Coeur d'Alene Chapter Meetings

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The Coeur d'Alene Chapter meets twice each month.
A daytime meeting is held every 2nd Wednesday at the Jewett House located at 1501 E Lakeshore Dr, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814. To view a map of the location click here. Meeting times are 9:00AM to Noon. Listen to guest speakers each month, catch up on the events being sponsored by the Coeur d'Alene Chapter and bring your current work for our readings.

An evening meeting is held every 3rd Thursday from 6:30 to 9:30. Our new meeting place is now the Lutheran Church of the Master - ECA at 4800 N. Ramsey Rd. (corner of Ramsey and Kathleen.) To view a map of the location click here. Learn about what is happening in the Coeur d'Alene Chapter and bring your current work for our readings. Please note that there is no Thursday meeting in December. We would encourage all who can to attend our Christmas party at our Wednesday meeting.

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Thursday, March 18, 2010
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
Lutheran Church
Kathleen and Ramsey
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Simone Kincaid (Subject to change)
St. Patrick's Day writing.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Jewett House
1501 E. Lakeshore Dr.
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Various members (Subject to change)
Two out of Three: This is an opportunity to select two workshops from three available. Choose from Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction.

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Thursday, February 18, 2010
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
Lutheran Church
Kathleen and Ramsey
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mary Smith and Larry Telles:
The Microsoft Word Track Changes system
When submitting MS Word documents for editing, Track Changes lets you identify, accept, or reject any or all of the suggested changes. Come learn how this tool can aid you with your writing.

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Jewett House
1501 E. Lakeshore Dr.
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mary Smith and Larry Telles:
The Microsoft Word Track Changes system
When submitting MS Word documents for editing, Track Changes lets you identify, accept, or reject any or all of the suggested changes. Come learn how this tool can aid you with your writing.

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Thursday, January 21, 2010
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
Lutheran Church
Kathleen and Ramsey
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mary Smith and Larry Telles:
The Art of Critiquing
How to give and receive critiques of your writing.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Jewett House
1501 E. Lakeshore Dr.
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Mary Smith and Larry Telles:
The Art of Critiquing
How to give and receive critiques of your writing.

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Wednesday, December 09, 2009
9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Jewett House
1501 E. Lakeshore Dr.
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Annual Christmas Party
Awards presentation, Officer Installation!

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Thursday, November 19, 2009
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
Coeur d'Alene Library NOTE: This is not our regular meeting site.
702 E. Front (1 block south of Sherman)
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Books for Christmas Event Come join our published authors as they tell us about their books. They will have their books available for sale and 10% of the proceeds go to support the Coeur d'Alene Library.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Jewett House
1501 E. Lakeshore Dr.
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Open Mic Day
Chapter members will share their writings with the group. This is an opportunity to read you work before a group of friends.

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Thursday, October 15, 2009
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
Lutheran Church
Kathleen and Ramsey
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Liz Mastin
One of our talented poets who has contributed many articles on poetry to our Lakegazette issues will teach us about Poetry Forms.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Jewett House
1501 E. Lakeshore Dr.
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Linda Jurgensen
Let's Talk!: Writing Dialogue that Moves . IWL member and playwright, Linda taught literature to middle school students for more than 25 years. She has written several plays and is published in such places as A Cup of Comfort for Weddings and the Spokesman Review.

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Thursday, September 17, 2009
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
Lutheran Church
Kathleen and Ramsey
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Open Mic Day
Chapter members will share their writings with the group. This is an opportunity to read you work before a group of friends.

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Wednesday, September 09, 2009
9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Jewett House
1501 E. Lakeshore Dr.
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Elizabeth Brinton
Chapter member and author of "My American Eden - Mary Dyer, Martyr for Freedom," Elizabeth will talk to us about the Importance of Place.

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Thursday, August 20, 2009
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
Lutheran Church
Kathleen and Ramsey
Coeur d'Alene, ID
2010 Conference Kickoff
2010 is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Idaho Writer's League. Coeur d'Alene will host the conference next year and now is the time to prepare. Come prepared to share your ideas on how we can make next year's conference memorable for all our members. An important item is creating a theme for the conference. For a list of past conference themes go to our Past Locations page.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Jewett House
1501 E. Lakeshore Dr.
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Summer Break
There is no day meeting in August. Enjoy the summer.

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Thursday, July 16, 2009
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
Lutheran Church
Kathleen and Ramsey
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Summer Break
There is no evening meeting in July. Enjoy the summer.

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Wednesday, July 08, 2009
9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Jewett House
1501 E. Lakeshore Dr.
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Nikki Arana
Our award winning author of four books will talk about “Your Book is Written…NOW WHAT?” .

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Thursday, June 17, 2010
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
Lutheran Church
Kathleen and Ramsey
Coeur d'Alene, ID
TBA
TBA

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Wednesday, June 09, 2010
9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Jewett House
1501 E. Lakeshore Dr.
Coeur d'Alene, ID
TBA
TBA

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Thursday, May 20, 2010
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
Lutheran Church
Kathleen and Ramsey
Coeur d'Alene, ID
TBA
TBA

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Jewett House
1501 E. Lakeshore Dr.
Coeur d'Alene, ID
TBA
TBA

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Thursday, April 15, 2010
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
Lutheran Church
Kathleen and Ramsey
Coeur d'Alene, ID
TBA
Romance Writers Panel discussion

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Jewett House
1501 E. Lakeshore Dr.
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Patrice Lewis
TBA

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Updated: February 07, 2010