrem Carrasco
  8. Time & Date of next meeting reminders
  9. Adjournment

Critique Reading Material

Please follow the link below to read the material authored by Jim Humphrey’s prior to the meeting. We provide this in advance so the membership can come to the meeting with some thoughts and to optimize the short time we have together. The password will be sent out to the membership via mailing list. If you did not receive it for whatever reason, please contact the executive committee of the LCW.

Critique Material Page
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July Meeting!

Posted on July 6, 2024July 6, 2024 by Mark Davis

Where

Good Samaritan Village in the Creative Arts Room, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Enter through the main administrative building entrance (parking is to the east of the building) and turn left in the first hallway to reach the room.

When

1:30-3:30 pm July 11th, 2024
Executive staff will meet 30 minutes early.

Agenda

  1. Call to Order
  2. Welcome New Members
  3. Membership and Financials
  4. Member Accomplishments
  5. Discussion: Future Book Signings/Payment
  6. Discussion: Time and Date of Meeting, reminder
  7. Discussion: Officer introduction for 2024/2025 and Annual Dues
  8. Discussion: Book Promotions: TikTok, Book Bloggers, etc
  9. Adjournment
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Talking About Memoirs and Memories: Karen Ray at Thomas Branigan Library

Posted on July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 by Mark Davis

Please join Karen Ray in the Roadrunner Room at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library (I used to go to the one on the downtown mall as a child…maybe I’ll write about that) at 1:30 on Tuesday, July 16th to learn more about memoir writing. Here’s the official flyer:

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Swoon in June at the Meeting

Posted on June 3, 2024June 3, 2024 by Mark Davis

Where

Good Samaritan Village in the Creative Arts Room, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Enter through the main administrative building entrance (parking is to the east of the building) and turn left in the first hallway to reach the room.

When

1:30-3:30 pm June 13th, 2024
Executive staff will meet 30 minutes early.

Agenda

  1. Call to Order
  2. Welcome New Members
  3. Membership and Financials
  4. Member Accomplishments
  5. Discussion: Future Book Signings/Payment
  6. Discussion: Time and Date of Meeting
  7. Discussion: Nominations of Officers for 2024/2025 and Annual Dues
  8. Discussion: Book Promotions: TikTok, Book Bloggers, etc
  9. Readings: Linda
  10. Adjournment
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Let’s Meet in the Sovereignty of May

Posted on May 4, 2024May 4, 2024 by Mark Davis

Where

Good Samaritan Village in the Creative Arts Room, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Enter through the main administrative building entrance (parking is to the east of the building) and turn left in the first hallway to reach the room.

When

1:30-3:30 pm May 9th, 2024
Executive staff will meet 30 minutes early.

Agenda

Call to order, welcome new members and discuss accomplishments
Membership and Financial
General Discussion: How I publish my books and other helpful hints.

Ode, Composed on a May Morning

While from the purpling east departs
The star that led the dawn,
Blithe Flora from her couch upstarts,
For May is on the lawn.
A quickening hope, a freshening glee,
Foreran the expected Power,
Whose first-drawn breath, from bush and tree,
Shakes off that pearly shower.

All Nature welcomes Her whose sway
Tempers the year’s extremes;
Who scattereth lustres o’er noon-day,
Like morning’s dewy gleams;
While mellow warble, sprightly trill,
The tremulous heart excite;
And hums the balmy air to still
The balance of delight.

Time was, blest Power! when youth and maids
At peep of dawn would rise,
And wander forth, in forest glades
Thy birth to solemnize.
Though mute the song—to grace the rite
Untouched the hawthorn bough,
Thy Spirit triumphs o’er the slight;
Man changes, but not Thou!

Thy feathered Lieges bill and wings
In love’s disport employ;
Warmed by thy influence, creeping things
Awake to silent joy:
Queen art thou still for each gay plant
Where the slim wild deer roves;
And served …

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Meet in April, in April!

Posted on April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 by Mark Davis

Where

Good Samaritan Village in the Creative Arts Room, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Enter through the main administrative building entrance (parking is to the east of the building) and turn left in the first hallway to reach the room.

When

1:30-3:30 pm April 11th, 2024
Executive staff will meet 30 minutes early.

Agenda

Call to order, welcome new members and discuss accomplishments
George will have a few minutes at the beginning of the meeting.
Then, Dr Jim, Fenton, Linda and Gretchen will read for us.

And, to see if you are paying attention, and because Dorothy Parker always invokes a devious little smirk:

A Well-Worn Story

In April, in April,
My one love came along,
And I ran the slope of my high hill
To follow a thread of song.

His eyes were hard as porphyry
With looking on cruel lands;
His voice went slipping over me
Like terrible silver hands.

Together we trod the secret lane
And walked the muttering town.
I wore my heart like a wet, red stain
On the breast of a velvet gown.

In April, in April,
My love went whistling by,
And I stumbled here to my high hill
Along the way of a lie.

Now what should I do in this place
But sit and count the chimes,
And splash cold water on my face
And spoil a page with rhymes?

Dorothy Parker…

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Beware the Ides and Meet in March!

Posted on March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 by Mark Davis

Where

Good Samaritan Village in the Creative Arts Room, 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Enter through the main administrative building entrance (parking is to the east of the building) and turn left in the first hallway to reach the room.

When

1:30-3:30 pm March 14th, 2024
Executive staff will meet 30 minutes early.

Agenda

Call to order, welcome new members and discuss accomplishments
Membership and Financial
General Discussion
Main Program: Memoir Writing by Karen Ray…

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