November Speaker/JJ Renek/ WILL YOU COMMIT MEDICAL MALPRACTICE? (When you write)

 

JJ Renek is the pen name, and alter ego, of retired physician Dr. Janna Trombold.

Pivoting from a major in English literature, she pursu
ed a career in obstetric n
ursing, and holds both a BSN and MSN in that field. A decade and two children later, she returned to medical school and obtained her MD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. During that time, she collaborated on several creative projects including faculty roasts and writing for the annual, irreverent senior video produced, in turn, by her medical school class.

Since retiring, JJ has penned seven suspense novels, and a collection of short stories across various genres. When not writing, she enjoys reading, traveling, interior design, and keeping an eye on current events. Gardening, putting up pickles – blah, blah, blah – she lives in the ‘Show-Me State’, minus any wild pets, where she writes full-time, or pretends to.

 

Ozark Creative Writers 2024

 

Sleuths' Ink Members at Ozark Creative Writers 2024.  

September Meeting

 Several of our members attended two national mystery conferences and conventions in August.  

Janna Trombold attended Killer Nashville in Tennesee, while Susan Keene, Lois Curran, Tierney James and Shirley McCann attended Bouchercon, a mystery writers' convention.

If your thinking of attending one of these huge annual events, come and here what these people have to say about them.

Join us at The Library Center on S, Campbell at 10:30 in the Auditorium. You do not have to be a member to visit, but we hope you'll like us so much you won't want to miss another meeting.

August Speaker/Chrissy (Clarissa) Willis

 Clarissa (Chrissy Willis) was the product of a minister and an actress. She has always had an active imagination and enjoys speaking and writing. She lived in nine states. She was a major corporation's senior vice president of publishing and was once arrested for horse theft

. As a child growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas, she wrote stories and got into trouble for a variety of mishaps, from the attempted murder of her brother, a crime she swears wasn’
t her fault, to robbing the collection plate at church. As an adult, she has provided workshops and keynote addresses in all 50 states and three foreign countries. She is the author of nineteen teacher resource books and four children’s books and is working on a memoir. In her spare time, she serves on the board for Ozark Creative Writers and Between the Pages.

JULY MEETING

 

The Bumber Shoots Writers Society will be speaking about Strength in numbers: Bringing creative people together to capitalize on the strengths of others.

Join us at McAlister's on W. Battlefield at 10:30  If staying for lunch, be sure and order ahead of time and have them deliver it to the writers group at 12:15.

 

May Speaker/Linda Apple - The Devil is in the Details

 

Born and raised in the south, Linda Apple

writes from her soul and speaks from her heart. Linda’s novels in her Moonlight Mississippi Series flow from her deep southern roots and the heritage instilled in her since childhood. Her fiction is influenced from the times spent with loved
ones, friends, or even total strangers. Memories of stories told over a table laden with food and yarns spun while sipping sweet iced tea under the shade of a Mimosa tree fuel her imagination.  Evening conversations on the front porch spoken over coffee, wine, perhaps something a little stronger or the comfortable silence shared while listening to the din of cicada and tree frog song in the thick, magnolia-perfumed air, all find a home in her books.

As a result of Linda’s respect for her heritage, she also writes nonfiction to help others to preserve theirs. Her books, Writing Life and Writing from Your Soul are focused on people who do not consider themselves writers. She wrote these books to be unintimidating by making the chapters short and easy to understand. They are also full of ideas and tips

 

April 13th Speaker/Marlon Hayes

 

Marlon S. Hayes is a writer, essayist, poet, publisher and novelist from Chicago, Illinois. He is also a full-time truck driver, travel expert, and weekend grill master.

His writing credits include magazines, anthologies, short story collections, blogs, and novels. He writes in most genres, and is constantly finding new ways to get his creations published, whether by doing it himself, or with traditional press
es.

Marlon is a strong believer in not putting all of one’s eggs in the same basket, and his talk will be full of the lessons he’s learned along the way. He will also discuss his evolution as a writer, sharing the tips and tricks every scribe should have in their toolbox. Fighting one’s own doubts and insecurities is a common problem and finding one’s fearlessness is the best solution.

His work can be found on Amazon, and he can be followed at Marlon’s Writings on Facebook and at marlonshayes