Works are i
n a variety of genres\, including memoir\, fiction\, fantasy\, science fic
tion and poetry. Each presenter will read a ~10-minute excerpt from their
work.
Q&\;A and lig
ht refreshments to follow. Hope you can join us!
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About the Olney Writer's Group: The Olney Writer 's Group provides a regular forum for the presentation\, review\, and crit ique of works in progress. This friendly group consists of writers who are in various stages of their projects. They meet twice/month\, usually the 2nd &\; 4th Thursdays. All styles of writing are welcome\; college-aged and older. Learn more here.
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Patrick Boyle
Patrick Boyle
is an award-winning newspaper and magazine journalist
whose first book exposed sex abuse in youth groups. Patrick employed all
of his investigative skills for the most challenging story of his life: tr
acking down the mysterious family that relinquished him for adoption. He s
hares a chapter (&ldquo\;Are you my Aunt Agnes?&rdquo\;)\, in which he fin
ds the sister of his birth mother\, from his memoir-in-progress about seek
ing his true identity.DJ Lee\, excerpt from his poem\, &ldquo\;An Ode to my grandfathers&r
dquo\;
DJ Lee is a
Maryland raised African American. He is an artist and a writer who enjoys
fantasy and science fiction. Currently\, Lee is trying to figure out what
to do with life\, how to give back to the community that raised him\, and
how his writings could affect other people.
Shani Hinton-Miller\, an excerpt\, &ldquo\;Fair
Folly\,&rdquo\; from her work-in-progress\, Walking Behind the Broken
-Down Dog
Shan
i Hinton-Miller loves dabbling in the Humanistic arts\, and it was her imm
ersion that led her to her story &ldquo\;Fair Folly&rdquo\; from her book\
, Walking Behind the Broken-Down Dog. This book is about deviant
human social behaviors and those touched by them. She hopes to have the bo
ok published.
Min
He\, &ldquo\;Calling from Shambhala&rdquo\;
Min He\, a scientist who used to write research
papers\, now enjoys the excitement of literary writing.
Francene Hill\, excerpt from Ti
ny Tots in Tiaras and Tuxedos
Francene Hill tells the story of her mother\, Kermit Bland
Hill\, a pioneering African American woman who started Tiny Tot Nursery S
chool of St. Louis at the beginning of the Baby Boom. The book details an
intimate account of Kermit&rsquo\;s life and accomplishments based on exce
rpts from her personal letters\, photographs\, newspaper clippings\, and o
ral histories. Tiny Tots in Tiaras and Tuxedos is expected to deb
ut later this year\; visit <
a href="https://tinytotalums.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="co
lor: #0000ff\;">tinytotalums.com for more information or to be added to the mailing list.
Linda R. Moore\, three p
oems from her upcoming chapbook\, Reaching for Resilience
Linda R. Moore is a semi-r
etired educator and a novice poet who turned to writing and painting as se
lf-care strategies during the recent pandemic. Her poems examine themes of
how we choose to survive and thrive in the face of great personal and soc
ietal challenges&mdash\;or not.
Laura Kahn\, an excerpt from Thorns: When Earth Refugee
s Are The Aliens
Laura Kahn is an educator\, author\, and co-founder of the One Health I
nitiative which promotes the One Health concept that human\, animal\, plan
t\, environmental\, and ecosystem health are linked. She is the author of<
/span> Thorns: When Earth Refugees Are the Aliens<
/a>\, a hard science fictio
n novella that illustrates why One Health and social justice are essential
for survival.
L
indsey OBrien\, excerpt from Friendship Through The Darkness
Lindsey OBrien is worki
ng on her first book. It&rsquo\;s about her friendship with Susan\, a reti
red pediatrician nearly fifty years her senior\, navigating a mysterious i
llness that leads to a devastating Alzheimer&rsquo\;s diagnosis. Lindsey i
s a graduate of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Her first job
was at age 15\, working in darkrooms developing black and white photos in
historic Webster Groves\, Missouri\, which is where she first met her frie
nd Susan.
Emily W
ood\, excerpt from her work-in-progress\, Binding Enchantments
Emily Wood loves comb
ining the historical with the fantastical in her writing. Her current work
-in-progress\, Binding Enchantments\, explores the tumultuous rei
gn of King Richard III from the viewpoint of a bookbinder&rsquo\;s wife an
d her magical daughter. She&rsquo\;s also searching for an agent for her f
irst novel\, The Golden Lily\, a retelling of the life of Joan of
Arc.
Bryan M. By
rd\, excerpt from Surviving Paradise: the Perils and Pleasures of the
Caribbean
Brya n M. Byrd\, leveraging his corporate writing career and around the world t ravels\, will read from his upcoming book\, Surviving Paradise: the Pe rils and Pleasures of the Caribbean\, that takes you\, like a fly on the wall\, on a romantic\, death-defying sailing adventure from Florida to the Virgin Islands. The book will debut later this year. To be notified\, please visit: https://tinyurl.c om/2aejdzmz
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\n\nPeople who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request \; English-language captioning o r sign-language interpretation \;at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Progra m Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.
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