Do you enjoy writing? Please plan on attending our Sun Lakes writing group. We meet at the Cottonwood Ceramics Room (A-8) on each Tuesday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Please arrive at 12:30 p.m. for easy conversation before we start our group at 1:00 p.m. Each week, we choose two words to write on the…
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Features, February 2018
Sun Lakes author publishes murder mystery
Russ Smith, a 10-year resident of Oakwood, recently wrote and published a “who did it” thriller entitled Table 29 – A Murder Mystery. The story is about the eight people who are seated at the same table in the first-class dining room of a luxury ocean liner on a transatlantic crossing. The reader, after getting…
Clubs & Classes, January 2018
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group
Sun Lakes Writers Group meeting notice Barbara Schwartz Do you enjoy writing? Stories? Memories? Family histories? Please plan on attending our Sun Lakes writing group. We meet at the Cottonwood Ceramics Room (A-8) on each Tuesday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Please arrive at 12:30 p.m. for easy conversation before we start our group…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
New Horizons Writers’ Group
AARP Romance Ruby Regina Witcraft They met, alone, in the darkened kitchen of their home while soft jazz was playing in the other room. Passion has no meeting place boundaries as their eyes met. She had visions of him sweeping the bowl off of the dining room table and laying her gently down on the…
Features, November 2017
An interview with Sun Lakes author R. T. Wiley
What inspired you to write crime mystery novels? With a law enforcement background, I thought it would be easier to write about a subject I was familiar with. My stories are fictional for the most part but, then again, there is an element of truth in each of them. When you’re not writing, how do…
Clubs & Classes, November 2017
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group
Just a few Suggestions Dick Nelsen This is just a few ideas that might help make life a little easier. Based on my observation and watching television commercials. Lately, the hamburger stores are trying to one up their competitor on who can make the tallest hamburger. Not necessarily the best hamburger but the one that…
Clubs & Classes, November 2017
New Horizons Writers’ Group
What is New Horizons Writer’s Group? Bob Hirt For the newer members of our group, I thought it appropriate to restate some of the policies and thoughts about our group that you may not be familiar with. I, and most of us, wanted it to be open and casual with one another. We want to…
Clubs & Classes, October 2017
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group
The Dingers Ellie Clark Sitting in the kitchen sipping my tea; Something needs attention from me; I listen intently and look around; It’s at that time the nuisance is found; I go to the timer I think is dinging; Only to discover it isn’t ringing; I check the washer and the dryer; Only to discover…
Clubs & Classes, September 2017
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group
Little Old Decrepit Lady Ruby Regina Witcraft Yes, that could be me! Much as I refuse the title, there are signs. Loss of hearing, dim eyesight, creaking bones, forgetfulness, balance, etc. However, I refuse to shuffle or stoop and try to walk very energetically as if I were 17 again. We all know that in…
Clubs & Classes, September 2017
New Horizons Writers’ Group
Fear in the water Bob Hirt Our old black Buick careened down the steep gravel wash toward the water’s edge of my family’s favorite swimming place. Burden Lake is a small lake in the back reaches of Rensselaer County in the Hudson Valley of New York State. It seems like very few people know or…