Heartland Writers Guild, Inc.
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Kennett, MO 63857
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Member News
Heartland Writers Guild:1988-2018
30th Anniversary
Marilou Shaner
Members of HWG are saddened by the death on May 4, 2018, of one of our members. Marilou Shaner was an active HWG member several years ago and once again became an active member in 2018 when she volunteered to present our first program of the year. She enjoyed contributing her thoughts on the writing process and also looked forward to sharing her writing expertise with fellow members. She was knowledgable on a wide range of subjects, drawing on her careers as teacher, nurse, and lawyer. She will be greatly missed.
Members Announce New Publications and Writing Related Events
2018
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Congratulations are in order for HWG Members!
(June Update)
Sarah Geringer Signs Book Contract
Geringer, who is represented by agent Michelle Lazurek of WordWise Media Services, has recently signed her first book contract.The contract is with Leafwood Publishers in Abilene,Texas.The title of her book is Transforming Your Thought Life. It is scheduled to be published in the fall of 2019. What a busy writer! Check out her diverse writing schedule in our May newsletter. She is one determined, hardworking, and persistent full-time freelance writer!
John Fisher Receives Award on His Most Recent Book
Each year the Missouri Writer's Guild hosts a writing conference complete with numerous writing competitions.This year Fisher was the recipient of first place for the "Show-Me
Best Book Award." Books entered in this contest category must be about Missouri. His Missouri book, Southeast Missouri From Swampland to Farmland:Transformation of the Lowlands, explores the formation, settlement, development, and drainage of the Southeast Missouri lowlands.
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Carl Armstrong Releases His Latest Book
The Door Knob explores the doorway to Christian physics, chemistry, and biology. Explaining his new publicaion, Armstrong notes that Jesus in known as the Great Physician. He then asks and explores this question in his book. "But do you know Him as the great Physicist, the great Chemist, and the great Biologist of Creation?" Carl spoke about his book at the April HWG meeting.
Armstrong is busy writing after completing a forty-four-year chemical engineering career. He has taught Bible seminars in the United States, Canada, Europe, Haiti, and Africa. He currently serves on the board of an inter-denominational Christian transitional shelter for those in crisis.
Thoughts from HWG Founder Robert Vaughan as he
reflects back on his connection with HWG
One of the things I miss most about moving away is the camaraderie we had as members of the Heartland Writers Guild. The old chestnut is that Writing is a lonely business, but that isn't really true. We share a most unique perspective as writers. We "move into the projects" we are writing and while writing have the company of our characters, or subjects of our work. All writers understand that, and we don't have to explain it or even talk about it when we are together.
On those occasions when we are able to get together, there is a closeness, a blending of mind and soul that creates a bond that spans time and space. And now, many years later, and many miles away, I still sup at the table with my friends and fellow writers from HWG.
Vaughan has a new release of his previous book, Brandywine's War (Wolfpact Publishing). In the book, he features not to forget characters and shares numerous events that he experienced during this service to his country during the Vietnam War. Vaughan completed Brandywine's War while serving his second of three tours of duty in Vietnam. Available on Amazon.
"This is a very interesting outlook on the war in Vietnam... A unusual funny look at one of the least respected officer positions in the military. There is a reason they are called Warrant Officers, they earned it." ---Amazon Review
(photos courtesy Robert Vaughan)
It's Out! Bill Hopkins Announces His New Book
Harvest Death, A Judge Rosswell Crew Mystery, Book Six
(Deadly Duo Publishing-Available on Amazon)
When Judge Rosswell Carew and his faithful research assistant Ollie Groton discover a secret treasure trove with a mysterious message, they follow its clues to a bluff high above the Mississippi River. There a strange encounter occurs, which uncovers a plot to kill not only them, but also all their loved ones. Will Rosswell be able to stop the mass execution of people near and dear to him? The story rockets to an astounding climax that you’ll never forget. (Deadly Duo Publishing
Another New Book Out By Carl Armstrong
The Door Knob
http://www.1795logcabin.com/special-books.html
If you have wished to see a side by side comparison of cutting edge science compared to ancient scripture, this is the book you have been waiting for.
Mary Ann Heinsman
Mary Ann's portrait of Sydney from the North Avenue Kindergarten Series was included in the
April issue of SCBWI's Insight publication.
John Fisher Promotes His Latest Book
Southeast Missouri from Swampland to Farmland:The Transformation of the Lowlands
April 17, 2018: Scott County Historical Society: Benton, MO: 7 pm Riverside Regional Library
April 26, 2018: Butler County Genealogical Society:First Methodist Church: Poplar Bluff, MO 1:30 pm
Mary Ann Heinsman
Congratulations to HWG member Mary Ann Heinsman who placed first and second in the Young Adult category of the Missouri Writer's Guild Fall Fiction Writing Contest. Her piece, The Revolutionalry Tale of Josiah Branch,Chapter One, placed first and Angel Fire,Chapter One, placed second.
Mary Rechenberg
Mary announced the publication of Favorite Recipes, a collection of recipes celebrating the 150th Anniversary of St. John's Luthern Church in Pocahontas, Missouri. She served as the Anniversary Committee Chairman and was instrumental in the editorial process of the project. Noting the historical value of the project to the community, she writes in the dedication of the cookbook that "dishes prepared from these recipes have appeared at our potluck dinners, church suppers, and hospitality meals." The cookbook also features an article tracking the 150 year journey of the church. Kudos to Mary, our HWG president, and to her team for this successful and valuable publication.
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2017 HWG Member Publications
Carl Armstrong
Armstrong's lastest book, Briarwood's Window on Cape Girardeau's Regional History, is now available on Amazon. A Cape Girardeau resident and historian, Carl continues to share important historical information in his series of books.
Readers are treated to a colorful insight into the pioneer settlement of Cape Girardeau and southeast Missouri. The book features a color photographic tour of Briarwood Manor-a colonial structue situated high and eminent on the slope of Mount Tabor overlooking the city and the Mississippi River.
The interior of the house features a grand staircase as well as a fireplace added from the 1904 Worlds Fair in St. Louis.Briarwood Manor's history gives an insight into the circa 1900 development of education, roads, railroads, and drainage of swampland that lifted southeast Missouri inot the modern era.
Mary Heinsman Moves Forward with Five Successful Publications
Three of her writing projects were recently selected for publication in Well Versed Literary Works, an annual anthology published by the Columbia Chapter of the Missouri Writer's Guild. The publications include a fiction short story, a flash fiction, and a poem.
She also had two pieces published in the HWG newsletter, The Journal. Heinsman credits her publication successes to a small group of HWG members. They agreed in October to send frequent, encouraging email messages to each other to help members of the small group continue to move forward with their writing projects.
Mary Rechenberg
Rechenberg had an essay and a poem published in Well Versed Literary Works 2017. The essay,"Looking Back in My Special Room," explores her antique room where every item in it is connected to her past from the 1940s through the 1960s.
She also had an article published in the Southeast Missourian TBY section of the Cape Girardeau newspaper. The article details a history of the 1905 Oak ridge railroad depot.
Robert Vaughan
Robert Vaughan, the writer responsible for the creation of Heartland Writers Guild, continues his prolific writing career with and announcement of a new book following Thunder in the Whirlwind.
Terminal Event
An Antarctic research team discovers a perectly machined gold canister 2500 feet below the surface of the ice. There are strange and unrecognizable markings on the canister.
It is sent back to a research center in the U.S. where it is opened to reveal six human embryos. Even more shocking is the dicovery that the embryos are viable. Terminal Event tells the intriguing story of who the embryos are, where they came from, and how they spent 100 million years waiting to be discovered.
Thunder in the Whirlwind.
When border tensions in South America reach a boiling point, the United States provides Columbia with military assistance to help in a struggle against rebels supported by neighboring Venezuela. The "police action" quickly escalates, and six captured Americans are publicly executed. The president, a disabled Vietnam veteran himself, commits troops to battle.
The plot moves forward with the scope of a Tom Clancy adventure and the intrigue of a Nelson DeMille thriller. Thunder in the Whirlwind takes the reader behind tomorrow's headlines and paints an unforgettable inside portrait of the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad.
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John Fisher
Fisher's new book, Southeast Missouri from Swampland to Farmland: The Transformation of the Lowlands, is now available. This book delves into how this transformation of the land became successful through the work of The Little River Drainage District. The book is available through McFarland Publishers, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.
Carl Armstrong
Armstrong continues to share Cape Girardeau, Missouri history and the history of the region. In his latest book, Elmwood's 1000 Year Dalhousie Castle Legacy, he shares an interwoven story of Scottish castle heritage in addition to British,US, French,and Indian history that took place in the Cape Girardeau area.The author hopes to bring an appreciation of the heritage and the landmarks of the area with this book.The book includes images from Cape Girardeau's Ramsay-Houck Pictorial Chronicles.The book is available at Amazon
Bible Acrostics Code Mysteries, Carl Armstrong's recent book, ties science to scripture. The book is co-written with Mark and Cathy Eaton.
Go with the authors on an exciting journey to the very frontiers of the convergence of cutting-edge science and scripture.
Explore with them how the twenty-two letter Hebrew alphabet serves as a pattern for DNA, fractals, and the seven hidden dimensions revealed in string theory and quantum mechanics.
Bill Hopkins
Bill Hopkins' latest book, Dishonest Corpse, is available on Amazon. The book, Volume 5 in the Judge Rosswell Carew Mystery Series, follows the case of a murder of a girl under the Mississippi River bridge on the waterfront of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. To learn more about this mystery that Rosswell and his wife Tina find themselves caught up in, go to Google Bill Hopkins Dishonest Corpse Amazon
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