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July 2014 a Perennial Parade Favorite Was the “Old Men’S Bunco, Parcheesi and Weightlifting Society” Float The Voice of SouthWest Writers Vol. 30, No. 7 July 2014 A perennial parade favorite was the “Old Men’s Bunco, Parcheesi and Weightlifting Society” float. It held fathers of various ages dressed in shorts and mismatched clothing playing their own version of jazz to a mixture of shouts and whistles from the th crowd. July 4 By 7:00 p.m. people drifted into Dyche Stadium, By Nancy Marano Northwestern’s football field, in anticipation of the fireworks. Massive displays covered the eastside Each year my hometown transformed itself into a bleachers. Whirligigs, moving trains, waving flags, festive, flag waving, fireworks exploding, cymbal the Liberty Bell or the Statue of Liberty all waited to clashing celebration of this country’s independence. be lit. Once the fire licked its way around the dis- Businesses, lampposts and homes were festooned plays, rockets soared above the seats. They filled the in a sea of red, white and blue bunting. skies with chrysanthemums and dripping stars that Laughter, picnics and fireworks filled the day kapowed in the dark. Red, green, yellow, and blue with fun. bits of fire streaked through the night accompanied My friends and I decorated our bicycles with by gasps from the crowd. The last display was lit, streamers and carefully hooked cards into the the last rocket launched and the music drifted away wheel’s spokes with a clothespin. As we rode, the on soft, summer air. People stood in silent awe of the cards made happy, fluttering noises. For several beauty they'd witnessed then filed from the stadium weeks before the big day, neighborhoods worked while reliving another perfect July 4th. on floats depicting the parade theme. Children Tomorrow, planning would start for next year’s stuck crepe paper in chicken wire designs then extravaganza. snuck off to check out other neighborhood’s floats. We always thought ours was best. At 1:00 p.m. the parade stepped off at the west Each issue of the Sage contains stories written by end of Central Street. Horses, bands, floats, bicycles SWW members, this month’s focus was on Inde- and men on stilts moved down the street to the pendence Day, so we begin with this delightful cheers of spectators lining the sidewalks. Floats piece by Nancy Marano. proceeded at a stately 10 miles per hour while cos- With elections for the Board coming up in Octo- tumed children waved to the crowd. From a re- ber, the August issue will focus on the candidates. viewing stand along the two mile parade route, The next writing challenge for the membership will judges picked winners to receive prizes at the fire- be in September when we will focus on Science Fic- works display that evening. Once past the review- tion. Stories for the September issue must be sent to ing stand, floats turned off the main route, clogging [email protected] by August 15th. 400 words, narrow side streets as they returned to their neigh- times new roman 11pt. Word Doc or as text in borhoods. email. President’s Letter by Lee Higbie I have some sad news. Robin Kalinich has resigned both from her position as VP and from the SWW Board of Directors. She has done a great job finding interesting speakers for our meetings and in creating a strategy for SouthWest Writers. The vision that Robin helped articulate and document continues to guide SWW's evolution at our slow bureaucratic pace. And the extraordinary effort she put into creating a media presence for SWW will continue to benefit us for years. The offsetting good news is that Peggy Herrington has agreed to be our VP for the rest of 2014. Peggy is a UNM graduate, a former editor of the Sage, and the recent SWW Anthol- ogy. The rest of her bio is below. The election of officers for 2015 will at the Saturday, 4 October, meeting. All members present will be able to participate. We will almost certainly have multiple candidates for several positions so I expect that paper ballots will be used on 4 October. Between now and then, we hope to have all candidates write campaign statements for the Sage and to have them pitch their candidacies at a meeting or two. Lee Already on this year’s Board as fund raiser, Peggy will serve out the year as interim Vice President. The driving editorial force behind The Storyteller’s Anthology, from 2007 to 2010 she served on the Board and edited SW Sage. Professionally, Peg’s now a writing coach and book editor/designer. She worked as associate editor for six years at abqARTS, before which she was forum manager and producer for three Microsoft divisions, and edited General Electric’s GEnie LiveWire member magazine. As a free- lance technology journalist during the “computer wars,” well over 500 of her feature stories, columns, articles and reviews were published. IN THIS ISSUE 8 Website Workshop—Loretta Hall 16 Twister—Don DeNoon 8. Independence Day– Thompson 1 July 4th by Nancy Marano 17 2014 Student Application 9 Brown Bag Seminar—Higbie 2 The President’s Letter 9 Picture Book Workshop—B. James 3 Board member information 10 Born on the 4th of July—Leyden 3 Critique Groups Send your successes and 11 On Persistence—Olive Balla 4 Albuquerque Area Writing Groups announcements 12 SWW Members visit School 4 July Speakers for SWW Meetings. to the SouthWest Sage 12 Help for Tangled Thoughts– James 5 August Speakers for SWW Meeting 13 Interview with E. H. Hackney Editor at 6 Mi Amore Italiano by Terry Civello 14 Announcements [email protected]. 7 Member Successes 15 Panteli Mountain— Rabasa 7 Independence Day-Roger Floyd 15-16 Interview—Eric Schonkwiler SouthWest Sage Advertising Rates Annual Membership in SouthWest Writers Worldwide Internet Circulation Individual: $70 ($65 renewal if paid two months in advance) The SWW website receives thousands of page requests every month. Student: 18 and over, $40; under 18, $25 Requires proof of student status Business card size: $20 1/4 page, vertical: $40 1/3 page, horizontal: $50 Outside U.S.: $75, Lifetime Membership: $750 15% discount for 3 mos. 20% discount for 6 mos. Download the Sage from www.southwestwriters.com Join us first Saturday, 10 am-Noon and third Tuesday, 7-9 pm Deadline: 1st of each month for the following month. New Life Presbyterian Church, 5540 Eubank NE, Payment due with camera-ready ad copy in .jpg format. Albuquerque, New Mexico 2 * SOUTHWEST SAGE * July 2014 Looking For a Critique Critique Groups Group? Seeking Members Email Rose Kern at [email protected] with the Fiction/Nonfiction following information and we’ll Wally Gordon, [email protected] publish your request: or Chris Enke, [email protected] Erna Fergusson Library your name Second Wed. each month, email address SouthWest Sage 4-6:00 pm With interest, can change phone number Published monthly by the Board of Directors day & time of SouthWest Writers, a nonprofit, genre preference tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. geographic location (Belen, The Intrepids is a long-standing non- Subscription is a benefit of membership. NW Heights, near UNM, etc.) fiction critique group that meets every President Lee Higbie preference for frequency other Monday afternoon from 3:00 [email protected] day of the week. p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Members take turns Vice-President Peggy Herrington hosting the group. 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