Meetings and Events for Saturday, May 31, 2025
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Description: Feel like you don't have enough hours in the day? Writing goals not being met like you hoped? Explore different time management strategies and goal setting that work for your life and make you more intentional. Determine where you’re currently spending time, what pesky distractions get in your way, and how to tackle the ticking clock by prioritizing writing and what's most important to you.
Bio: Nicki Jacobsmeyer writes fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She is a Certified Life/Author Coach, Speaker, and Business Professional too. She has a forthcoming middle grade nonfiction book, Spooky America: The Ghostly Tales of St. Charles (Arcadia Children’s Books, Fall 2025), an adult historical nonfiction book, Images of America: Kentucky’s Packhorse Librarians (Arcadia Publishing, 2025), a middle grade book, Surviving the Iditarod, You Choose: Surviving Extreme Sports (Capstone Press, 2017), and an adult historical nonfiction book, Images of America: Chesterfield (Arcadia Publishing, 2016). She is represented by Senior Agent Heather Cashman of Storm Literary Agency.
She is the Co-Host and Partner of the Way-Word Writers Podcast, a community that supports and encourages established writers. Jacobsmeyer is a PBParty Annual Contest Honorable Mention winner among 1100 entries (April 2024), the 3rd place winner of the Institute of Children’s Literature Narrative Nonfiction Picture Book Contest (December 2023), and honor recipient of the 2021 SCBWI Works of Outstanding Promise (WOOP) Grant. Besides reading and writing, she loves to travel, knit, the outdoors, sunsets, family barbeques, and watching a storm come in from her front porch.
Visit her at nickijacobsmeyer.com or
Follow her on Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), or BlueSky
Bio: Nicki Jacobsmeyer writes fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She is a Certified Life/Author Coach, Speaker, and Business Professional too. She has a forthcoming middle grade nonfiction book, Spooky America: The Ghostly Tales of St. Charles (Arcadia Children’s Books, Fall 2025), an adult historical nonfiction book, Images of America: Kentucky’s Packhorse Librarians (Arcadia Publishing, 2025), a middle grade book, Surviving the Iditarod, You Choose: Surviving Extreme Sports (Capstone Press, 2017), and an adult historical nonfiction book, Images of America: Chesterfield (Arcadia Publishing, 2016). She is represented by Senior Agent Heather Cashman of Storm Literary Agency.
She is the Co-Host and Partner of the Way-Word Writers Podcast, a community that supports and encourages established writers. Jacobsmeyer is a PBParty Annual Contest Honorable Mention winner among 1100 entries (April 2024), the 3rd place winner of the Institute of Children’s Literature Narrative Nonfiction Picture Book Contest (December 2023), and honor recipient of the 2021 SCBWI Works of Outstanding Promise (WOOP) Grant. Besides reading and writing, she loves to travel, knit, the outdoors, sunsets, family barbeques, and watching a storm come in from her front porch.
Visit her at nickijacobsmeyer.com or
Follow her on Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), or BlueSky
Events Schedule:
9:00 - 10:00 Craft of Writing Book Club (Members Only)
10:00 - 11:00 Works in Progress Cafe Prose & Poetry (Members Only)
11:00 - 1:00 Speaker Meeting - Business, then presentation (Doors open at 10:45)
1:30 LUNCH (separate checks provided) - EVERYONE INVITED to continue networking
9:00 - 10:00 Craft of Writing Book Club (Members Only)
10:00 - 11:00 Works in Progress Cafe Prose & Poetry (Members Only)
11:00 - 1:00 Speaker Meeting - Business, then presentation (Doors open at 10:45)
1:30 LUNCH (separate checks provided) - EVERYONE INVITED to continue networking
Where we meet:
Our meetings are held at:
St. Charles City-County Library District Spencer Road Branch
427 Spencer Road
St. Peters, MO 63376
$5.00 for a temporary membership (cash or check only)
Membership is $35.00 per year
Our meetings are intended for an adult audience, please contact info@saturdaywriters.org if younger than 18.
St. Charles City-County Library District Spencer Road Branch
427 Spencer Road
St. Peters, MO 63376
$5.00 for a temporary membership (cash or check only)
Membership is $35.00 per year
Our meetings are intended for an adult audience, please contact info@saturdaywriters.org if younger than 18.
Members can attend in-person meetings virtually via Zoom. This is a members-only perk. Anyone is welcome to attend the in-person meetings at the library with a guest fee or paid membership.
An annual membership comes with:
An annual membership comes with:
- virtual and/or live admission to and recordings of all regular meetings,
- access to members-only discussion/critique groups and events,
- exclusive no-fee contests, and
- listing of your bio and book titles on our website, and more.