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Group News
August 2009 - I've been remiss in updating this page since taking over my duties as President of the group back in January. I think I have it mostly figured out, and this, I hope, is the final piece of information I was missing out on. I'm not sure what Hank, the previous President, put up here each month as I don't have an archive, and was unaware of this page until recently. I guess I'll find something to put up here, and show it off to the world.
One of my more lofty goals as President is to get official non-profit status established for the CSFWG. I'm putting out a call for a volunteer (or two) to assist me in this manner. I a good sense of business, but little experience with non-profits. I have a great book given to me by Hank Snider that I'm just now getting into, but I need more guidance in the practical side of things. I need to know which forms to fill out, which agencies to contact and what details I need to establish before filing for non-profit. Help, please?
On This Month's Chopping Block. . . .

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Meeting March 27th, 2010 from 3-6PM. Download all of this month's Panera Bread Saturday Group's submissions in one convenient zip file:
WARMAIDEN by J.T. Evans, THE LOST PENDANT by J.T. Evans, FOUR NOTES by Mike Reid.

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Meeting March 28th, 2010 from 12-3PM. Download all of this month's Barnes & Noble Sunday Group's submissions in one convenient zip file:
WARMAIDEN by J.T. Evans, A TIME TO LOVE by Amanda White, THE LOST PENDANT by J.T. Evans

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Meeting March 29th, 2010 from 6-9PM. Download all of this month's Barnes & Noble Monday Group's submissions in one convenient zip file:
A LIGHT INTO THE DARKNESS by Shelly Goodman-Wright, WARMAIDEN by J.T. Evans, ELI AND THE WICHTELWEIB by Sangita Kalarickal, THE INNCORRIGIBLE CATASTROPHE OF PROFESSOR BABCOCK by Shelly Goodman-Wright, JUKE'S HELL by M.V., A TIME TO LOVE by Amanda White, GOLDEN CHARIOT by Teresa Thomas, THE LOST PENDANT by J.T. Evans

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Percy Jackson Movie Party
Percy Jackson Movie Party Special Event
Feb 10, 2010 06:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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Black History Month Storytime
Black History Month Storytime Storytime
Feb 13, 2010 11:30 AM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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Guy's Read
Guy's Read Book Group Children's Feb 19, 2010 06:30 PM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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Nikki Hohl Signing
Nikki Hohl Signing Author Signing
Feb 20, 2010 01:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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Colorado Springs Fiction Writers' Group
Colorado Springs Fiction Writers' Group Writing Group
Feb 22, 2010 06:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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Under-Ground Writing Project
Under-Ground Writing Project Writing Group
Feb 28, 2010 03:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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Colorado Springs Fiction Writers
Colorado Springs Fiction Writers Writing Group
Feb 28, 2010 12:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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Dr. Seuss Birthday Storytime
Dr. Seuss Birthday Storytime Storytime
Mar 02, 2010 11:00 AM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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Postcards from a Dead Girl
SUMMARY:Kirk Farber : Postcards from a Dead Girl Author Event Fiction Mar 06, 2010 02:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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Sargent Anthony Farina Signing
Sargent Anthony Farina Signing Author Signing
Mar 07, 2010 01:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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Expressions Art Group
Expressions Art Group Special Event Crafts/Hobbies Mar 07, 2010 03:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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Book Group
Book Group Book Group
Mar 09, 2010 07:30 PM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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Harvey Goodman Signing
Harvey Goodman Signing Author Signing
Mar 13, 2010 01:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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St. Patrick's Day Storytime
St. Patrick's Day Storytime Storytime
Mar 13, 2010 11:30 AM
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Citadel 795 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs CO 80909 719-637-8282 
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February Write Brain
Pikes Peak Writers Write Brain Tuesday, February 16th , 2010. 6:30pm – 8:30pm
FREE for PPW Members! Write Brain sessions are free to members. Non-members may attend ONE Write Brain for free; additional Write Brain sessions are $10.00 each.
Location: Cottonwood Artist's School. Note New Address: Their new address is 427 E. Colorado Ave., Colorado Springs. (East of Wahsach St. Park on the east side in the large parking lot. The workshops will be downstairs in Studio A.) Get map.
RSVP Today (Event policies)
With Bonnie Ramthun and Mark Stevens.
You have a brilliant idea for a new character. But the voice that won't be stilled is a member of the opposite sex. How do you pull it off? Don't despair. We've called in the experts: Bonnie Ramthun, whose POV character is 12-year-old Torin Sinclair, in her YA Novel The White Gates. And Mark Stevens, whose POV character is Allison Coil, in his mystery novel, Antler Dust. Join us for our February Write Brain as these two award-winning authors give us the inside track on writing the opposite sex.
Bonnie Ramthun lives in Erie, Colorado with her husband Bill, and their four children. In Bonnie's first three novels, Colorado Springs homicide detective Eileen Reed and her handsome partner Joe Tanner, a war gamer, solve murders and save the world in Ground Zero, Earthquake Games and The Thirteenth Skull. Earthquake Games was a finalist for Colorado Book of the Year in 2000. Her new novel, The White Gates, is a middle grade mystery introducing Torin Sinclair, a young snowboarder who must discover the modern secret behind an ancient curse (Random House). The White Gates was named a Junior Library Guild Premiere selection for 2008. Visit Bonnie’s website at www.bonnieramthun.com.
Mark Stevens is the son of two librarians. He was raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts, graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School and, four years later, from Principia College in Illinois. He worked as a reporter for The Christian Science Monitor in Boston and Los Angeles, covering a variety of events and issues from the economy, commercial fishing, the environment, politics and all the colorful people and events of southern California. Following a move to Denver, he worked for The Rocky Mountain News, covering City Hall for three years.
When Stevens learned that The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour was expanding its production he was lucky enough to be invited to join the team – they were actually looking for somebody with no television experience, which suited him perfectly. For six years, he produced field documentaries across the United States and Latin America. He covered the 1985 earthquake in Mexico City, NASA’s first space shuttle disaster, a volcano eruption in Colombia, political upheavals in Nicaragua, and mudslides in Puerto Rico. His “master of disaster” title, he was told, referred to the stories he covered, not the quality of the reports.
After tending bar for a year on a self-financed sabbatical (and to write fiction), he joined The Denver Post to cover education. Those five years of reporting led to a position as Director of Communications for more than a decade with Denver Public Schools and then for a year with School District 6 in Greeley. Stevens is currently Director of Communications for the Colorado Department of Education.
Stevens lives near Congress Park in beautiful downtown Denver with his wife, Jody Chapel, and two daughters, Ally and Justine.
***************************************************************************** PLEASE RSVP AND INCLUDE YOUR DAYTIME CONTACT INFORMATION. Note that this does not commit you to attending, but does enable us to prepare enough materials for expected attendees, and importantly, it gives us a way to contact you if we have an emergency change to the Write Brain session, such as a postponement due to weather. We will make every attempt to post changes to the PPW yahoo loop and the website, but to be ensured of notification you must RSVP to rsvp@pikespeakwriters.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Thank you.

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Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2010
A brand new website has been set up as your GoTo site for the 2010 Pikes Peak Writers Conference.
The new site address is www.ppwcon.org -- check it out!
Members: Early Registration begins January 15. You must log in to this website to access the registration form. 
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