Meeting & Events for February 2012
February 2012 meeting
1. 2/25 Works-in-Progress Discussion Group 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
2. 2/25 Regular Meeting 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Speaker Topic: EPublishing & Social Media
3. Membership Renewal Dues are payable now.
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We will hold our first MEMBERS ONLY Works-In-Progress Discussion Group beginning at 10:00 in our regular meeting room. Please review the Discussion Group Guidelines and plan on attending to read, listen and offer helpful advice to fellow members on their current writing projects.
Our Regular Meeting will begin at 11:00 a.m. We will have two wonderful speakers from the St. Louis Public Library. Joe Schwartz and Tom Pearson will discuss EPublishing and Social Media. You'll also have a chance to participate in a secret vote for our new logo.
About our speakers:
Joe Schwartz
Joe Schwartz is a writer following in the footsteps of Dashiell Hammett, Donald Goines, and Chuck Palahniuk. In his latest book, The Games Men Play, he combined 21 short stories that take the reader on a haunting journey through the darkest St. Louis streets to its most rural counties. Schwartz writes exclusively about the Gateway City, and his first book, Joe’s Black T-Shirt: Stories About St. Louis, has been read more than 8,000 on Scribd.com.
Schwartz lives in St. Louis today with his two children and beautiful wife of 17 years. Employed by the local
public library, he is proud to see copies of his books regularly checked out and impressed when readers personally find him among the stacks to discuss his work.
For reviews and more information on Joe’s newest book:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12481320-the-games-men-play
Schwartz lives in St. Louis today with his two children and beautiful wife of 17 years. Employed by the local
public library, he is proud to see copies of his books regularly checked out and impressed when readers personally find him among the stacks to discuss his work.
For reviews and more information on Joe’s newest book:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12481320-the-games-men-play
Thomas A. Pearson
Tom Pearson lives in St. Louis, Missouri and is a reference librarian. He has worked with genealogists and historians since 1989. He is an Air Force veteran and a grad of Eureka College , Eureka , IL (B.A., History) and the University of Illinois (M.S, Library Science). Tom edits the "Show Me" State Genealogical Society News and “Gateway Family Historian.” He is also editor of MoSGA Messenger, the Official Blog of the Missouri State Genealogical Association (http://mosga.blogspot.com/). You can contact him at 89ilguy@gmail.com
Tom has been providing talks on genealogy and military history since 1997 for libraries, genealogical societies, and lineage and patriotic societies. He is the author of four self-published books (available in print or as ePubs at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/geniestl
Lords of Pitiless Heaven: Selected Poems
Railroad Boys: the Story of the 89th Illinois Infantry Regiment
The Missouri State Guard: a Selected, Annotated Bibiliography
Illinois Central: a Guide to Genealogical Research in Springfield, Illinois
Tom has been providing talks on genealogy and military history since 1997 for libraries, genealogical societies, and lineage and patriotic societies. He is the author of four self-published books (available in print or as ePubs at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/geniestl
Lords of Pitiless Heaven: Selected Poems
Railroad Boys: the Story of the 89th Illinois Infantry Regiment
The Missouri State Guard: a Selected, Annotated Bibiliography
Illinois Central: a Guide to Genealogical Research in Springfield, Illinois