Shawano Area Writers met Thursday, June 17 in a conference room at the Shawano County Library. There were nine members present plus one visitor: Manuel Moraleda, Lee Pulaski, Dennis Vickers and his daughter Becca, who is currently teaching art in Bangkok, Wendy Goerl, John Mutter, Twilla Beyer, Barbara King, Tom Thorstenson, and Trudy Bosman. Dennis Vickers, president, started the meeting…
Month: June 2021
Contest judge expresses gratitude
The Shawano Area Writers recently received a letter from one of our recent contest judges, Carol Lee Saffioti-Hughes, who helped determine the winners of our poetry category. She expressed her gratitude to the school teachers and staff who inspire these students to write. It was a pleasure and honor to judge this year’s contest in…
Barb King | The Children in the Garden, Prologue
Barb King, one of the Shawano Area Writers, is currently putting together a mystery novel titled “The Children in the Garden.” When the Writers met May 20 at the Farm Inn in Shawano, she read the prologue from her book, a heartbreaking scene about what might happen if you talk to strangers. Every time the…