We will be meeting at the Sedgwick County Extension office, 7001 W. 21st Street N.Wichita, Ks 67205, 1:30 to 4. The extension office is at 21st and Ridge; you can enter from either side. Starla will start our discussion about Websites for Authors. This will include WHY you should seriously consider having one and many…
Upcoming Ideas
NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month Many of you know about this helpful event for writers that takes place in November. But are you aware that there are a lot of supportive groups that communicate year-long? If you are curious, check out NaNoWriMo Forums. We talked about the whole NaNoWriMo matter at the August meeting….
August 21 KWA Meeting
We have confirmed our reservation for the Sunflower Room (with the tables set up) at the K-State Extension Office (Ridge and 21st, 7001 W 21st St, Wichita, KS 67205 https://www.sedgwick.k-state.edu/) for our August 21st meeting, 1:30-4:30. In light of the rising Covid numbers, we ask that you mask, regardless of vaccination status, for the meeting. If you do…
July 17th KWA Meeting
We have the Meadowlark meeting room booked in the easy to access, K-State Extension facility at 21st and Ridge in Wichita. Here is the link to the facility’s website. https://www.sedgwick.k-state.edu/sedgwick_county… This is a great facility, and we have room to add many more new members. So bring a friend! The meeting is open to anyone…
June 19th Meeting – New location
The Rockwell Library where we used to meet is not yet available, but we have reserved the Sunflower Room at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center from 1:30 to 4:00 for June 19. The extension center is west of Sedgwick County Park, which is west of the Zoo. The address is: 7001 W 21st St, Wichita, KS 67205….
May 15 KWA Meeting – Zoom
Will still be meeting via Zoom, although, if the Library is not available for June, we may have an alternative site to meet in person. Subject this time will be plotting, tension, and how to control various elements of your story. Remember, unless your characters hijack your story, you are in control of everything: timing,…
March 20 KWA Meeting and Handouts
Wendell Skinner led a discussion on SciFi and Fantasy, looking specifically at world creation and magic. There were five handouts involved and they are in the Handouts section as March 2021 Handouts. https://kwawriters.org/march-2021-handouts/ The April meeting discussing poetry will be led by Dustin. Again, the meeting will be by Zoom.
March 20 Zoom KWA Meeting
Wendell will lead a discussion about writing fantasy. KWA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: KWA’s March Zoom Meeting Time: Mar 20, 2021 01:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/99673380609?pwd=V2g0dnRVcmdCaDBxZkZNT280d3ZSQT09 Meeting ID: 996 7338 0609 Passcode: 598444 One tap mobile +12532158782,,99673380609#,,,,*598444# US (Tacoma) +13462487799,,99673380609#,,,,*598444# US (Houston)
Notes from February 20 Meeting
Love is in the Air (Imagine Barry White singing…) Romance is an age-old genre. In fact, none of us would be here without some form of romance. Though I did have a fellow suggest to me once that lust might be enough… Wikipedia has a lot of info about romance, suggesting that the first romance…
February 20 Meeting
Here are the details for our zoom meeting on Saturday at 1:30. We will have a special guest joining us to discuss and answer questions about her career as a romance author. KWA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: February KWA Meeting Time: Feb 20, 2021 01:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)…