2019 In Review

2019 has been an amazing year for the Appalachian Authors Guild. Membership increased, attendance at regular functions either held steady or increased, and we’ve held several workshops for members with some good participation and great guest speakers. The workshops have been especially helpful and more are planned for next year.
 
Speakers this year included:
Linda Hoagland
Linda and Amber Icenhour
Linda Dobkins
Joe Tennis
Greg Lilly
Damean Mathews
Kari Kilgore
Dr. Jesse Graves
Jim Glanville
 
Although we were unable to have a Symposium this year, we did hold our first annual Spring Fling in Abingdon at the Small Business Incubator off of Exit 14 near the Higher Ed Center. We had a great crowd in attendance, a catered lunch, and great guest speakers that included prolific and bestselling author Steven James. Writers that attended the event came away with some new skills and provided some great feedback about the event. We are looking forward to hosting the next Spring Fling in 2020 which will be held on May 16th, times yet to be determined.
 
Our last gathering of the year will be on Tuesday November 12th at the Small Business Incubator in Abingdon. If you’re new to the guild and haven’t attended any events, come on out and make some new friends. The guild is about writers helping each other in this region. We welcome everyone to come and be a part of it!
 
Pictures from 2019 events are below.


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