This is exciting! Check out LCW’s Eva Nevarez-St. John showcased at the July Virtual Book Club of the National Association of Memoir Writers. If you are not familiar with her work, Eva recalls an odyssey of personal loss and recovery following her friend’s murder. You can learn more at Eva’s website, here.…
Check out Las Cruces Writer and memoirist Karen Ray talk about writing at the virtual Kingdom Writers Conference on March 24th. Extra-nice: it’s free!
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.
2:30-4:30 pm, Saturday February 21st, 2026
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.
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Check out new articles in the Las Cruces Bulletin that cover our two rock-star writers and event organizers, Eva Nevarez-St. John and Charmayne Samuelson. First the two discuss the event, its origins and even a little about literacy in the 21st century. The second article covers Charmayne’s amazing run of awards and success with her Mata Ortiz pottery collaborations and, drum roll please… five new awards from the New Mexico Book Awards, announced Oct. 1st.
For more information on the book festival, check out our events page.
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:
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.
1:30-3:30 pm September 14th, 2023
Executive staff will meet 30 minutes early.
Call to order: Welcome new members
Membership and FinancialReport/Dues
Discuss Dues
Hear from members about their successes
Main Program: How to Write a Mystery by Fenton Kay
Discuss ancillary meeting about publishing your book…
If you are in The Big Apple on April 1st, check out Las Cruces Writers’ own Lisa Lucca at Theatre 71 for the Listen To Your Mother grassroots storytelling trip! Here’s the info:
