Join Janie Franz as she signs copies of her novel, Handful of Dirt, at COAS Books on October 8th. Listen for announcements on KRWG radio, too. Here’s a flyer:
Janie Franz Signs at COAS Books
Category: Members
Efrem Carrasco Wins Desert Exposure Grand Prize!
Fenton Kay wins award!
Las Cruces Writers is thrilled that our own Fenton Kay has won Honorable Mention for his poem, “Rainstorm in Juarez,” from Desert Exposure magazine! I can’t publish it here because it is slated for the November/December issue of the magazine, but I give you a consolation poem from Fenton about rain in the desert:
Sonoran Desert
Winter storm torrents –
Rain-soaked earth brings a lily
To the summer’s kiln.…
Lisa Lucca wins award from New Mexico Book Association
Las Cruces Writers is thrilled to announce that Lisa Lucca has won the Southwest Book Design and Production Award from the New Mexico Book Association for her book Ashes to Ink in the LGBTQ category!
Seminar: Character Development
September Writers Class: Character Development
Efrem Carasco
Saturday, September 24, 2022
2:00 pm – 4:00pm
“Anyone can create a character, but the development of a strong, three-dimensional character . . . that’s an act of a true writer.”
Who Should Take This Class?
- Writers of Fiction and/or Memoirs.
- Those who wish to improve their Story Writing Skills.
You Will Learn:
- Types of Characters
- The Purpose of Character Types
- How to Create Characters
- How to Use Characters, When to Use Them, Where to Use Them, and most importantly, Why.
- The Use of Tools for Creating Better, Interesting Characters.
REQUIREMENTS
Bring Paper and Pen—for your notes.
LOCATION
Good Sam, Building E 3045 Buena Vida Circle
The building in front of Bus and Handicap Parking, next to the building where we hold the LCW meetings—first room to the right.
How to Attend
Members should email Efrem directly to get on the list. Non-members can join and get instant access!…
Fenton Kay at COAS Books
LCW’s own Fenton Kay will be signing books at COAS on October 1st from 10AM to noon. You can find his latest book from the Carol Montgomery series on Amazon. Here’s the lowdown:
…Carol Montgomery, Ph.D. structural engineer and witch, has a contract to evaluate three 100-year or more old adobes. One of them has a dormer loft. The house contains a haunt, say the neighbors who claim to hear piano music and see a strange flickering light in the loft at night. The old woman that built the house is said to be the haunt, and she loved to play the piano at night for her roomers and family, according to local folk stories. Carol, Ami, and Carol’s telepathic cat familiar, Rogue, visit the place at night and hear the music but see no lights. Carol decides to place trail cameras in the building to find out what is happening. Carol’s cameras reveal an old man’s presence and a piano player. The videos from the cameras show the old man chanting and burning sage upstairs by the light of a flickering oil lamp and a hooded person playing the piano. The old man enters and exits through a tiny trench. Rogue decides to spend a night in the house to discover what is happening and takes Timmy, Ami’s cat, with her. The cats meet the old man, get charmed by the piano music and the sage smoke, and learn what is going on, but not without Timmy getting
Bob Worthington Wins National Book Award
Las Cruces Writers is thrilled to announce that our very own Bob Worthington has won another book award for his new book, Fighting Viet Cong in the Rung Sat. Below is the official press release. Congrats to Bob!
LAS CRUCES VETERAN & AUTHOR WINS NATIONAL AWARD FOR
SECOND VIETNAM BOOK
LAS CRUCES, NM — Las Cruces resident, writer, and Army veteran Dr. Bob Worthington’s book “Fighting Viet Cong in the Rung Sat” has been awarded a silver medal from the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA). The second book of Dr. Worthington’s Vietnam military trilogy, the award was announced on August 27, 2022.
MWSA President Bob Doerr said that Dr. Worthington’s book earned the silver medal in the memoir/biography category after scoring “high enough in our rigorous evaluation process to win a medal recognizing (his) achievement.” Dr. Worthington’s “Fighting Viet Cong in the Rung Sat” was recognized for the writing, editing, and its publication. “(He) should be very proud of (his) accomplishment,” Doerr said. “We certainly are.”
Dr. Worthington describes his second tour in Vietnam as some of the fiercest fighting of the war and tells of his experiences training South Vietnamese commandos to conduct raids in the swamps south of Saigon.
“Fighting Viet Cong in the Rung Sat” is the follow up to Worthington’s previous book, “Under Fire with the ARVN Infantry,” which was awarded a national award for Excellence in Literature by the Military Writers Society of America. The author’s final book in the trilogy, “The Making …
LCW Member Charmayne Samuelson Signs at COAS Books
Check out LCW’s own Charmayne Samuelson signing books at COAS Books via the Las Cruces Bulletin. Her event is 10AM-Noon on Saturday, August 20th (perfect intersection with Downtown Farmer’s Market!) She has several new books including a collaborative effort with her great, great nephews.…
Chile Charlie Speaks Again
Check out President Emeritus George Pintar’s new audiobook of his recent novelette, Navajo Tainted Beliefs. You can get it at Audible and Amazon. Here’s a synopsis:
Navajo Tainted Beliefs is a fictional novelette exploring the similarities and differences between the Bible and the Navajo stories regarding the creation of the earth and humankind.
Chile Charlie and Dolly Sweet Thompson interview two Navajo shamans to obtain the facts and oral stories regarding these concepts. The setting is at the headquarters of the Navajo Nation—Tohatchi. These side-by-side comparisons are well-documented and have excellent narration that is easy to understand. You will laugh, cry, and wonder why as you listen and digest these similarities.…
LCW Meeting, July 14th 2022
Las Cruces Writers membership meeting agenda
Thursday 14 July 2022 at Good Sam 1:30 to 3:30
Membership elections today!!!!!!!!!
Call to order by acting chair Bob Worthington
Treasurer report by Bob Worthington Appx $300 cash in the bank.
Education report by Bob Worthington
Membership/social media/next writing seminar report by Mark Davis
Elections: Bob Worthington
Nomination committee slate:
Pres. David Osterhout
VP no candidate
Sec. Rosemary Matos
Treas. Rosemary Matos
Bd member Mark Davis
Bd member Bob Worthington
Old business
New LCW brochure Mark Davis
Membership survey results Mark Davis
Membership directory Mark Davis
Book signing at Mall
New Business???
Breakout session
Mark Davis critique of writer’s work
A member will read a short (3 to 5 minutes max) segment of his/her writing and then the members will comment on how they perceive the writing. Mark will be the session leader and explain how this will work. We invite members to bring 2 to 3 pages of their work to read and have critiqued.
Several members have asked for this to be done. For this to work we need some members to bring to this session some of their written work.
Meeting adjourned…