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Article from Sal Buttacci
WV Writers own Sal Buttacci has an article on Poetry.About.com regarding poetry and the public recital thereof. Check it out for yourself at the following LINK.And while the poetry recital written of in the article was not well attended, one of Sal's that had a better...
Fund-raising Through Science Fiction
(THE FOLLOWING STORY AND TEXT COMES FROM THE io9 WEBSITE. IT IS VERY TIME SENSITIVE, SO PLEASE GIVE IT A LOOK ASAP)Now's your chance to help one of science fiction's most entertaining writers, and get yourself some neat fiction into the bargain. Spider Robinson's wife...
“So You Want to Write a Book” workshop
Rosalyn Queen Alonso will be conducting a workshop entitled "So You Want To Write A Book" at the United Technical Center on RT. 19 N, in Clarksburg. It will start on February 2 and run for eight weeks from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. The course will cover the basics from...
Jayne Ann Phillips on her home town origins as a writer
WV author Jayne Ann Phillips has published an article in Smithsonian Magazine on growing up in Buckhannon, W. Va., and how such small towns make perfect starting points for writers.Thanks to Steve Goff for the forward.Read the article online HERE.
Another passing…
Kirk Judd alerted us that West Virginia has lost another of its best poets. Paul Curry Steele, originally of Charleston, died Monday, December 22, at the Edgewood Manner in Lucasville, Ohio. Mr. Steele was 81.From his obituary in the Logan Banner: "Paul was the son of...
Keith Pitzer’s passing.
Received some sad news today from friend of WV Writers, Pops Walker, regarding the passing of another friend of our organization, Keith Pitzer.Pops writes... Friends and loved ones…. It’s with a heavy heart that I write to you today, for we have lost a great friend...