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Letter from the President |
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From John Schulz
Dear Rome Area Writers members I want to thank you very much for giving me the honor of serving as RAW president for another year. I feel that I owe the organization a debt for all of the help that I have received since I joined a few years ago. I also wish to thank Edith, Cynthia, Nadine, Margaret, Mike, and others for their support in serving as officers and consultants.
A really big thanks is in order to Shirley Owens who, as past secretary, has helped me greatly with such things as preparing an agenda and keeping me straight and focused—(as far as that is possible) – over the last year and a half.
To sum it up, I really enjoy and appreciate all of you.
On to our upcoming special program:
Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at the Rome History Museum on Broad Street. The Tuesday meeting will take the place of the Critique meeting for the month. The time is 6:00 pm—8:00 pm.
Our speaker will be Lauretta Hannon who is the author of The Cracker Queen—A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life (Gotham Books, April 2009). She will be presenting the program at no charge and I’m sure we will all benefit from it. Her website is here: http://www.thecrackerqueen.com/aboutLaurettaProfessionalBio.html
I will never forget meeting Lauretta. I was in the food room for the Ga. Literary Festival in Rome and had just dropped a bowl of chili which splattered all over the place. I was embarrassed, flustered, and sad because I really wanted me some of that chili. I was picking up a bean here and wiping up a spot there when I stood up, turned around and saw a small blonde ray of sunshine grinning and laughing. Her demeanor immediately made me feel good. I quit worrying about the chili because I knew everything would be all right. She introduced herself, saying her name was Lauretta, but everyone pronounced it “LO-Retta”. She immediately had me laughing. You all know that I love laughing.
I went to see Lauretta’s presentation and loved it. After the festival, I read The Cracker Queen and started following Lauretta’s marketing activities through email, her web site, and links on facebook. After a while, I realized that she is a true marketing dynamo. Lauretta wishes to tell us about her work and share a lot of information with us. She also wants to plug her workshops. Fair enough.
This promises to be an informative, educational, and just plain fun program. I urge you to attend and to bring any friends who would be interested. I have stolen Lauretta’s bio information from her website. Here it is:
“Lauretta Hannon is the funniest woman in Georgia.” Lauretta Hannon is the author of The Cracker Queen—A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life (Gotham Books, April 2009) and a commentator on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, where her stories reach 25.5 million listeners. Since 2000 she has also been known for her Georgia Public Radio stories, many of which celebrate strong, authentic Southern women (Cracker Queens). Her memoir became a Southern Indie Bestseller three weeks after its release.
I am looking forward to the presentation and to seeing everyone. Our regular February meeting will be held as usual on the second Thursday, Feb. 11. John
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John Schulz RAW President |
