The Plainview Writers Guild

 

Thursday, March 17, 2011

 

Hello, fellow authors.

It is with mixed emotions that I write this letter.

During the March 12, 2011 meeting of the Plainview Writers Guild, the few members that were left in the club voted to disband the group.

The club was formed in August of 1983 by Will-Allen (Billie) Jameson.  As the years went by, we saw new members come and go and some members even went to their Heavenly home.  We are looking forward to seeing them again when we get called Home, too. We had 35 members when I joined in December of 1995.

After the sudden death of Billie's son, David,  and husband, Ray, Billie's son, Bob, took her to North Carolina to be closer to him, and the remaining members did all they could to hold the group together, but after 27 years, there just wasn't the interest in the community that was needed to sustain the group.  Four of the six remaining members don't even live in Plainview and with the rising cost of auto fuel, it wasn't feasible for them to make the trips to Plainview for the monthly meetings.

The six remaining members were:

Mathis Rogers - held offices of Program Committee, Corresponding  Secretary and Webmaster.  Member from 1995-2011.

Mary Roper-Byrd - held offices of Program chair, Vice President, President, and Corresponding Secretary.  Member from 1996-2011

Joe Garnett - Held office of  Vice President and President.  Member from 2003-2011.

Ethelyn Garnett - Held office of Treasure and Recording Secretary.  Member from 2004-2011.

Betha Lee Roberts - Member from 2006-2011.

Cheryl Cornelius - Member from 2007-2011.

I do hope that everyone continues to write and gets published.  I have sent my first novel, "The Mysterious Bed" to an editor and I have found someone to create my book covers for me, so I am on the road to success. As authors, we are now able to self-publish our work through Amazon at http://createspace.com for Print On Demand books, or http://kdp.amazon.com for eBooks on the Kindle, without any up front fees. They get paid when a book sells and so does the author.

Our website, http://PlainviewWritersGuild.org (and this email address Webmaster@PlainviewWritersGuild.org) will remain up until 2/18/2012, since it's paid up until then and this notice will be available there.

As we close this chapter of our lives, we are happy to announce that Carole Bell (caroleabell@gmail.com) is starting a critique group under the umbrella of The Northwest Texas Christian Writers. www.ntchristianwriters.com.

Their first meeting will be Saturday, March 26, 2011 at the First United Methodist Church in Plainview. Please contact Carole for more information.

 

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Good luck to you all and stay in touch.

Mathis B. Rogers

Webmaster - Plainview Writers Guild.