If you cannot join us in person for the meeting, join us on Zoom any time after 9:30 a.m.
Zoom Link:
Meeting ID: 848 5763 5356
Passcode: 955704
Tim Ritter
May 28, 2022
The Library Center – Conference Rooms A & B 4653 S. Campbell Ave., Springfield, MO 65810
“Sifting Through the Ashes: “Adventures in Research ”
VISITORS
ARE
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WELCOME!
UPCOMING MEETINGS SPEAKERS:
June – Paul Bass: Confessions of an Overconfident Writer
July – TBA
August – TBA
September – Carrol Lund: Writing Characters with Mental Illness
October – TBA
November – Christmas Party
Message from the 2022 SWG President
Hello, fellow writers! I am so excited as we kick off a new year of Springfield Writers Guild! We have before us yet another opportunity to hone our craft, support one another, and share ideas and inspiration.
The Library Center is reserved for the entire calendar year, so we will spend all of 2022 in one place for our meetings. The only caveat is the March meeting. The good news is we have both smaller community rooms (next to the big conference room), which hold up to 65 people. So we will enjoy all our meetings in one location this year. We will continue to provide a hybrid environment, allowing members to join us remotely on Zoom as well.
As president this year, I intend to focus on inclusion. So often we find ourselves talking about publishing books, and that is indeed the goal of many of our members. But we also have members published in magazines, newspapers, and anthologies. We have folks who write genealogical books for their families. We have screenplay writers and playwrights, and some who are busy writing poetry in notebooks, dreaming about the day when their words might be read by someone else (that’s where I was in my 30s). All of us who write have been given a gift, and that gift, that creative spirit within us, makes us whole. So let us all come together, let us all have a voice, and let us all learn and enjoy this wonderful thing we do called, ‘Writing.’
Tim Ritter
SWG President
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SWG, ORA, & SLEUTH’S INK are pleased to present:
BETWEEN THE PAGES WRITERS CONFERENCE 2022
JUNE 17-19, 2022
JOIN US FOR AN EXCITING LINEUP OF GUEST SPEAKERS, WORKSHOPS, CONTESTS, HEADSHOTS, AGENT/PUBLISHER PITCHES, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK WITH INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS.
MORE INFO / REGISTER HERE
**SWG MEMBERS – Find your discounted registration in the “Members Only” page.
See conference extras to sign up for headshots, agent pitches, and author tables.
BTP Writers Con
Ozarks Romance Authors
Sleuths’ Ink Mystery Writers
Springfield Writers Guild
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Bring YOUR Written Works to Mentor Hour!
Get valuable feedback from your peers by submitting a sample of writing to be constructively critiqued. Members should email their work a week before the meeting as an attachment to springfieldwritersguild@gmail.com. Type MENTOR HOUR SUBMISSION in your email subject line.
- Up to 3 pages, double spaced, 1-inch margins, in 12pt Times New Roman font
- Submissions are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis
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SWG Genre Groups
Genre groups meet once or twice a month separate from the Springfield Writers’ Guild meeting.
Thriller Group
Leader: John Cawlfield
Meeting Schedule: 7:00 PM -2nd Tuesday of the month via Zoom
Contact Info: john.cawlfield@att.net
Non-Fiction Group
Leader: Tim Ritter
Meeting Schedule: 7:00 PM – 3rd or 4th Tuesday of the month via Zoom
Contact Info: tritterman@gmail.com
Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror Group
Leader: Kim Brixey
Meeting Schedule: Second Wednesday of the month at 7pm on Zoom and immediately following the Guild meeting on the fourth Saturday of the month
Contact Info: brixey.ks@gmail.com
Christian / Inspirational Group
Leader: Ruth Hunter
Meeting Schedule: First Monday of the month, and immediately following the Guild meeting.
Contact Info: ruth.hunter72@gmail.com
Springfield Writers' Guild 
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Would you propose starting with a free platform like WordPress or go for a paid option? There are so many options out there that I’m totally overwhelmed ..
Any tips? Thank you!
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You have a very nice and informative website. I’ve been away from the Guild for years and just joined again this evening (although I marked “new member”). I’ll be there at the meeting on August 26th–hopefully with something for critique.
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I have written what I hope to be 2 children’s books but have no idea how to go about having them published. They are written in ryhme and I know they would need illustration. I self published once but that was poetry and wasn’t very successful. I would really like these 2 books to be noticed. Any suggestions on what I should do?
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Come to our meetings. We have illustrators, editors, and publishers there who will point you in the right direction to finish your books. We meet every fourth Saturday at McAlister’s in Springfield. (See map at bottom).
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Hello I’m Mia Huskisson I’m an aspiring writing working towards becoming an author Would you allow me to observe a meeting to see if your group might be a good fit for me?
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Anyone is welcome to visit the group at no charge. If you want to become a member, you have that option. The next meeting is at McAlisters (Battlefield and Kansas) on Feb. 22, starting at 11:00 a.m.
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I am close to completing a non-fiction book. I’m 86, so I don’t expect it to be the first of many. I know zip about getting a book edited and printed. I need to engage someone who will help me these things. How should I go about finding the help I need?
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Greetings, Shirley. We will forward you to someone who can help and give some advice.
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Shirley – contact casimonson@hotmail.com
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I would like to come and what you guys can teach me about writing I’m just starting and I need all the advice I can get thanks
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You are welcome to join our writers’ group at any time. We will begin meeting again in January. Keep checking the SWG website for information, or look on our Facebook page – Look for Springfield Writers Guild forum. Our group is diversified with young, old, men, women, published, and beginners.
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