Meeting Schedule
All regular meetings start at 6 pm until further notice
Important: Our in-person meetings are held in the classroom at A1 Vacuum and Sewing Center, 140 West Center Street, Kalispell, MT. We ask you to please park in the rear and use the back door.
Schedule subject to change due to inclement weather. We will update this page as we can.
December 5 – Kathy Dunnehoff/Annual Meeting
In-person and Zoom
AotF president Craig Naylor will lead a brief meeting summarizing the year, a report on finances, and we will elect the officers for 2025.
Kathy’s presentation will be a Show, Tell & Swap.
What helped you be a better, happier writer this year? Show and tell books, resources, advice etc… that have helped you in 2024. And if you’ve got writer supplies you’d like to be rid of, bring them along for a writer swap meet!
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4221050569?pwd=Z2F2ZDdYbElzY3Y0cWxQYmxoZ0NCdz09&omn=83551784655
Meeting ID: 422 105 0569
Passcode: Authors
December 12 – Special Meeting on New Website
Zoom meeting only
Steve Hruza will lead us through the new website, including each member’s new login and personal page where you can post your books, bio, book covers, where your work is sold, etc. This will be a great boon to all but especially the young writers who will have a web presence as part of their membership dues!
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Meeting ID: 871 3139 0093
Passcode: 152294
December 19 – Holiday Potluck
Our Annual Holiday Potluck. Bring a dish and drink (no alcohol, please) to A-1 Sewing, 140 W Center St, Kalispell, MT 59901. Please remember that some of our members are veg/vegan. Also bring a wrapped book (or two, or three) for the white elephant gift exchange. 6:00 pm.
No further meetings in December. Happy Holidays or, as Craig says, “Merry Christma-Kwanzaa-Hanukka-Solsti-Yule-mas!” See you in 2025!
January 9 – Kathy Dunnehoff/Meeting
In-person and Zoom
Topic: Authors of the Flathead – Write Your Way into a Productive First Quarter of 2025!
Description: Maybe you’re overwhelmed by the 12 months of writing ahead, but what about breaking it down and focusing on the first quarter? Bring your writing dreams for January through March, and we’ll turn them into achievable goals.
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Meeting ID: 422 105 0569
Passcode: Authors
January 16 – Susan Purvis and Guest
Zoom meeting only
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January 23 – Dixon with Open Readings
Your own prose aloud, someone else would gladly read for you. You are invited to our Open Readings at 6 pm at A-1 Vacuum in downtown Kalispell – please park in the rear & use the back door.
Plan to read up to 6 pages if there is a light crowd; otherwise, 2-3 pages, double-spaced with 1″ margins.
If you have a few pages, you’d like input on, make about 8-10 copies to pass out, and bring them along. Plan to read up to 6 pages if there is a light crowd, otherwise 2-3 pages, double-spaced with 1″ margins. If you’re shy about reading aloud your own prose, someone else would be glad to read for you.
If you don’t have anything to present, please come and share your enthusiasm & experience with the readers. We were all newbies at one time…