Channel 12, Comcast, Mystic, CT,
area: Community Culture Showcase
Lisa
Saunders has had two books published by traditional publishers and has
self-published several others, including her most recent, Mystic Seafarer's Trail: Secrets behind the 7 Wonders, Titanic's Shoes
and Amelia Earhart's Wedding. She will discuss the simplicity and
cost-effectiveness of publishing e-books and print-on-demand.
Wednesday, Jan 30, 10 - 11:30 am (Snow date: Saturday, February 2, 10-11:30 a.m.)
Youth Writing Workshop, Grades 4, 5 and 6
Bill Library, 718 Colonel Ledyard
Hwy, Ledyard, CT 06339
Admission is free, but reservations
are required. Contact: Andrea McKenzie, Friends of the Library Planning
Committee, at aandgmckenzie@gmail.com, 860-464-9912, or visit: www.ledyard.lioninc.org. Students are encouraged to bring a
writing sample to share along with some paper and a pencil/pen. Local author
Lisa Saunders will ask students to write additional short pieces in the hour
and half workshop and to critique each other’s work in an atmosphere of support
and encouragement. Students will have a chance to read their work aloud and
learn about the publishing process.
Thurs., Feb 14, 9 pm; TV Appearance, EVER TRUE: Civil War Love Story
Comcast and TVC, channel 12, Thursday
night at 9:00 PM, and Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. Reading of Lisa's play, based
on her great-great grandparents Civil War love letters on talk show, “Books
& Things with Tom.”
Thursday, March 14, 7 pm; Lecture: “Ever True: A Union Private and His
Wife”
AAUW New London County branch meeting
at: Waterford Public Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, CT, 860-444-5805,
www.waterfordpubliclibrary.org
Lisa
Saunders will tell the story behind researching the Civil War love letters of
her great-great grandparents and compiling them into her book, Ever True: A Union Private and His Wife
and one-act play. Private Charles McDowell married Nancy when she was 15 years
old. Together their letters include tales of desertions, hangings, prostitutes,
venereal disease, bullets, typhoid fever, lying injured on the battlefield for days,
and “clever women.” More info: http://newlondon-ct.aauw.net, or contact Patty
at clairwood@sbcglobal.net
Friday, April 19: Stop CMV
Infection Control Nurses of Connecticut
Lisa Saunders, as parent
representative of Congenital CMV Foundation, will speak about preventing #1
viral cause of birth defects—congenital CMV, which causes more birth defects
than Down syndrome.
Aqua Turf in Southington, CT. More
Info: Kris Magnussen, KMagnussen@llhd.org
Thursday, May 9, 2012, Noon; Lecture: Shays' Rebellion: The Hanging of Captain Henry
Gale Henry Gale
Daughters of American Revolution
(Anna Warner Bailey Chapter): Meeting starts at 11:00 a.m.
Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park
Museum
Author Lisa Saunders will talk about her
e-book, Shays' Rebellion: The Hanging of Co-Leader, Captain Henry Gale Henry
Gale responded to Paul Revere’s call to Lexington and was honored as a patriot.
Yet in the post-war credit crisis, he was considered a traitor for his
leadership role in Shays’ Rebellion—an insurrection that influenced the
adoption of the United States Constitution. More info: Contact Barbara at
raybun1@comcast.net or visit: http://annawarnerbaileydar.org/
