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If you would like to take a step away from serious writing, if you need a chuckle or a simple feel-good story, try reading one of my Blossom and Ferdinand stories. Blossom is a cow with attitude and imagination. Let your imagination run free, too, and stop in to read her newest story: Pistol-Packing Mamas,…
I am very excited about the changes for KWA this year, not that the previous years have been bad. Everything changes over time. Hopefully, the changes help smooth procedures out, help add benefits to members, and help everyone get more comfortable with their fellow authors. Erin has done a wonderful job creating a new website…
Rachel Dayvault, a former KWA board member and author of the novel Toward the Sun-Rising, passed away Jan. 12. You can view her obituary here. Rachel was a published writer at 16, worked as a travel writer, and contributed over three dozen creative non-fiction stories and essays to area publications. She also wrote humorous verse,…
You can still reach the pages from our old website. Just click on the links below to reach some of the more frequently used pages until we have the new versions ready: News Workshops
I heard the news last night and I still get actual chills whenever I think about it (apart from the single-digit shivers we’re all having this week). Local author Clare Vanderpool has won the John Newbery Medal for children’s literature! Her YA novel, Moon Over Manifest, was published last fall. This is exciting for me…
Saturday, Jan. 15 1:30-4 p.m. Rockwell Public Library, Wichita, KS TOPIC: Goals, Ideas, and Organization for your Writing