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SUMMARY:Olney Writer's Group - Virtual
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DESCRIPTION:The Olney Writer's Group provides a regular forum for the pres
 entation\, review\, and critique of works in progress. All styles of writi
 ng are welcome. College-aged and older. .\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/
 11672531
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="color: #000000\;">This friend
 ly group consists of writers who are in various stages of their projects (
 representing different genres). They meet twice/month\, usually the 2nd &a
 mp\; 4th Thursdays. For November and December\, the group meets on the 1st
  and 3rd Thursdays to avoid the holidays.</span></p>\n<p><span style="colo
 r: #000000\;">At each session\, members offer praise and constructive crit
 ique. In the two weeks prior to each meeting\, they review an author's wor
 k\, up to 10-12 pages double-spaced\, then discuss it at the next session.
  The group also shares resources\, exchanges ideas\, and holds literary ev
 ents to present their work publicly.</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #0
 00000\;"><strong>Registration is required.</strong> Registrants will be em
 ailed a link to access the meeting before the event. Please register for <
 strong>one session only</strong>\; once you join the group\, subsequent no
 tifications will be sent directly to your email. Also\, new members will r
 eceive access to the writings at their first meeting.<br /></span></p>\n<p
 ><em><span style="color: #000000\;">Please feel free to join the meeting ~
 10 minutes early to check your connection\, settings\, etc.</span><br /><b
 r /></em></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong>OLNEY WRITER'S GR
 OUP MEMBERS - SELECT PUBLISHED WORK ON OLNEY LIBRARY'S "LOCAL AUTHOR SHELF
 "&nbsp\;</strong></span></p>\n<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><e
 m><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/386923?searchId=18237587
 &amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" target="_blank"
  rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;">Anthology: Thursday stories</a></
 em></span><br /></strong><span style="color: #000000\;">Edited by <strong>
 Andrew Hiller\, Bryan M Byrd and Emily Wood</strong></span><br /><span sty
 le="color: #000000\;">Self-Published: Montgomery Writers\, 2018</span><br 
 /><span style="color: #000000\;">Authors include: <strong>Mark Ballweg\, A
 ndrew Hiller\, William Jacobs\, Linda Meyer\, Mary Salmonsen and Emily Woo
 d</strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong>BRYAN M. 
 BYRD<br /><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><em><a href="https://mcpl.aspendi
 scovery.org/Record/531039?searchId=19802732&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1
 &amp\;referred=resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #
 0000ff\;">Surviving paradise: the perils and pleasures of the Caribbean</a
 ></em></span><br /></strong>Novacom Press\, 2024</span></p>\n<p><span styl
 e="color: #000000\;"><strong>ANDREW HILLER<br /></strong></span><span styl
 e="color: #000000\;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https
 ://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/553265?searchId=19802457&amp\;recordInde
 x=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" 
 style="color: #0000ff\;"><em>Pitter Patty Finds Another Day</em></a></span
 ><br /></strong>DreamPunk Press\, 2023</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: 
 #000000\;"></span><span style="color: #000000\;"></span><span style="color
 : #000000\;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><em><a href="https://m
 cpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/386924?searchId=19802531&amp\;recordIndex=1&
 amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" styl
 e="color: #0000ff\;">A Climbing Stock</a></em></span><br /></strong>Self p
 ublished\, 2017</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong><spa
 n style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record
 /386925?searchId=19802549&amp\;recordIndex=2&amp\;page=&amp\;referred=resu
 ltIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;"><em>A Hal
 o of Mushrooms</em></a></span><br /></strong>Self published\, 2015</span><
 /p>\n<p></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong>JAMIE ZVIRZDIN<br 
 /><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/
 Record/467968?searchId=19801334&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referr
 ed=resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;"><e
 m>Subatomic Writing: Fundamental Lessons to Make Language Matter</em></a><
 /span><br /></strong>Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2023</span></p>\n<p>
 <span style="color: #000000\;"><strong>AMY CHAN ZHOU<br /><span style="col
 or: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/417304?sear
 chId=18237568&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" ta
 rget="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;"><em>Flowing with the
  pearl river: memoir of a red China girl</em></a></span> (available in MCP
 L's catalog) <br /></strong>Santa Monica Press\, 2022</span></p>\n<p><span
  style="color: #000000\;"><strong>MARIA SUNDY<br /><span style="color: #00
 00ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/411657?searchId=19
 801376&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" target="_
 blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;"><em>Prince Peter Ponce</em>
 </a></span><br /></strong>Salt Water Media\, LLC\, 2021</span></p>\n<p><sp
 an style="color: #000000\;"><strong>KAITLYN JAIN<br /><em>Passports and pa
 cifiers: traveling the world one tantrum at a time</em> (<span style="colo
 r: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Hoopla/16088037?sea
 rchId=19801406&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" t
 arget="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;">e-audio</a></span> 
 on Hoopla)<br /></strong>Boston BELS Publishing\, 2021</span><span style="
 color: #000000\;"><strong></strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #00
 0000\;"><strong>PATRICK BOYLE</strong></span><br /><span style="color: #00
 0000\;"><em><strong>Scout's honor: sexual abuse in America's most trusted 
 institution</strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: #000000\;">Prima
  Publishing\, 1994</span></p>\n<p></p>\n<p style="border: 5px solid black\
 ; padding: 50px\; background-image: linear-gradient(to right\, #f1d45e\,#F
 2CD37\,#f1d45e)\;"><strong>By joining this Virtual MCPL program\, you agre
 e to abide by our&nbsp\;<a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/po
 licies/behavior.html">rules of conduct</a>.&nbsp\;Library staff has the au
 thority to remove you from this program if we deem your behavior to be ina
 ppropriate\, to ensure the safety of staff and customers.<br /><br /><a hr
 ef="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/policies/zoom.html">Learn about
  MCPL's Zoom Security Settings</a></strong></p>\n<p><strong><span style="c
 olor: #000000\;"><br />Accommodation Requests</span></strong></p>\n<p>Peop
 le who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<strong><span styl
 e="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/acces
 sibility/interpreter.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0
 000ff\;">English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation</a></
 span></strong>&nbsp\;at least five days before the library-sponsored progr
 am they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility
  Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.</p
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