{"id":151380,"date":"2026-10-19T18:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=151380"},"modified":"2026-10-19T18:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:14:37","slug":"writers-group-to-hold-monthly-meeting-9-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=151380","title":{"rendered":"WRITERS GROUP TO HOLD MONTHLY MEETING"},"content":{"rendered":"

EASTON, Pa.\u2014Greater Lehigh Valley Writers\u2019 Group (GLVWG) will hold its monthly meeting from 10 a.m. \u2013 noon on Saturday, October 24, 2026. The meeting is offered in a hybrid format\u2014in-person at the Palmer Branch of the Easton Library, 1 Weller Place, Palmer, PA<\/a>, and online via Zoom.<\/p>\n

Membership business will be conducted from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. From 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m, Patrick Crerand, director of DeSales University\u2019s MFA program, will present \u201cThe Art of the Short Story\u201d, a deep dive into some archetypal techniques to writing a successful short story. Examples from the great practitioners like Elizabeth Tallent, Mark Richard, Tobias Wolff, Percival Everett, Flannery O’Connor, and others will be examined. There is no cost to attend the morning program.<\/p>\n

From 12:30-1:30 p.m., attendees are welcome to participate in an Open Mic. Bring a page or two of a work in progress to share with fellow writers over the day\u2019s lunch break (this will not be available over Zoom).<\/p>\n

From 1:30 to 3:00 p.m., Crerand will present a workshop on \u201cThe Art of the Short Story\u201d, using exercises on character and structure to kickstart the writing process. Registration is required for Crerand\u2019s afternoon program. Cost is free for members; $15 for non-members payable via AccuPay. Any person under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian for any GLVWG event.<\/p>\n

Visit https:\/\/greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org\/event-6865099<\/a>\u00a0to register. For more information or learn more about other upcoming events, go to greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org<\/a>; \u201cGLVWG Events\u201d.<\/p>\n

New members are always welcome.<\/p>\n

About GLVWG:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>GLVWG aims to provide its members with a network of support and resources in the field of writing; to act as a central information point for activities in the field of writing and the publishing industry; and to advance the writing interests of its members. For more information, visit\u00a0https:\/\/greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Information provided to TVL by:
\nSara Karnish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EASTON, Pa.\u2014Greater Lehigh Valley Writers\u2019 Group (GLVWG) will hold its monthly meeting from 10 a.m. \u2013 noon on Saturday, October 24, 2026. The meeting is offered in a hybrid format\u2014in-person at the Palmer Branch of the Easton Library, 1 Weller Place, Palmer, PA, and online via Zoom. Membership business will be conducted from 10 a.m.-11 … Continue reading WRITERS GROUP TO HOLD MONTHLY MEETING<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\r\n\r\n{excerpt}\r\n\r\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/writers-group.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151381,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151380\/revisions\/151381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/136160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}