Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group (GLVWG)
Regular Meeting - Board Meeting - Morning Program
Live at Palmer Library and via Zoom
April 26, 2025
Any person under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to attend this
or any other GLVWG event.
Beverage and Snacks
9:00 - 10:00 Board Meeting - Zoom Opens 8:50
10:00 - 10:50 Membership meeting: Success Stories, Introduction of new members, Officer reports, Officer Nominations for 2025-26
- WE STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS TO RUN FOR OFFICE. The slate of officers for the June election needs to be compiled and announced ASAP. Phil Guinta has graciously agreed to serve as our nominations chair, so if you want to run for office or have suggestions of who should, please contact Phil or Angel.
- So far: PRESIDENT: open - VICE PRESIDENT: Jess Weixler-Landis - TREASURER: Marissa Koons - SECRETARY: open - MEMBER REP 1: Laurel Wenson - MEMBER REP 2: Thomas Terraforte
- For those who may be uncertain, the PRESIDENT maintains the agendas, runs the meeting, gets to talk a lot, but only votes in the case where the board has a tie. SECRETARY is a voting position on the board and requires keeping and submitting minutes from the board and general meetings.
11:00 - 12:00 Morning Program, Jill Peters:
Team Writing -Dr. Jill Peters, Past President, Greater Lehigh Valley Writers’ Group
Jill was part of the eight person writing team that produced Hear Us Out: Six Questions on Belonging and Belief. She will talk about the writing process up until when the team received the contract from Fortress Press – which was before the actual writing began. The whole process was highly unusual and broke most of the rules we have been taught about getting published.
Morning Live at Palmer Library and via Zoom
Zoomlink to Regular Meetings and Morning Session, No registration needed:
April Board and Membership Meeting. 2025-26 Officer Nominations
Time: Apr 26, 2025 08:50 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Afternoon Workshop
You must register to attend this Afternoon Workshop:
1:30 - 3:00 Team Writing We got the contract, now we have to get something to the publisher!
Jill Peters: Team Writing Rev. Dr. Sue Pizor Yoder, Rev. Dr. Bonnie Bates, and Rev. Dr. Steve Simmons
These three will pick up from the point of when we got the contract which is when we started writing feverishly to quickly get something to the publisher. The team will go on to explain how we organized, how we divided assignments, how we settled differences, how we handled the suggestions from the editor regarding team writing chapter topics, interview questions, chapter titles, writers, and editors. The editing process with eight people in the room was difficult but we solved that. After publication, the team will explain how we handled speaking, income, and our Launch Party along with other ways we promoted the book.
You must register to attend this Afternoon Workshop: Register Here
Members Free. Non-members, $15 via Acupay.
