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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/
 16437109
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></strong>
 </span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong>FRANCENE MARY DIANE
  HILL<br /><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendisco
 very.org/Record/615217?searchId=32975674&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&am
 p\;referred=resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #000
 0ff\;"><em>Tiny tots in tiaras and tuxedos : the life\, love\, and busines
 s success of Kermit B. Hill</em></a></span><br /></strong>Greater Ville Pr
 ess\, 2025</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong>LINDA R. 
 MOORE<br /><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendisco
 very.org/Record/591401?searchId=29790239&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&am
 p\;referred=resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Reaching fo
 r Resilience" style="color: #0000ff\;"><em>Reaching for Resilience</em></a
 ></span><br /></strong>Self published\, 2025</span><span style="color: #00
 0000\;"><strong></strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><s
 trong>BRYAN M. BYRD<br /><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><em><a href="https
 ://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/531039?searchId=19802732&amp\;recordInde
 x=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" 
 style="color: #0000ff\;">Surviving paradise: the perils and pleasures of t
 he Caribbean</a></em></span><br /></strong>Novacom Press\, 20</span><span 
 style="color: #000000\;">24</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;">
 <strong>J. HERMAN KLEIGER</strong><br /><strong><span style="color: #0000f
 f\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Search/Results?join=AND&amp\
 ;bool0%5B%5D=AND&amp\;lookfor0%5B0%5D=Tears+Are+Only+Water&amp\;type0%5B0%
 5D=Title&amp\;lookfor0%5B1%5D=Kleiger&amp\;type0%5B1%5D=Author&amp\;submit
 =Find&amp\;filter%5B%5D=&amp\;filter%5B%5D=availability_toggle%3A%22global
 %22&amp\;filter%5B%5D=&amp\;filter%5B%5D=&amp\;filter%5B%5D=&amp\;filter%5
 B%5D=&amp\;filter%5B%5D=&amp\;filter%5B%5D=&amp\;filter%5B%5D=&amp\;filter
 %5B%5D=&amp\;filter%5B%5D=&amp\;filter%5B%5D=&amp\;filter%5B%5D=&amp\;filt
 er%5B%5D=&amp\;filter%5B%5D=&amp\;publishDateSortyearfrom=&amp\;publishDat
 eSortyearto=&amp\;filter%5B%5D=&amp\;filter%5B%5D=" target="_blank" rel="n
 oopener" style="color: #0000ff\;"><em>Tears Are Only Water</em></a></span>
 </strong><br />James Kleiger PC\, 2024<br /></span><span style="color: #00
 0000\;"></span><span style="color: #000000\;"></span></p>\n<p><span style=
 "color: #000000\;"><strong>ANDREW HILLER<br /></strong></span><span style=
 "color: #000000\;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https:/
 /mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/553265?searchId=19802457&amp\;recordIndex=
 1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" st
 yle="color: #0000ff\;"><em>Pitter Patty Finds Another Day</em></a></span><
 br /></strong>DreamPunk Press\, 2023</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #0
 00000\;"></span><span style="color: #000000\;"></span><span style="color: 
 #000000\;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff\;"><em><a href="https://mcp
 l.aspendiscovery.org/Record/386924?searchId=19802531&amp\;recordIndex=1&am
 p\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style=
 "color: #0000ff\;">A Climbing Stock</a></em></span><br /></strong>Self pub
 lished\, 2017</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong><span 
 style="color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/3
 86925?searchId=19802549&amp\;recordIndex=2&amp\;page=&amp\;referred=result
 Index" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;"><em>A Halo 
 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/Re
 cord/467968?searchId=19801334&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred
 =resultIndex" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;"><em>
 Subatomic Writing: Fundamental Lessons to Make Language Matter</em></a></s
 pan><br /></strong>Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2023</span></p>\n<p><s
 pan style="color: #000000\;"><strong>AMY CHAN ZHOU<br /><span style="color
 : #0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/417304?search
 Id=18237568&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" targ
 et="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;"><em>Flowing with the p
 earl river: memoir of a red China girl</em></a></span> (available in MCPL'
 s catalog) <br /></strong>Santa Monica Press\, 2022</span></p>\n<p><span s
 tyle="color: #000000\;"><strong>MARIA SUNDY<br /><span style="color: #0000
 ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/411657?searchId=1980
 1376&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" target="_bl
 ank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;"><em>Prince Peter Ponce</em></
 a></span><br /></strong>Salt Water Media\, LLC\, 2021</span></p>\n<p><span
  style="color: #000000\;"><strong>KAITLYN JAIN<br /><em>Passports and paci
 fiers: traveling the world one tantrum at a time</em> (<span style="color:
  #0000ff\;"><a href="https://mcpl.aspendiscovery.org/Hoopla/16088037?searc
 hId=19801406&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;referred=resultIndex" tar
 get="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #0000ff\;">e-audio</a></span> on
  Hoopla)<br /></strong>Boston BELS Publishing\, 2021</span><span style="co
 lor: #000000\;"><strong></strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #0000
 00\;"><strong>PATRICK BOYLE</strong></span><br /><span style="color: #0000
 00\;"><em><strong>Scout's honor: sexual abuse in America's most trusted in
 stitution</strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: #000000\;">Prima P
 ublishing\, 1994</span></p>\n<p></p>\n<p style="border: 5px solid black\; 
 padding: 50px\; background-image: linear-gradient(to right\, #f1d45e\,#F2C
 D37\,#f1d45e)\;"><strong>By joining this Virtual MCPL program\, you agree 
 to abide by our&nbsp\;<a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/poli
 cies/behavior.html">rules of conduct</a>.&nbsp\;Library staff has the auth
 ority to remove you from this program if we deem your behavior to be inapp
 ropriate\, to ensure the safety of staff and customers.<br /><br /><a href
 ="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library/policies/zoom.html">Learn about M
 CPL's Zoom Security Settings</a></strong></p>\n<p><strong><span style="col
 or: #000000\;"><br />Accommodation Requests</span></strong></p>\n<p>People
  who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<strong><span style=
 "color: #0000ff\;"><a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessi
 bility/interpreter.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: #000
 0ff\;">English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation</a></sp
 an></strong>&nbsp\;at least five days before the library-sponsored program
  they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility P
 rogram Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.</p>\
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