Author: Starla

In April, the KWA will have another guest speaker. Randy Clinkscales, who founded Clinkscales Elder Law Practice, P.A. in 1985. He will be speaking to the group about a range of legal matters.

Join us while Randy Clinkscales talks about some vital information including:

• One of the greatest fears is losing your home, retirement, savings or business to long term care cost.
• Learn how to avoid losing your life savings to the nursing home or to Medicaid.
• Learn how to protect your assets and royalties after you die.*
• Learn the ins and outs of irrevocable and revocable trusts and which one is for you.
• Learn the most important things to think about for estate planning in your second half of life.

*Personally, I’m hoping this will be a good portion of his presentation and he will talk about how to make sure our loved ones still get our royalties.

NOTICE: The group will NOT be meeting in the usual room, (which is the second room on the left just past the main desk.) Instead, the meeting will be held at the usual time in the Arteaga BC room (at the end of the first hallway on the right) at the Evergreen Public Library Branch, located at 2601 N. Arkansas Ave. in Wichita, Ks. 

The official meeting is from 1:30 to 4. However, if you would like a little time to just visit with your fellow writers, showing up closer to 1:00 is an option. Generally, the group takes a short break halfway through the meeting. If a break hasn’t been officially called and you need to step out, please do so. 

As usual the meeting will wrap up around 3:30-3:45 to allow time to rearrange tables and chairs if needed, as well as put away the ones that have been gotten out. The library also now requires the trash be taken out. Thank you to those who are able and willing to help.

Once more, the meeting will be held Saturday, April 4th, from 1:30-4PM at the Evergreen Public Library Branch, located at 2601 N. Arkansas Ave. in Wichita, KS.

Wichita Public Library – Evergreen Branch 

(316) 303-8181

While the meeting attendance was slightly smaller than usual, it was a good one. Instead of having a program presented on Dialogue, there were other lively discussions.

The group has decided to do two anthologies: our regular more adult one and another for children’s writers. Guidelines will soon be announced along with the deadlines for entries.

Following that discussion, members present had an opportunity to share a little about their current projects and any writing news they wanted to share.

KWA had a special speaker, Steven Owens, for the monthly meeting. As an audio book narrator/producer, he presented a program all about the Ins and Outs of audio books. He pointed out that audio books are becoming the major way books are “read” today.

Steven shared with the group the complicated steps it takes to create an audio book. It is far more than simply closing yourself in a small, fairly sound-proof space to record a book.

KWA had Laurie L.Dove, author of Mask of the Deer Woman, share about her book and her history as an author.