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Author Melinda Cordell Speaks to Maryville Chapter

On Tuesday, November 29, 2016, author Melinda Cordell presented her insights and experiences to the Maryville Chapter. She talked with members about the preparation and process of submitting a nonfiction proposal to a publisher, and then talked about her experiences with self-publishing her next two books. Additionally, she provided information about Hemmerlin's writer's program through which she has received invaluable training as a writer, as well as support and encouragment from a variety of talented fellow authors.

We are appreciative to Melinda for sharing her experiences and insights with us and we hope readers will take some time to look at Melinda's books, Courageous Women of the Civil War, Don't Throw in the Trowel, and Angel in the Whirlwind, all available at Amazon.

Melinda Cordell -- Speaker -- November 29, 2016

The Maryville Chapter of the Missouri Writer's Guild will meet at 7 p.m. at the Alumni House on the south side of the Northwest Missouri State University campus. Our guest speaker for the meeting will be Melinda Cordell.

Melinda's first book, Courageous Women of the Civil War: Soldiers, Spies, Medics, and More, ($19.99 MG/YA nonfiction, was released by Chicago Review Press in 2016.

Since that time, Ms. Cordell has published two additional books. The first is titled

Angel in the Whirlwind, released on Amazon on September 2, 2016. It is a YA/NA short story collection about loneliness and change, and the angel in the middle of it all, waiting to guide you to a better life. 

Ms. Cordell's third book is titled Don't Throw in the Trowel! A Month-by-Month Guide to Vegetable Gardening. It was released in October of 2016. 

(From the author) This is the first book in my Easygrowing Garden Series. I used to be the gardening columnist for the St. Joseph News-Press, and the municipal horticulturist for the St. Joseph Parks and Rec department, so I might know a thing or two about gardening. The next books will be about roses, annuals and perennials, trees and shrubs, houseplants, soil building, and maybe growing with native species.We are pleased to have Melinda Cordell joining us for the November meeting. We hope you will come out and hear what she has to say.