Las Cruces Village (formerly Good Samaritan) 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.
Las Cruces Village (formerly Good Samaritan) 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 February 21st, 2026
Agenda
1. Call to Order 2. Welcome to New Members 3. Membership and Financial Information 4. Member Accomplishments. (Let’s boast!) 5. Does anyone have a current poem to read? We will critique it, if you wish. 6. I will bring a lecture and worksheet about place. Like real estate—location, location, location. How important place is! Then we will write a short, creative version of the place you are contemplating. (Bring paper and pen.) 7. Does anyone have a short story to read? We’ll critique it. 😍😍 8. Q and A. Do you have a specific question or problem with your writing? We’ll help, if we can. 9. Our next meeting will be in three weeks. March 14, 2:30 – 4:30 in the Creative Art Room. 10. Adjourn. Let’s each be creative.
In a long night in anxious times, Stanzas clash in metrical rhymes. Enjambments crouch in happenstance Lurking as if spilled by chance. With pens we frame visionary cheer And meet in the light of a frothy new year.
Where
Las Cruces Village (formerly Good Samaritan) 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 January 10th, 2026
Agenda
Special Agenda: January is the Poetry meeting month! What does that mean? Bring your poems! Write some poems! Read some poems!
If you haven’t tried writing poetry yet, give it a try. You still have a week. If you have written some things, bring them along to read. If you haven’t and don’t want to, bring a poem from one of your favorite poets and read it.
We’ll also be writing some poems in the meeting with some prompts. Poems poems poems!
Las Cruces Village (formerly Good Samaritan), 3011 Buena Vida Circle. Our meeting will NOT be taking place in the same room, however. Go down the stairs that are right outside the room we usually meet and there will be a large meeting room almost right at the bottom. We’ve met there several times before.
When
2:30-4:30 pm, Saturday December 13th, 2025
Agenda
Call to Order
Welcome New Members
Membership and Financials
Member Accomplishments
Holiday themed writing prompts!
Readings by members?? (THIS COULD BE YOU!)
Current advertising techniques (we didn’t get to this last time and I’d really like to discuss)
Las Cruces Village (formerly Good Samaritan) 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 November 8th, 2025
Agenda
Call to Order
Welcome New Members
Membership and Financials
Member Accomplishments
Visual writing prompt led by Rosemary
Readings by members?? (THIS COULD BE YOU!)
Discussion on the “soul of a story” (I have some interesting things I’d like to discuss here)
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 October 18th, 2025 (Changed date due to SNMBF!)
Agenda
Call to Order
Welcome New Members
Membership and Financials
Member Accomplishments
AI discussion continued (several people had more things to say that we didn’t quite get to last meeting. This won’t take up too much more time).
Readings by members?? (THIS COULD BE YOU!)
How to write tension and drama effectively in a scene
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
Call to Order
Welcome New Members
Membership and Financials
Member Accomplishments
Efrem class
Author success (what does success mean to you?) discussion
