MARCH 4, 2023
speaker: S.V. FARNSWORTH
Why put the newsletter horse before the book cart?
About Our Speaker
S.V. Farnsworth is a woman of international experience with a slice-of-life sense of humor and a love of nature.
The first on her father’s side to graduate from high school, she overcame dyslexia to teach at Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri. She uses the four languages she speaks to bless the lives of her English as a second language students and helps them feel at home. Having lived in South Korea, she appreciates the gift of acceptance.
March Meeting Details
ORA meets the first Saturday of every month at the Library Center.
Business meeting: 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Room: The Library Center ROOM A
GUESTS ARE WELCOME!
APRIL 1, 2023
SPEAKER: dR. BARBARA HUDDLESTON
Polishing Your Prose looks at ways authors can tighten writing
(Based on surveys of professional fiction editors.)
make sentences more powerful
void awkward structures than can be funny—or embarrassing
About Our Speaker
Dr. Barbara Huddleston spent twenty-nine years as a college English and journalism teacher. For twelve years before that she was a small town daily newspaper reporter / editor. While teaching, she continued writing freelance for local newspapers and magazines and spent several summers editing a small weekly newspaper. She now edits online for other authors and writes an occasional historical romance, where she's learned just how easy it is to make all the mistakes she says to avoid. Barb is lucky to have won a few awards for newspaper features and news, and for her books. She's a long-time member and former vice-president of Ozarks Romance Authors and former treasurer, board of directors secretary, and meeting liaison for Ozarks Writers League.
April Meeting Details
ORA meets the first Saturday of every month at the Library Center.
Business meeting: 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Room: The Library Center ROOM A
GUESTS ARE WELCOME!
