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Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-40771159334111639122024-03-04T08:10:00.000-06:002024-03-04T08:10:01.274-06:00March Meeting<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Schyrlet Cameron- </b>Schyrlet is half of the writing team CC Brown. CC Brown is the pseudonym adopted by the two sisters,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #002451; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> Schyrlet Cameron and Kathy Brown. Growing up in the Ozarks their curiosity about the supernatural was sparked by their grandmother. As children, much of their time was spent on their grandparent’s farm, where she</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #002451; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxzwHawaEg1COHb_72miMrEGx0Kg7-8g2Vrd8o2089qHQ6uxD9W_TM4iz5ekqCYyUODFdCz38WtWWuvLMqJo02MFcQofziLd_rMxyvfnHj88cd3dbSBXKqVbQpssx8TPXqM9pIG-ija1CA7ZPFHYppO5hb2jC7bL4iLkLyWMvlmnoXjSS6VuXYu98um7Nj" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="136" data-original-width="82" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxzwHawaEg1COHb_72miMrEGx0Kg7-8g2Vrd8o2089qHQ6uxD9W_TM4iz5ekqCYyUODFdCz38WtWWuvLMqJo02MFcQofziLd_rMxyvfnHj88cd3dbSBXKqVbQpssx8TPXqM9pIG-ija1CA7ZPFHYppO5hb2jC7bL4iLkLyWMvlmnoXjSS6VuXYu98um7Nj" width="145" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #002451; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /> always kept them entertained... tending the garden, feeding the chickens, milking the cows, and telling deliciously spooky late-night tales. Their fascination with ghosts and spirits from beyond the grave has not diminished over time. Paranormal thrillers by CC Brown include <i>Ghosts Live Here</i>, <i>Ghosts of Perry House</i>, <i>Black Widow Society</i>, and <i>Wolf Stone.</i> Schyrlet will speak about networking and researching your topic. In addition, she is also the co-owner of HomeGrown Books a network of authors who support each other through reviews and grass-roots marketing.</span></span><p></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-4648930725872290192024-01-27T17:06:00.000-06:002024-01-27T17:06:19.189-06:00FEBRUARY IS OUR ANNUAL JANO PARTY FOR MEMBERS ONLY<p> If you're a Sleuths' Ink member, you won't want to miss this fun annual event.</p><p>Our members have been striving to write 50,000 words during the month of January. </p><p>We'll announce members' successes and award prizes at the February JANO party, however you MUST be a member in order to attend this fun event.</p><p>Check out the JANO page to see what it's all about. Maybe you'll decide to join Sleuths' Ink and be eligible to participate in 2025.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-12444814013571676512023-12-19T15:04:00.001-06:002023-12-19T15:04:04.138-06:00JANUARY/JANO<p> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">JANO 2024</h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8741149632955473896" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 590px;"><p> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;">About JANO</b></h3><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5485253347270050161" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 14.52px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Bb6tSW5n2Q82zuqQB0EcnasBRKnd07f5RtPvI_oCpNGOgV6_scuQhmqUxw4Uoblm15Sf9OE1u-Fu5GMBsNO6GrnG1nxqwZmY6ozrmUIYsZBzmz_O-lUak9XJugoziuX4eeO91y6gTv46/s1600/jano_logo.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #6699cc; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><b><img border="0" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Bb6tSW5n2Q82zuqQB0EcnasBRKnd07f5RtPvI_oCpNGOgV6_scuQhmqUxw4Uoblm15Sf9OE1u-Fu5GMBsNO6GrnG1nxqwZmY6ozrmUIYsZBzmz_O-lUak9XJugoziuX4eeO91y6gTv46/s200/jano_logo.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="200" /></b></a><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>During January, 2010, Sleuths’ Ink held it’s first-ever JANO challenge. Modeled after the popular National Novel Writing Month in November, JANO begins in, you guessed it, January.</b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>Participants are challenged to write a 50,000-word novel during the month of January. Join us and kick off the new year with a novel.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Two good reasons we picked January: </span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><br /></b><br /><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>1) You get an extra day to write. To complete 50,000 words during January, you only need to write 1,613 words a day.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><br />2) The holidays are over. Winter has set in. What better way to spend a long, dreary month than writing a novel?</b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 15.73px;"></span><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>JOIN US FOR JANO 2024!</b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Rules:</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> There may be </span><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">no actual writing</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> on your JANO Novel until January <b>1</b>,<b> but you may plot your novel</b>,<b> create character sketches, and do research before January</b> <b>1</b>. On that date, begin writing like mad (no editing) the entire month in order to reach the 50,000-word goal. </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">You must be a paid member of Sleuths' Ink by February 1st to qualify for prizes and attend the party. </span></h1><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>THE CELEBRATION PARTY:</b> THERE WILL BE NO REGULAR MEETING IN FEBRUARY. Instead we'll have our annual JANO PARTY. </span><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><b><u>MEMBERS ATTENDING WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY $10 TOWARD THEIR MEAL. SLEUTHS' INK WILL FOOT THE BILL FOR THE REMAINDER. </u></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">The PARTY WILL BE HELD AT THE PASTA EXPRESS AT 3025 W. REPUBLIC ROAD FEBRUARY 10, 2024 </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Prizes will be awarded for: </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">$50 prize for the most words over 50,000 words</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">All others who reach at least 50,000 words will be entered into a drawing where two more people will win $25 prizes. </span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Best 100-word blurb (anything over will be cut) $25</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Best 30-second Elevator Pitch - $15 prize</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Best Hook: 1st sentence of first chapter- (Anything over one sentence will be cut) $10</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 15.73px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Various doorprizes during the party.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-91635657809520843912023-11-27T08:32:00.002-06:002023-11-27T08:32:39.667-06:00DECEMBER HOLIDAY PARTY<p> It's time for our annual holiday party. </p><div>WHERE: McAlister's on W. Battlefield</div><div>WHEN: December 9th at 10:45 (Doors open at 10:30)</div><div>WHO: Sleuths' Ink Members</div><div>WHY: Because we love to party!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>What to bring? </b></div><div><br /></div><div>Your 25-word holiday contest.</div><div>Guidelines: Your story MUST include a crime and a holiday (any holiday, it does NOT have to be Christmas). The story must be 25 words EXACTLY. This count does not include the TITLE.</div><div>Send you story to sleuthsink95@gmail.com before Dec. 7th. (This way we can have a print out sheet of all the stories so we can read and judge at the meeting)</div><div><br /></div><div>A wrapped gift ($10 limit) We will play DIRTY SANTA.</div><div><br /></div><div>There will also be a few fun holiday games where you can win prizes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Plus we will read our 2023 writing goals and create new writing goals for 2024. </div><div><br /></div><div>Let's PARTY. </div><div><br /></div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-35582423025608084962023-11-06T11:06:00.002-06:002023-11-06T11:06:22.193-06:00November Speaker, Kim McCully Mobley discuss Storytelling and A Sense of Place<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-georgian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma;"><b>Kim McCully-Mobley </b>is a writer, editor, publisher, educator, storyteller and historian who describes herself as a gypsy/rebel/pirate/cowgirl with a cause. She holds degrees in journalism, English and education. She has a background with newspapers and magazines and cur</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNuuU_AtpaClLVAgbYTQlfh-8qu3aodnVUbiCY4exSkwaQ0ZLa1psKhC-2O_OJv6QB9HxlK5tiQu0_LhJT-vDhCFF8xmzN3P23s3hHZXGQWq9qO1vtkrxGIi7YyUPdMzMG4ARh0iuY9CQcmVap4_FqV4vGKoR007cIAaUo8SQUDAVyDDNfPhyqoVaS5H_N" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="64" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNuuU_AtpaClLVAgbYTQlfh-8qu3aodnVUbiCY4exSkwaQ0ZLa1psKhC-2O_OJv6QB9HxlK5tiQu0_LhJT-vDhCFF8xmzN3P23s3hHZXGQWq9qO1vtkrxGIi7YyUPdMzMG4ARh0iuY9CQcmVap4_FqV4vGKoR007cIAaUo8SQUDAVyDDNfPhyqoVaS5H_N" width="160" /></a></div><br />rently teaches English, Leadership, Film & Fiction and Creative Writing at Aurora High School. She is also an adjunct for Drury University and Crowder College. <o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-georgian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma;">She serves on the board of directors for the Aurora Area Community Foundation, the Children's Smile Center of the Ozarks and the Aurora Area Chamber of Commerce. She hosts a popular podcast called "All Roads Lead Home" through her home-based company called The Ozarkian Spirit. She is the co-director of the Aurora Houn' Dawg Alumni & Outreach Center in Aurora, as well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-georgian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma;">She keeps busy with non-profit work, research, grant-writing, freelancing and creating a variety of sense of place projects throughout the Ozarks. She makes her home in rural Barry County with her husband, Al. She is working on a memoir called </span><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-georgian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma;">All Roads Lead Home, </span><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-georgian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma;">as well as a website (coming soon) to archive stories, research, artifacts and photos through: </span><a href="https://houndawgoutreach.us"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-georgian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #085296; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single;">https://houndawgoutreach.us</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-georgian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-georgian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: Calibri; mso-armenian-font-family: Calibri; mso-georgian-font-family: Calibri; mso-hebrew-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-thai-font-family: Tahoma;">Join us November 11th at 10:45 at McAlisters on West Battlefield.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;">sleuthsink95@gmail.com</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-35428176831875122282023-10-04T13:50:00.000-05:002023-10-04T13:50:00.273-05:00OCTOBER MEETING DATE CHANGE/SPEAKER INFO<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Our meeting will be held Saturday, October 21st (3rd week of October) this month only due to the Ozark Creative Writer's Conference in Eureka Springs. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sharon Kizziah-Holmes will talk to us about formatting our manuscripts with Microsoft Word. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Sharon is a retired professional musician.
She and her husband lived on the road playing honky tonks in Alaska, Canada and
the lower forty-eight states. Now, she lives in the beautiful Ozarks with her
husband Dennis and dogs, Willie and Waylon.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Hfg551faPkRtn6gSAkgwnwtZ-9i3RJhe75_V8755lCDK_EyArFJ0JK4XxWZE_3HChGIJi2kduInauEvXY7JwWvMqLwHtp60HSRryGKDNzJsdY0vEB9U6Ib_5C70Eon2YEhn2N_fXbdvLoFockyXhbTelrNpnBjHRSiOCmi9FketD-a9bMF4Vq7GksV-1/s239/Sharon%20photo%20ORA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="239" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Hfg551faPkRtn6gSAkgwnwtZ-9i3RJhe75_V8755lCDK_EyArFJ0JK4XxWZE_3HChGIJi2kduInauEvXY7JwWvMqLwHtp60HSRryGKDNzJsdY0vEB9U6Ib_5C70Eon2YEhn2N_fXbdvLoFockyXhbTelrNpnBjHRSiOCmi9FketD-a9bMF4Vq7GksV-1/s1600/Sharon%20photo%20ORA.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>She has been an indie-author since 2002 and is well versed
in the self-publishing industry. She is the co-founder and co-owner of
Paperback Press LLC., with imprints Paperback Press, Kids Book Press, Indie Pub
Press and Audio Book Press. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>She has served as publishing coordinator to over 150
authors, assisted in publishing 500 plus books for writers in the US and
abroad. Several have become bestselling, self-published authors.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>A board member of Ozarks Creative Writers Conference,
Co-Chair and conference coordinator of Between the Pages Writers Con and past
president of Ozarks Romance authors, Sharon also remains active in many other
writers’ groups.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-41583899628119156782023-09-08T07:26:00.003-05:002023-09-08T07:26:53.287-05:00September Speaker & NEW MEETING PLACE<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDj1SX8wS8UzoIQgX7zoVBribH3Yz5TEjKml9uKbCiio8pZTydgOs505hrnBOvFRu0E4GtJaGDKBA9t00Y_-D6IiK3nWAixokvAGE2fydyEAw_oeI4NJV_lRMP6CAjcFavFh51MziSCCpun9zQLQlDCVSsmjNacIv0oC_YH6Ra2ksSLPyodV1gkJhSgWPW" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="816" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDj1SX8wS8UzoIQgX7zoVBribH3Yz5TEjKml9uKbCiio8pZTydgOs505hrnBOvFRu0E4GtJaGDKBA9t00Y_-D6IiK3nWAixokvAGE2fydyEAw_oeI4NJV_lRMP6CAjcFavFh51MziSCCpun9zQLQlDCVSsmjNacIv0oC_YH6Ra2ksSLPyodV1gkJhSgWPW" width="240" /></a></div> Join us on Saturday, September 9th, at <b>McALISTER'S on West Battlefield,</b> across from Hyvee to hear author Tim Ritter talk about Mailchimp and how to gain emails for newsletters.<p></p><p>As authors, it's important to utilize social media so you won't w<br />ant to miss this informative meeting.</p><p>Check out Tim's website at https://www.timritter.net/</p><p>Doors at the restaurant open at 10:30, so business meeting begins at 10:45. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hope to see you there. </p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-34866979677941405202023-07-05T12:54:00.001-05:002023-07-05T12:54:53.917-05:00July Speaker - J. C. Fields <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><a href="https://www.jcfieldsbooks.com/">J.C. Fields,</a> aka John Cawlfield, will be talking about marketing our books on Saturday, July 8th.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuWoUnuFIa08EDkHx_qykrn4rS4rALaBgdMlkqNrdVhwQJ3aVeEy8SqcvAyaYsA6_BkktbUimXm4k1A2u11P8lbENseBiQvKREWdQL5xQBYposf9mEsrKiuhYm366-TAbYAQH8bJfFw96QzitnnF4YL4Ywi1Zbv36OUiJXnDI5SF22AbXxvFBAbWyuEiRQ" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="137" data-original-width="137" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhuWoUnuFIa08EDkHx_qykrn4rS4rALaBgdMlkqNrdVhwQJ3aVeEy8SqcvAyaYsA6_BkktbUimXm4k1A2u11P8lbENseBiQvKREWdQL5xQBYposf9mEsrKiuhYm366-TAbYAQH8bJfFw96QzitnnF4YL4Ywi1Zbv36OUiJXnDI5SF22AbXxvFBAbWyuEiRQ" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; line-height: 119%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;">J.C. Fields is a multi-award-winning and Amazon bestselling author. His Sean Kruger Series has won numerous medals in the annual Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards. Plus, his first book in his Michael Wolfe Saga, A Lone Wolf, became a #1 Best Selling audiobook in March of 2020. As one of the featured authors on the highly successful YouTube podcast, Fear From the Heartland, hosted by Paul J. McSorley, he offers a variety of original short stories penned specifically for its listeners. He is active in numerous writers' groups and serves on the board of Sleuths’ Ink Mystery Writers. He is also a full member of the Missouri Writers’ </span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-80335269252786079462023-06-03T07:10:00.001-05:002023-06-03T07:10:08.743-05:00NO JUNE MEETINGOur June meeting falls on the same day as our 2nd Annual <a href="https://btpwriterscon.com/" target="_blank">Between The Pages Conference,</a> which means the group will NOT be meeting in June.<div><br /></div><div>Hope to see everyone at the conference. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-21736375653840070622023-04-05T10:36:00.000-05:002023-04-05T10:36:01.529-05:00April Program: TIPS ON PUBLIC SPEAKING WITH RUTH WEEKS & CHRISSY WILLIS <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>R.H. Burkett, aka Ruth Weeks,</b> is an international tarot card
reader who draws from her deep Cherokee and Cajun roots to write riveting tales
of the paranormal. From her travels to ancient stone circles in rural Ireland
to her explorations in the French Quarters of New Orleans, s</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWrjhxBzWrvIEP-X7_tQXWaMuP_EXfiVOfDleZapdLWsnFwYS-fmQCUFiHkZT3NFcPcmjYF5q_QlQlCbD69WtlZT8WeNka5jMk_M67c989OpCQsL08KuPS7LmsfW-DBEm4lV-gEv__5Qcpx-xbb72BDBypMX4GD0zOrhzlRQxpuHKa8q-L2oa_CRgtqQ" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="109" data-original-width="81" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWrjhxBzWrvIEP-X7_tQXWaMuP_EXfiVOfDleZapdLWsnFwYS-fmQCUFiHkZT3NFcPcmjYF5q_QlQlCbD69WtlZT8WeNka5jMk_M67c989OpCQsL08KuPS7LmsfW-DBEm4lV-gEv__5Qcpx-xbb72BDBypMX4GD0zOrhzlRQxpuHKa8q-L2oa_CRgtqQ=w79-h106" width="79" /></a></div><br />he tells stories
that encompass her love of all things mystical. Her latest release <i>Broom Flyers
Tales and Spells, </i>is a compilation of her short stories, one of which was
nominated for a 2023 Spur Award (Western Writers of America). <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Her first novel, <i>Soldiers
in the Mist</i>, was voted Ozark Writers League (OWL) 2012 Best Book of the
Year. Her second novel, <i>Daughter of the Howling Moon</i>, was the Oklahoma
Writers Federation (OWFI) 2015 Book of the Year. As a child, Ruth was
fascinated by stories about her Grandmother Ely, who was part Cherokee and part
Cajun. That was the inspiration for her adopting the handle Witchy Woman. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">She
currently lives in Springdale, Arkansas, with her cat muse Fred. Check out her
website RHBurkett.com and follow her author’s Facebook page, where you can
watch videos of the author talking about her travels and how she gets
inspiration from her travels, her heritage, and the people she meets, both from
this world and the next.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD3FrDtFw3lunlIivsff7H34RMBL0gzifPp6MKkA3KG3WG6f_fWa5R4Y9Izf1QjTiyo0XCT5ZY53qMzo6LBlst7HfCyTlYzZiI6JXKUbBgzHY-f7vwYygsVGr3IvL-wn1c3TWi7BfyHX0_b7PZ8HM6Us42tvbglevHxttzQsh5rFCIPXXYshdTOMvrgw" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="103" data-original-width="102" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD3FrDtFw3lunlIivsff7H34RMBL0gzifPp6MKkA3KG3WG6f_fWa5R4Y9Izf1QjTiyo0XCT5ZY53qMzo6LBlst7HfCyTlYzZiI6JXKUbBgzHY-f7vwYygsVGr3IvL-wn1c3TWi7BfyHX0_b7PZ8HM6Us42tvbglevHxttzQsh5rFCIPXXYshdTOMvrgw=w91-h92" width="91" /></a></div><b>Clarissa (Chrissy) Willis </b>has been telling stories since she
was a child. She has written 19 teacher resource books and five children’s
books. In addition, she has spoken both nationally and internationally to
crowds large and small. <p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Born and raised by a minister and his wife, a former
actress, she is known as an ‘edutainer’ and weaver of tales, true and mostly
true. She has worked in the publishing industry as an executive editor, and she
was formerly the publications director of the largest provider of early
childhood resources in the United States. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-61493121026661054812023-03-07T09:33:00.003-06:002023-03-07T09:33:45.410-06:00March Speaker/Dayna Ault<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 21.25pt;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Dayna Ault </span><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">has eight children who were the inspiration for her first t</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqueET9HT8CSGYCpJcVZkgkl57SiRFk7yOxA3QG9lwC0a2NNvNAfiNXQpUpV0pmxLrKXQ5sBxn_NHpmwkDTio-mV8wGjnZMbDFELtsYerroXAR2kX9-G14rlTuSYzUoVhdbHN3xkrFh10TciHd2KKEzSf2A0eUqJseXzaSWfEVmHfVcaQdNp-SL7ofxw" style="clear: right; 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mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Benjamin’s Coin Purse</span><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"> (2001) and </span><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Who Made This Mess?</span><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"> October, 2022</span><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">. </span><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 21.25pt;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">She published</span><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"> The Missouri Autism Report Magazine </span><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">for seven years</span><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">(2010-2017), and wrote for church, parenting, business, and municipal publications, all while homeschooling her children. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 21.25pt;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Dayna has served as an Alderwoman in her small Missouri town and serves as a deaconess in her church and enjoys teaching Sunday School. She is a member of several organizations including the Springfield Writer’s Guild, (SWG) the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), BookCamp (Chad Allen), Self-Publishing Masterminds (April Cox) and of Children’s Book Insiders (CBI). She organizes and runs Kidlit Connect, an online critique group for children’s writers, and leads her local Children’s Genre Group with SWG.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-indent: 21.25pt;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;">Dayna has one college student still at home, one very understanding husband, 15 grand-children, an American Eskimo and a very fluffy, needy gray cat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-10964311850737459922023-01-28T14:05:00.001-06:002023-01-28T14:05:07.048-06:00February Meeting<p> Our February meeting is a <b>MEMBERS ONLY </b>meeting. This is the month we celebrate our members and their <a href="http://sleuthsink.blogspot.com/p/jano-2023.html" target="_blank">JANO </a>accomplishments. </p><p><br /></p><p>Join us in March when our speaker will be Chrissy Willis and Ruth Weeks who will give us TIPS ON PUBLIC SPEAKING </p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-75624976334477752542023-01-03T14:17:00.001-06:002023-01-03T14:17:15.839-06:00January 7th, MEGA WRITE-IN <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 94%; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-align: center;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 94%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">MEGA WRITE IN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 94%; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-align: center;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 94%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">January 7th 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 94%; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-align: center;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 94%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Location:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Library Center <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 94%; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-align: center;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 94%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">In the Auditorium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 94%; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-align: center;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 94%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">If you’re participating in JANO, this is a perfect day to come and write. </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 94%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">A lunch of sandwiches and chips will be provided by Goodcents, for those who paid, but feel free to bring munchies to share.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Don’t forget your laptop, chargers and flash drives and be prepared to spend the day writing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-57554143332997082642022-11-08T16:16:00.007-06:002022-11-08T16:16:47.978-06:00November 11, 2022 Speaker, Marilyn Quigley<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;"><b>Marilyn Quigley </b>is professor emerita of English at Evangel University where she taught 32 years. She was director of composition there and also taught creative writing and literature. Marilyn has</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg595qBJFkUwp7f9KXexVXQs_Z0p9YmXFJQvE_Tf_f3htiy4eJaWCLE2bS8ABBnqv1-l65ZAGPVuJvbiUskg5ckkctTP-3fhpM4xTeiDaVkWWJovY4yDUztf6euQ5Q2jtJYDm_CpzMIuNl2Dx8dWOlgmoAjDXTdJwC_qgrVvWadgDNmBVoOH562ReojrQ" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="115" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg595qBJFkUwp7f9KXexVXQs_Z0p9YmXFJQvE_Tf_f3htiy4eJaWCLE2bS8ABBnqv1-l65ZAGPVuJvbiUskg5ckkctTP-3fhpM4xTeiDaVkWWJovY4yDUztf6euQ5Q2jtJYDm_CpzMIuNl2Dx8dWOlgmoAjDXTdJwC_qgrVvWadgDNmBVoOH562ReojrQ=w186-h186" width="186" /></a></div>published three books. "Hell Frozen Over: The Battle of the Bulge" and "Journey to Elsewhere," a time travel book for children are in print, and "My War at Windsor School" was recently published on Amazon Vella. Earlier in her life she published a children's musical called "From Pit to Palace." <o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marilyn was selected as a visiting fellow with the Independent Women's Association in Washington, DC during 2021 during which she published 20 political op eds for major digital outlets. A recent small project was writing the narration for her church Christmas cantata.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>She is a member of Springfield Writers Guild, a book club, and Schweitzer Church.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Marilyn is married. She has two sons and three grandchildren. She loves to travel, and in August she visited Scotland and Ireland. She enjoys playing violin in two bands, and making movies of her travels.</span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-6442588163722451572022-09-08T13:18:00.001-05:002022-09-08T13:18:13.464-05:00Sept. 10th Speaker, Presiding Judge <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Judge Mark A. Powell was </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">appointed as associate circuit judge</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw0GThK6wWmNlUucUrOy5Tc_DKlZTzXZCgsp9_JQ9oYrZAxzMgBEZzvFymzHKinYbX0RntLHxwIzMeOGOKjO9khVckh7bFaVbE-pa8NTigQM7GPuorJaEOq-ICOLKMNXBe3ehWpeAd2bscE_RNkBk_MnYmmwqho1Z5q18gUrsfNqRIalK5MNP41sEvYA" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="131" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw0GThK6wWmNlUucUrOy5Tc_DKlZTzXZCgsp9_JQ9oYrZAxzMgBEZzvFymzHKinYbX0RntLHxwIzMeOGOKjO9khVckh7bFaVbE-pa8NTigQM7GPuorJaEOq-ICOLKMNXBe3ehWpeAd2bscE_RNkBk_MnYmmwqho1Z5q18gUrsfNqRIalK5MNP41sEvYA=w153-h190" width="153" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">for the 31st Judicial Circuit in 2000</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">. In this role, his judicial assignments have included general associate criminal and circuit civil matters. Prior to being appointed to the bench, he was in private practice in Springfield. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Here are a few things he will be discussing, but come prepared with questions of your own..</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="en-US" style="color: #26282a; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Garamond; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Garamond; mso-default-font-family: Garamond; mso-greek-font-family: Garamond; mso-latin-font-family: Garamond; mso-latinext-font-family: Garamond; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #26282A; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span dir="ltr"></span>1) How he prepares behind the scenes for a court case.</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Garamond; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Garamond; mso-default-font-family: Garamond; mso-greek-font-family: Garamond; mso-latin-font-family: Garamond; mso-latinext-font-family: Garamond; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: #26282a; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Garamond; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Garamond; mso-default-font-family: Garamond; mso-greek-font-family: Garamond; mso-latin-font-family: Garamond; mso-latinext-font-family: Garamond; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #26282A; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span dir="ltr"></span>2) Some unorthodox/unusual cases.</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Garamond; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Garamond; mso-default-font-family: Garamond; mso-greek-font-family: Garamond; mso-latin-font-family: Garamond; mso-latinext-font-family: Garamond; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="color: #26282a; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Garamond; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Garamond; mso-default-font-family: Garamond; mso-greek-font-family: Garamond; mso-latin-font-family: Garamond; mso-latinext-font-family: Garamond; mso-ligatures: none; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #26282A; mso-style-textfill-type: solid;"><span dir="ltr"></span>3) How he might handle an unprecedented murder case.</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Garamond; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Garamond; mso-default-font-family: Garamond; mso-greek-font-family: Garamond; mso-latin-font-family: Garamond; mso-latinext-font-family: Garamond; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-15988205602933943732022-07-30T11:08:00.000-05:002022-07-30T11:08:42.629-05:00August 13th Speaker/ Mindy Spitz Shamanic Practitioner, Healer & Visionary<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Mindy Spitz is a trained Shaman in the ancient ways of the
Earthkeeper, the Pampamesayoq, of the Q’ero region, in the high Andes of Peru (tradition
of Inca of Peru)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A Shaman is one who can travel between this world and the
world of spirit and can track the origins of illness and blockages. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Mindy’s life evolved
to a new level after training 2 ½ years in the medicine ways of Peru with
Karen Duncan, who taught with Alberto Villoldo’s Four Winds Society before
embarking on her own teaching career. She has studied in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Peru</st1:country-region></st1:place> with the indigenous medicine
women and men of the Q’ero nation as well as with Jose Luis Herrera, of Rainbow
Jaguar and the Andean Research Institute. Mindy’s quantum leap took place when
Doreen Virtue, the premier expert on Angels, gave her an on air reading that
urged her to help other lightworkers find their way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Mindy lives in <st1:place w:st="on">Southwest
Missouri</st1:place>, loves to hike, canoe and expand her connection to the
land she loves. She has a passion for holistic health, the environment and
animals. She campaigns for organic food safety, natural health choices and
alternative energy sources, and especially TREES!<o:p></o:p></span></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-32725875318739729942022-07-05T14:42:00.002-05:002022-07-05T18:31:00.812-05:00July 9th Speaker <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;">Captain Michael Spencer Penland </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;">, Retired. 1986-2013. Began career at 19 in the Vehicle Service Center. At 21 years old began career as a reserve deputy then w</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNd3-vxgbP2wG8mTPJT0YfNEmw261mfTyOWGxAajdBqDuTPJ961tGQysNNLjJua1j3lYVXVV8wEspQqEt2-qPvgUj-rQzMaBvhdEnvYUuljtMlXRO3gE2aTnpo5B3nZdugV71hPCq8MsILbWvjBsFD_FVc21NnckAFTT93efQ30wGcJQygLIOXf3FXbA" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="188" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNd3-vxgbP2wG8mTPJT0YfNEmw261mfTyOWGxAajdBqDuTPJ961tGQysNNLjJua1j3lYVXVV8wEspQqEt2-qPvgUj-rQzMaBvhdEnvYUuljtMlXRO3gE2aTnpo5B3nZdugV71hPCq8MsILbWvjBsFD_FVc21NnckAFTT93efQ30wGcJQygLIOXf3FXbA" width="219" /></a></span></div><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />ent full time on patrol in 1992. Spent his entire career in the Patrol division rising to the rank of Patrol Lt. Promoted to the rank of Captain in 2008 and assumed command of the Administration division retiring out in 2013. <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;">Captain Jim Barber </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;">, Retired Years of service 1984-2008 Began his career in 1984 as a patrol reserve going into patrol full time in 1986. Rose to the rank of Patrol Lt in 1997 then promoted to Patrol Captain in 1997 over the entire Patrol division. Moved to the Criminal Investigation Division..CID in 2006 overseeing at operational control of the detectives. Transferred to the training division in 2008 before retiring that same year. Both Captain Barber and Captain Penland have remained close personal friends thru out their entire careers and have mentored most all of the current senior command level Deputy’s that currently oversee the Sheriff’s Office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-24755401000760682692022-04-06T15:50:00.003-05:002022-04-06T15:50:41.931-05:00April Speaker, Greene County Medical Examiner Tom Van De Berg<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-weight: bold;">Greene County Medical Examiner, Tom Van De Berg </span><span lang="en-US">will speak to Sleuths’ Ink in April. Autopsies and external examinations are performed at the Medical Examiner’s Office. Cases are referred to the medical examiner based on criteria set forth in Missouri Statutes. The Medical Exam</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs7v3AHl48G22je85m5xFj_5hv-JD4VGTjU6SY-C0-S27_tfH7_OL7pVaQfJKk_baOc741D02ftDNxoDgp5ZjNja3QhnQh3ajsUa2-rRI7hnStrvnW5uJqVPRDFAFqDtwnHBRJRiJUSx5_DexhS8IiLt0RkxdAhBmnzvYbsP_zeQN5an0DKwSFUX85Ag" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="134" data-original-width="100" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs7v3AHl48G22je85m5xFj_5hv-JD4VGTjU6SY-C0-S27_tfH7_OL7pVaQfJKk_baOc741D02ftDNxoDgp5ZjNja3QhnQh3ajsUa2-rRI7hnStrvnW5uJqVPRDFAFqDtwnHBRJRiJUSx5_DexhS8IiLt0RkxdAhBmnzvYbsP_zeQN5an0DKwSFUX85Ag" width="179" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />iner will determine the need for an autopsy based on the information received through initial investigation. An autopsy is not done on every case referred to the Medical Examiner. Bodies are released to the funeral home of the next of kin’s choice as soon as the Medical Examiner has completed the examination. <o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-71695540564537636442022-03-02T08:26:00.000-06:002022-03-02T08:26:08.396-06:00March Speaker/Dr. Arthur Mallory<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Dr. Arthur Mallory served as dean of education for the University of Missouri-St. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Louis and as president of MSU, then known as Southwest Missouri State University, for 6 1/2 years. Starting in 1971, he was named the Missouri State's Commissioner of Education and served in that capacity 18 years</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> </span></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-37463256439216862972022-02-13T17:22:00.002-06:002022-02-13T17:22:34.842-06:00JANO PARTY 2022<p> Our 12th Annual JANO event and subsequent party was a huge success. Here are a few pictures. Can't wait for next year.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6SLdVjqt0grzvcvu-XqXQ0ZW_cKbv4B49H2cEMUaOlhW4P7GwtdLUG6bu3dL-N7RYrqcQMN1SrvFCTrdi-uczOzDP1KdP9NzDpEI8VUhvzSH3Ns9rH1H-im8zRwZU-xE0eoARa8l5MkaVt9SjscUxA2O3HHoCBcL8q7LqFHumQdupviaCu6bY1F8RhA=s2000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2000" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6SLdVjqt0grzvcvu-XqXQ0ZW_cKbv4B49H2cEMUaOlhW4P7GwtdLUG6bu3dL-N7RYrqcQMN1SrvFCTrdi-uczOzDP1KdP9NzDpEI8VUhvzSH3Ns9rH1H-im8zRwZU-xE0eoARa8l5MkaVt9SjscUxA2O3HHoCBcL8q7LqFHumQdupviaCu6bY1F8RhA=w637-h510" width="637" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-61935196854150596892021-12-09T18:21:00.000-06:002021-12-09T18:21:01.080-06:00December Meeting/HOLIDAY PARTY<p> December is our annual holiday party. Not only will we share food and munchies from our members, but we'll vote on the 25-word holiday contest story. We'll also have a Dirty/Secret Santa (whatever you prefer to call it) Those in attendance need to bring a wrapped $5-ish gift to participate.</p><p>We'll also talk about our upcoming JANO event and the MEGA WRITE-IN we sponsor with Ozark Romance Authors in January. </p><p>Join us at The Library Center in Room A at 11 AM. Afterwards, a few members of Sleuths' Ink will participate in a BOOK SIGNING from 2 - 4 at HyVee on W. Battlefield. Hope to see everyone Saturday.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-24762809907744899872021-10-19T13:11:00.001-05:002021-10-19T13:11:44.761-05:00NOVEMBER MEETING<p>You won't want to miss our November 13th meeting. Our very own Nancy Dailey will be sharing her recent experiences in the Civilian Police Academy.</p><p>Not only did she get extensive training on how officers perform their jobs, but she also learned to shoot a gun and participated in an all-day RIDE-ALONG. There's some interesting stories in there.</p><p>Here's a picture of Nancy celebrating her 70th birthday by doing her first-ever zip-line. Need I say more? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QjlbbKzouQf-CESw2ndO4n6LQTQgxnmv1A6Qwd8YhC4l154qSEWrFxRnL6U4FwjhXYdhbK2EgDPhuIzz8D6J6tHIyOE_WDLgq6IJ8iAD2cclrZD1gg6Fop40tjZpWZJVvEr_r58FDzPW/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="720" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QjlbbKzouQf-CESw2ndO4n6LQTQgxnmv1A6Qwd8YhC4l154qSEWrFxRnL6U4FwjhXYdhbK2EgDPhuIzz8D6J6tHIyOE_WDLgq6IJ8iAD2cclrZD1gg6Fop40tjZpWZJVvEr_r58FDzPW/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Meeting starts at 10:30. Nancy will talk from 11 - noonish. See you there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Library Center on South Campbell in ROOM A. </p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-50936867587100041362021-09-07T08:54:00.001-05:002021-09-07T08:54:24.961-05:00September Speaker, Tim Ritter<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K6hWMSeJj3Cyy0YpxMFpKzJgJr7SWvp-VsB3AEH3cUCKGtE8NYj3B7Q8f2tMUzyvOuCHl59hOjoKeSFeMWJj-xwecQTACHNn4N-4FmlyL2Zl_ZlYj8uf0ATH6A-W6otrp5sBtE8iVuYB/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="690" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7K6hWMSeJj3Cyy0YpxMFpKzJgJr7SWvp-VsB3AEH3cUCKGtE8NYj3B7Q8f2tMUzyvOuCHl59hOjoKeSFeMWJj-xwecQTACHNn4N-4FmlyL2Zl_ZlYj8uf0ATH6A-W6otrp5sBtE8iVuYB/w119-h119/image.png" width="119" /></a></div><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">A native of Springfield, Missouri, Tim Ritter discovered writing and public speaking early in life. By age 13, he had written two children’s adventure books, several plays and cre<br />ated his own comic strip. He also discovered he liked being on stage, and how people tended to listen when he spoke into a microphone. Continuing writing in college, Tim began to experiment with poetry. Over the next 30 years, he recorded his deeply personal thoughts and experiences which ultimately became his first published book, </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Soul Sketches</span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">, which was re-released in 2020 as a second edition featuring a mix of poetry and short stories.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Throughout his professional career as a mechanical engineer, Tim wrote technical articles for national trade magazines and was the featured speaker at seminars across the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Upon becoming a Civil War reenactor in 1999, he began writing about his experiences on and off the battlefield, a collection of which was published in 2013 in his book </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Cooter Up! Adventures of a Civil War Reenactor</span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">His newest book, a work of creative nonfiction entitled </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Sarah Burning</span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> is planned for release in October 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Now retired, Tim lives outside Fair Grove, Missouri, with his wife Lisa, writing full time and speaking to civic groups and organizations on a variety of topics. He is a board member of the Douglas County Historical Society as well as the Springfield Writers Guild, and is a member of the Christian County Historical Society, Ozarks Genealogical Society, and the Poe Studies Association.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-10816206160956082892021-07-09T08:59:00.005-05:002021-07-09T08:59:56.351-05:00July Speaker, DEE WAMPLER<p> Join Sleuths' Ink on Saturday, July 10th at 10 AM to hear Springfield Attorney, Dee Wampler at The Library Center on South Campbell. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8PtwwJm6LULGqEteRfVqAiL_3Jfq-c59zpeklBSBrSwczPHkHdLm60N-NOozDKOKjqaO41aUEuOoBoG05iMQHTfWm9hW9Jvw8dH4M6DxK8jk4zMuy19yvj_Huxb9NrNUMiLMgrim1oTn/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="321" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8PtwwJm6LULGqEteRfVqAiL_3Jfq-c59zpeklBSBrSwczPHkHdLm60N-NOozDKOKjqaO41aUEuOoBoG05iMQHTfWm9hW9Jvw8dH4M6DxK8jk4zMuy19yvj_Huxb9NrNUMiLMgrim1oTn/" width="151" /></a></div><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;">With over 50 years of courtroom experience, attorney </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;">Dee Wampler </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;">has<br /> a vast knowledge of trial procedures and the law that few lawyers can match. His record of success in and out of Missouri and Arkansas courtrooms is one of the reasons Dee Wampler has earned a reputation as one of the premier criminal defense attorneys in the region. </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Shirleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337958837908666504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052111884235633563.post-90252201955206338902021-06-10T17:34:00.003-05:002021-06-10T17:34:50.933-05:00June Speaker/We're back in PERSON<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 72.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;">Rosalie Lombardo</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;"> is an award-winning author. Her articles have been published in national and international periodicals and anthologies: Traveling in the Sixties, Creative Collections (Springfield Writers Guild) and Sleuths’ Ink Mystery Writers. She was a featured columnist for a regional magazine.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kR6A_egRqPJfub-vWjgqPqN6ZN-mh-1L1mfYZ8pMxTDWtbVWoL0FTwh9PBHzw6qbPRXEEPGk8KbkOUHcc3AccBRm7ujRopdj-yOXAuwkS-plsHeJDHPwIlcQ2lKO8MX4d9oqLrP-n6Vv/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="194" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kR6A_egRqPJfub-vWjgqPqN6ZN-mh-1L1mfYZ8pMxTDWtbVWoL0FTwh9PBHzw6qbPRXEEPGk8KbkOUHcc3AccBRm7ujRopdj-yOXAuwkS-plsHeJDHPwIlcQ2lKO8MX4d9oqLrP-n6Vv/" width="239" /></a></div><br /><br />
<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Her love for diversity compels her to write in various genres. Her passion for children’s stories inspired this picture book for adults.<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 72.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Rosalie has taught classes in metaphysics, meditation, energy medicine, health and healing techniques throughout the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 72.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>She is a member of the International Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, The Springfield Writers Guild and <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 72.0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-align: justify; text-justify: newspaper; text-justify: newspaper; text-kashida-space: 50%; text-kashida-space: 50%;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-arabic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-armenian-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-currency-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-default-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-greek-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hebrew-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latin-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ligatures: none;">The Sleuths’ Ink Mystery Writers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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