KWA meets the third Saturday of every month at the Sedgwick County Extension Office, 7001 W. 21st St. N. 67205. Meetings are from 1:30 to 4 pm.
2022 Meetings & Agenda
Jan 15 – Discuss setting and making goals, links to helpful writing websites, motivating you the writer and other writers
Feb 19 -NOTE: The meeting will be at CGP Group, 740 W 2nd, Ste 200 (the building across from the new main library). Discuss writing romance, writing goals, and more.
Mar 19 – Discuss promotion and upcoming programs.
Apr 16 – Racine Zackula, from the Wichita Public Library, will speak about a number of topics of interest for authors. She will also take questions from the members during her program time, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Dustin Boettcher will also discuss aspects of poetry and the different styles.
May 21 – Katherine Pritchett will lead a discussion on the importance of the right title. There will also be a short presentation about “The Best Book” lists.
Jun 18 – Open House to promote KWA. Ben Sutherland will do a program on the Hero’s Journey.
Jul 16 – We will discuss characterization and possibly have a guest speaker.
Aug 20 – A speaker from the Wichita Library will present a program on setting up a website and using social media.
Sep 17 – The program will be on researching, with members discussing how they go about it. And we will discuss publishing options.
Oct 15 – We will discuss getting set up for NaNoWriMo that officially starts November 1.
Nov 19 – Elections. Update on NaNoWriMo members’ status. Program TBD.
Dec 17 – Our annual holiday party.