2019 Summer Speaker Series
Your Family Stories: What DID They Say?
Featuring John Philip Colletta, Ph.D.
Ready for that little push you might need to take your family research to the next step? Wish you could learn more about how to capture some of your interesting family stories either in an article, a short story or two, or in a book? StLGS has got you covered!
How about spending a week in July listening to and learning from published writers and editors who can get you started and/or move you along on your way to writing? You can begin your adventure by joining us on Saturday, 13 July 2019, when nationally known writer, instructor, and lecturer, John Philip Colletta, Ph.D., comes to St. Louis as our featured guest at the 2019 Summer Speaker Series.
We will meet at the beautiful new Maryland Heights Community Center, 2300 McKelvey Road, from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. to hear Dr. Colletta speak on
- Breaking through Brick Walls: Use Your HEAD!
- Turning Biographical Facts into Real Life Events: How to Build Historical Context
- Principles of Good Writing and Storytelling
- Writing a Narrative Family History: The Snares and Pitfalls
2019 Summer Writing Institute
Are You Ready to Write Your Family History?
The week after the Summer Speaker Series, we will be hosting a four-day intensive workshop on writing, and we hope you will be inspired to join us and get started on your own project!
From Monday through Thursday, 15–18 July, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. we will meet at the StLGS office in Maplewood for lectures, hands-on practice, and plenty of good advice on best practices for writing short stories, articles, and/or your family history book. Local writers/editors Viki Fagyal, Bob Goode, Ilene Murray, and Jane Theissen will clue you in on how to use timelines and historical context, how to create style sheets, how to use Microsoft Word to format your writing and include graphics, what you need to know about copyright, and how to create the various parts of a book. Liz Kelley, publications manager at No Waste Publishing, will be on hand on Thursday to walk you through the steps to take to get your manuscript published.
The Summer Writing Institute includes morning snacks and lunch each day. All participants will also receive a notebook and USB drive of handout material. You can learn more about the Institute and how to register on our website.
AND you can save $15 by registering for both the Speaker Series and the Writing Institute together. Both registration booklets have the combination price and you can register online at our secure store.
Do you have any questions? Contact us at programs@stlgs.org or call us during office hours, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 9 a.m. until noon. We are looking forward to seeing you in July!
AND you can save $15 by registering for both the Speaker Series and the Writing Institute together. Both registration booklets have the combination price and you can register online at our secure store.
Do you have any questions? Contact us at programs@stlgs.org or call us during office hours, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 9 a.m. until noon. We are looking forward to seeing you in July!
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