All Eugene meetings are on the first Thursday of the month (except January 2015, which meets the 2nd Thursday)
2014
4 September 2014
- activity: What We Learned at the WWC14
- talk: Nina Kiriki Hoffman
2 October 2014
- activity: Plotting Questions to Ask Yourself while Planning Your Current Book
- talk: Jimmy Edgeworth
6 November 2014
- activity: Learn about NaNoWriMo (not an official NaNoWriMo event)
- talk: Cidney Swanson “Making Sense of POV in the Middle Grade and YA Novel”
December 2014–no meeting
2015
8 January 2015 (2nd Thursday!)
- activity: Writing Group Speed Dating
- talk: Ron Burley “The Business of Writing”
5 February 2015
- activity: Acknowledge Last Year’s Writing Accomplishments & Set Writing Goals for 2015
- talk: Cai Emmons
5 March 2015
- activity: fifteen minutes of ???
- talk: Nora Profit “Little Known Writing Blunders That Could End You Up in the Writing Slush Pile”
2April 2015
- activity: What We Learned at the Wordcrafters Conference
- talk: Elizabeth Engstrom
7 May 2015
- Author Panel: Kids, Career, & Chaos – How Writers Get Writing Done
June 4, 2015
- 2nd Annual Authors Gala–writers and their readings
About Our Monthly Mid-Valley Chapter Meetings & Speaker Series
Meeting Date & Schedule
- First Thursday of the month (unless it conflicts with a holiday, usually Sept. and/or Jan.) from September-May. No meetings in December, July or August.
- 6:30-7:00 p.m., Activity, Social ,and Refreshments
- 7:00-7:15 p.m., News, Upcoming Events, and Member Announcements
- 7:15-8:30 p.m., Speaker
- 8:30 p.m., Drawing for Free Gift
- 8:30-9:00 p.m., Questions and Book Signing
Cost
Chapters meetings are free to members of Willamette Writers and full-time college students, suggested $10 donation for non-members.
Meeting Location
Unless noted otherwise, all meetings are held at Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St., Eugene, OR 97405 (location and directions)