Speaker's Bureau

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Welcome to the Women Writing the West Speaker's Bureau. This list contains current members who are available for presentations, with basic information about background and speech topics. Specific information can be found through links to member websites, and by contacting the individuals privately. Current WWW members are welcome to join the list, which is updated annually.

For more information, contact the WWW Administrator at WWW1@lohseworks.com.

Archer, Jane
TX OK
www.janearcher.com
Native American myths/legends/history
Native American Women & Society
Texas & Oklahoma history

Ausmus, Waynetta
TX OK
www.waynettaausmus.com, luckymeranch.com
Stortytelling, folklore, legends, the West
Journaling, telling your story
Inspirational, motivational stories

Brotherton, Velda
AR MO OK KS
www.authorsden.com, veldabrotherton.com
Writing Craft
POV
Characterization

Buyer, Laurie Wagner
CO WY MT NM TX
www.lauriewagnerbuyer.com
Creative Inspiration
The Natural World
Poetic Techniques

Clark, LaVerne Harrell
SW States, TX AZ NM
www.artisticnetwork.net/artist/349
Turning Folklore Into Fiction
The Short Story
The Novel

Cleary, Rita
NY CO
American Revolution
Lewis & Clark
Why Write

Copeland, Kathy
NM TX OK AR LA CO TN
www.anniesbook.com
Writing About Native Americans
The Cherokee Indians
The Trail of Tears

Cornell, Virginia
CO AZ
www.manifestpub.com
specialty: older audiences
about books
humor and aging

Couch, Julianne
MT WY CO
myspace.com/wyojulianne
Sentence - Level Editing for Writers
Using "Found" Stories In Non-Fict
speaker & panelist

Coyle, Stacy Gillett
CO, Douglas/Denver Cos.
Environmental Writing
Poetry
Water & The West

Douglas MD, Deborah
TX, Central & South
www.the3-daybook.com
Humor
Working Women
Breast Cancer Awareness

Duckworth, Liz
CO, Western States
www.lizduckworth.com
Inner Strength In Difficult Times
Abundant Living
Creative Igniters for Writers

Elliott, Diane
NW States
Organic Gardening: From Soil To Plate
Historical Fiction
High Altitude Gardening

Farmer, W. Michael
SE States, Rio Grande Corridr
www.wmichaelfarmer.com
Southern NM History, Fountain Murders
Sierra Madre Apaches
Late 19th Century Weapons

Finley, Mary Peace
CO KS NM SW
www.marypeacefinley.com
Book talks on Y.A. hist fiction/Santa Fe Trail
Teachers as Writers Workshops
Research, Writing, and Synchronicity

Godfrey, Peggy
CO, No. NM
Cattle & sheep ranching
Women & ranching
Rural living, nature

Goeres-Gardner, Diane L.
OR
www.necktieparties.com
History of Legal Executions in Oregon 1851-1905

Guevara, Rebecca
UT
www.rebeccaguevara.com
Write Your Book
Preparing For a New Lifestyle
Marrying Into Mexican American Fam

Hagen, Mary
CO, Larimer Co.
Hiking & skiing
History about women in Colorado
Place name history

Harper, Jo
TX, SW
Teachers' groups
Schools

Hasselstrom, Linda M.
Great Plains, will travel
www.windbreakhouse.com
Writing poetry
Nonfiction

Holt Ph.D., A.H.
SW, Midwest, SE
www.ahholt.com
write, publish & promote
Writing to Read
Become a Writer

Howard, Lynna Prue
ID UT, Western MT
www.myweb.cableone.net/prueheart
Art Meets Adventure TM
Adventure Travel
Poetry workshops

Jenner, Gail L.
No. CA & So. OR
www.gailjenner.com
College presentations
No. CA Writing Poject
CA League of Middle Schools

Johnson, Sarah
will travel anywhere
www.readingthepast.blogspot.com
Historical Fiction: Overview
Subgenres
Appeal

Justesen, Kim W.
RM Western U.S.
www.kimwjustesen.com
Children's Novels
Overcoming Writers Block
Self Promotion

Kirkpatrick, Jane
NW States, will travel w/exp
www.jkbooks.com
Hardiness & Hope, values of early pioneers
Women In History
Importance of Stones in our Love

Ladd, Louise
CT NJ, New England
www.louiseladd.net
How To Write For Children
The Joy Of Writing for schools, grade 3 & up

Law. Janice
D.C., TX, U.S.
www.judgejanicelaw.com, texasauthorsspeak.com

Lindberg, Kelley J.P.
UT, travel by arrangement
Conducting Meaty Interviews
Great Openings, Food Allergies
Query Letters Workshop

Lohse, Joyce B.
CO RM Front Range
www.lohseworks.com
Colorado History: Truth & Mystery
Writing, Biography, Genealogy
Old West research, Yellowstone memoir

London, Carole
CO
New Trends In Book Publishing
How To Get Your Book Published
How To Submit A Manuscript

Magee, Sharon S.
AZ SW
www.sharonmagee.com
American Indians
AZ History
Writing workshops

Messersmith, Lyn J.
NE ND SD WY
www.leadersandlegends.com
The Heart's Compass-pioneer women
Leaders & Legends
Well Behaved Women/History

Miller, Susan Cummins
SW, AZ CA TX West
hometown.aol.com/stmiller46/myhomepage/index.html
Sweet Separate Intimacy: Women Writers
Intent. Ground: Place In Mystery
Journaling Way, Workshop, Poems

Monahan, Sherry
Anywhwere
www.sherrymonahan.com
Life In The West: gambling, drinking, food
Victorian Era, Wild West
Hollywood & Western Movies

Moore, Lucy
SW States
www.lucymoore.com
Cross-cultural Dynamics
Being an "Outsider"
Dispute Resolution

Morton, Jane
AZ CO
The West in Poetry
poetry readings
poetry workshops

Moulton, Candy
West of Mississsippi
www.candymoulton.com
Overland Migration
Wyoming History

Niethammer, Carolyn
AZ
www.cniethammer.com
Native American Women: The Ordinary & Extraordinary
Prickly Pear Cooking

Oswald, Nancy
CO
History of Jewish Colony of Cotopaxi 1882-1884

Parker, Ann
No. CA, CO
www.annparker.net
Historical fiction

Pate, J'Nell L.
TX, Fort Worth Metroplex
Western history, Stockyards, Cattle
19th Cent. Military, Mil Ft. Worth
Cattle Drive Personalities, Ft Worth

Platt, Randall
OR WA
www.plattbooks.com
Business of Writing
Research
Teen Writers' Workshop

Propst, Nell Brown
CO
Colorado histories

Purl, Mara
CO Southern CA
www.marapurl.com
What Your Heart Knows/Bal Love & Intuit.
10 Keys to Creativity, Adapt Scripts
Closer Than You Think/Goal Setting

Rickman, Sarah Byrn
OH MI IN KY TN GA CO TX DC
www.sarahbyrnrickman.com
Women In Aviation WWII, Nancy Love
WASP Womns Aux Ferrying Sq
WASP Women Airforce Servc Pilots

Riehl, Janet Grace
CA IL
www.riehlife.com
Family stories
Memory
Home

Romero-Anderson, J. Emerita
CO NM
Teachers As Writers, Writers Workshops
Lectures, Book Talks,
Six Traits Writing Process

Sandell, Cindy
TX
www.texasvis.com
Texas History

Schroeder, Anne
CA
Women of the West
California
Social Development of West

Sikes, Shirley
AZ KS
Ranching history
Kansas history
Banking

Squires, Janet
Western US, will travel
www.janetsquires.com
Writing & Editing Process
How A Book Is Made
Life of An Author

Wadsworth, Ginger
CA, anywhere in West
www.gingerwadsworth.com
Writing For Kids
Writing
Early Childhood Science

Waterston, Ellen
NW, all over U.S.
www.writingranch.com, ellenwaterston.com
The "Writing Life"
Writing Personal Memoir
Dealing with Addiction

Weinberg, Florence
TX, NM, El Paso, San Ant
www.florenceweinberg.com
18th Cent history of SW & NM
16th Cent. French Renaissance
Mission History in SW

Werkley, Vicki Hessel
CA, West States, AZ CO
www.starwerks.net
writing from outside a culture
writing, editing
Native American topics, historical

Wink, Dawn
U.S.
www.dawnwink.com
memoir
nonfiction
fiction

Witmer-Gow, Karyn
MO Apr-Sept, CA Oct-Mar
www.elizabethgrayson.com
Writing
Fiction subjects
Writing as craft