JULY PROGRAM

WHAT: Marcia Preston earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from University of Central

Oklahoma, taught in public high schools for more than a decade, and worked for a time as PR and publications director for the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. She freelanced for a wide variety of magazines for many years, and edited and published ByLine, a trade magazine for aspiring writers. Her interests include gardening, OU football and Lepidoptera. Find her award-winning books on Amazon.com.

WHEN: June 9, 2022.  Business Meeting: 10 a.m.; Program: 10:30 a.m., Pioneer Room, Norman Central Library or via Zoom.

 JUNE PROGRAM

WHAT: Susan Cogan's topic is "Show Your Work and Let the World See You: Some Whys and Hows." The speech will address learning to live life as a creative person. Susan is the author of more than a dozen books. See her work at: www.linktr.ee/susanbcogan.

WHEN: June 11, 2022.  Business Meeting: 10 a.m.; Program: 10:30 a.m., Pioneer Room, Norman Central Library or via Zoom. If you need the Zoom link and don’t automatically receive it, please e-mail galaxy-info@narda.net with "Register" in the subject line.

 

WHAT: OU professor Deborah Chester, author of 47 books, will discuss scene structure.

WHEN: May 14, 2022.  Business Meeting: 10 a.m.; Program: 10:30 a.m., Pioneer Room, Norman Central Library or via Zoom. If you need the Zoom link and don’t automatically receive it, please e-mail galaxy-info@narda.net with "Register" in the subject line.

 

GALAXY'S APRIL PROGRAM: April 9, 2022, Business Meeting: 10 a.m.; Program: 10:30 a.m., Pioneer Room, Norman Central Library or via Zoom. If you need the Zoom link and don’t automatically receive it, please e-mail galaxy-info@narda.net with "Register" in the subject line.

Dr. Dan Snell will appear as writer and humorist Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens). We will be entertained, enlightened, and get insights into Mark Twain's personal life. Hope you can join us!

                                 GALAXY’S MARCH PROGRAM: March 12, 2022

Business Meeting:  10 a.m.; Program: 10:30 a.m.

Pioneer Room, Norman Central Library

The meeting is also available via Zoom.

(If you need the Zoom link and don’t automatically receive it, e-mail galaxy-info@narda.net with "Register" in the subject line).

 Janey Merry, a wife, mother, and author, will be the speaker. She writes picture books, young adult, and romance. She’ll talk about her writing journey and how she used Kickstart to fund the launch of her first children’s book, Ready, Set, Sloth! Its companion book, Ready, Set, Color!, a whimsical activity book, became available February 15. It’s fresh off the press!  If you need the Zoom link and don’t automatically receive it, e-mail galaxy-info@narda.net with "Register" in the subject line.

 

                                    GALAXY’S FEBRUARY PROGRAM—February 12, 2022

ZOOM ONLY!!!

Business Meeting:  10 a.m.; Program: 10:30 a.m.

 

For our February program, we will recognize the winners of the 2021 Galaxy contest by hearing the winning entries being read aloud. We will start with the first-place winners, then continue with as many other entries as time will allow. If you won any place, please bring your entries and prepare to be applauded! Our 2021 Contest Chair Hamp McCool will emcee the program. This program is free and open to the public, but because of the Covid surge, we will be on Zoom only.

 If you need a Zoom link, please email galaxy-info@narda.net and type “register” in the subject line. We look forward to seeing you!

 

WHAT: Speaker Tres Savage

WHEN: Saturday, January 8, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. via Zoom

Tres Savage has served as NonDoc.com's Editor-in-Chief since the publication launched in September 2015. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma and covered two sessions of the Oklahoma Legislature for eCapitol.net before working in health care for six years. Now a nonprofit publication, NonDoc was recently named "Best Website" in Oklahoma by the Society of Professional Journalists. NonDoc’s mission is to provide quality journalism with context that enables civic involvement.