Writers Groups are helpful for all writers. Here are links to two groups with which I am associated. Search your own geographic area for groups.

www.heartlandwriters.org

www.missouriwritersguild.org

 www.semowg.blogspot.com

Here are links to the websites of the publishers of my books.

University of Missouri Press:

press.umsystem.edu/

McFarland Publishing:

 mcfarlandbooks.com

Visit my Amazon author page:

https://www.amazon.com/author/johncfisher

Attending writers conferences is another way of neworking. It gives the opportunity to meet both writers and editors. Heartland Writers Guild and Sotheast Missouri Writers' Guild jointly sponsor a one-day writing conference in Cape Girardeau , Missouri in July. The following link will take you to the confer ence website which has complete conference information including online registration.

http://allwritenowmo.wix.com/allwritenow

I am an active member of the Missouri Folklore Society which is devoted to the collection, preservation, and study of folklore including folk music. The MFS hosts an annual conference in November.

http://missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu

The Missouri Board on Georgraphic Names oversees the naming and renaming of geographic features within the State of Missouri; provides uniformity in geographic nomenclature throughout the state; and retains the expressed historic and cultural significance names associated with Missouri's geography. I have the honor of serving as a member of this board.

http://sos.mo.gov/archives/about/geographic.asp