Category: Events

Self-Editing for Writers Seminar

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LCW’s own Efrem Carrasco will host a seminar on Saturday, April 23, 2022 from 2:00 pm – 4:00pm.

The goal of all writers is to continuously improve their writing

Before you submit your manuscript to the publisher, you want to make sure your work is concise, tight, structurally and grammatically correct, and meets the three criteria—Flow, Clarity, and Understandability.
This class is designed for writers of all skill levels who wish to advance to the next level.
Who Should Take This Class?

  • Unpublished novices who desire to become good fiction/nonfiction writers.
  • Published writers who desire to improve their writing craftsmanship.

You Will Learn:

  • The Concepts and Misconceptions of Editing and Writing
  • Proper Manuscript Format
  • Proper Formats of Writing
  • How to Write Stronger Sentences
  • Choosing the Right Words
  • Dos and Don’ts of Writing
  • Common Writer Mistakes—and how to avoid them.
  • Editing Marks

Efrem Carrasco, Instructor

Only 15 seats available.
This is a stress-free class. It’s neither a Workshop nor an English Grammar class.

REQUIREMENTS: Bring Paper and Pen—for notes and practice writing.

LOCATION: Good Sam, Building E, 3045 Buena Vida Circle

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LCW Authors Pintar and Cicero at Branigan Library

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On Wednesday, March 30th George Pintar and Judy Cicero, local storytellers and authors, will be at the Branigan library’s second floor to autograph and explain the story line of their recent books. The event will start at 10:15 and conclude at noon. If you have books by either author that have not been autographed bring them.

Pintar’s books takes you on journeys throughout the Southwest including Antelope Wells, Deming, Great American Duck Race, Madrid, Chiz, population one, and other ghost towns.

Cicero’s book, an enchanting fairy tale, follows Tate, boy hero and Little-One, a refugee baby spider in their search for Little-One’s home web on the mysterious lotus pond. These unlikely friends accompanied by Tate’s imagination face the dangerous Bully Fish, menacing Sumo Snails, the evil Kameko, a renegade turtle taxi driver and the deadly Steaming Vapors.

If you are or know a local author, there will be information about the Las Cruces Writers. Their mission is Writers Helping Writers.

Enjoy a blind date with one of their books!…

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March Meeting: Be There or Explain Yourself in 10 Words!

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March 10th, 2022 at 1:30 PM, Good Samaritan Village.

REMINDER: MASKS ARE STILL REQUIRED, AND NAME TAGS PREFERRED

  • Administrator Pintar will call the meeting to order.
  • Two members will present their verbal Bio to the membership.
  • Two Outstanding Service Awards will be presented.
  • Bob Worthington’s Seminar Report and update.
  • A call for a willingness to share expertise
  • Mark Davis will provide a Website Update
  • Breakout Session “Writing Tips” led by Bob Worthington
  • Breakout Session “Marketing Idea” directed by George Pintar

Reconvening Art Room for any additional announcements.…

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LCW’s Bob Worthington Contracted for New Aviation Book

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Our own award-winning author, Bob Worthington, is writing a new book on general aviation for McFarland & Company. The book, his fourth with McFarland, will cover Bob’s 40 years as a pilot and owner of several airplanes. Bob is an aviation journalist (author of “The Left Seat” column in Midwest Flyer magazine) and an aviation psychologist. Bob’s first book with McFarland, Under Fire with ARVN Infantry (2018), won a national award for excellence in literature. His second McFarland book, Fighting Viet Cong in the Rung Sat (2021), is under consideration for a literary award. His third McFarland book, about his decade as an Army Psychologist will be released in late 2022.…

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LCW March Events

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LCW events in March include:

Executive Committee Meeting, March 2nd, 2022 3-4PM. Good Samaritan Village. Topics will include:

  • Financial Report
  • Nominations for Outstanding Awards
  • Nominations for Bio Report
  • Web Report
  • Workshop Report
  • Membership Discussion Committee
  • Directory Report
  • Organizational Structure Discussion Committee
  • Meeting Structure Discussion Committee
  • Items for March 10th General Meeting Committee

General Meeting, March 10th, 2022. Agenda to follow.…

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Upcoming Seminar: How to do Internet Research

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Join Susan Brontly, DACC Instructional Librarian, to learn advanced methods in internet research on 26 February 2022 (2-4PM) at Good Samaritan Village, Building E. Note this seminar is for members only and you should RSVP with Bob Worthington. Here’s an overview:

· Where you find resources depends upon what type of writing you do
· Types of resources writers might need
· Internet safety
· Google Power Searching
· Databases available to NM residents
· Locations of information on the internet
· Success stories & challenges
· Q&A

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LCW February Meeting: 2/10, 1:30-3PM

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Members and prospective members are welcome to join us on Thursday, February 10th at Good Samaritan Village for our monthly meetup, 1:30-3PM. Be there and be fair! Here’s the agenda:


February 10, 2022 Meeting
Meeting Start: 1:30 End: 3:00 pm

REMINDER: MASKS ARE REQUIRED, AND NAME TAGS PREFERRED
►Administrator Pintar will call the meeting to order.
►Two members will present their verbal Bio to the Membership
►Two appreciation awards will be presented
►Bob Worthington’s Seminar Report and update
►Pintar will call for a willingness to share expertise
►Mark Davis will provide a Website Update
►Breakout Session “Tips on Writing your Book” by Bob Worthington (0ne Hour)
►Breakout Session “Selling your work” by George Pintar (0ne Hour)
►Reconvene in Art Room for other announcements
The next Membership meeting will be on March 10 at 1:30 at Good Sam’s…

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Valentine’s Day Book Signing (and a free sonnet)!

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Don’t forget to join us for the LCW Valentine’s Day book signing event at Good Samaritan Village this Sunday, February 6th, from 2-4PM. All your favorite authors will be there!

Shall I compare thee to an exquisite book?
Though art lovely yet less breviloquent.
Rough prose encountered in my corner nook,
The lines do twist as the river is bent.
Oft the Bard’s cold specter calls out to me,
But he fades before the writing begins;
The words meander like brook, lark, and tree,
Then enjamb in ungrammatical sins;
But for thee, our plot is not complete yet,
Our dénouement remains to be written,
Nor shall your cover fade when showers wet,
And of your voice I am always smitten.
   So long as we write, all our hopes do grow,
   So long lives you, and all the worlds we know…

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