https://www.virginiawritersclub.org/page-1314918 Virginia Writers Club upcoming events Virginia Writers Club Wild Apricot - membership management software and more en Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:53:34 GMT Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:53:34 GMT Sat, 07 Nov 2026 16:00:00 GMT <p style="line-height: 30px;" align="center"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp; &nbsp; <strong><font style="font-size: 24px;">We welcome Author Wayland Smith as our</font></strong></font></p> <p style="line-height: 30px;" align="center"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><strong><font style="font-size: 24px;">Keynote Spea</font></strong></font><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><font style="font-size: 24px;">ker!</font></strong></p> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://www.virginiawritersclub.org/resources/Pictures/WaylandSmithPic.JPG" alt="" title="" border="0" width="191" height="254"></p> <p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 16px;">Wayland Smith is the pen name for a native Texan who has lived in Massachusetts, New York, Washington DC, and presently makes his home in Virginia. His rather unlikely list of jobs includes private investigator, comic book shop owner, ring crew for a circus (then he ran away from the circus and joined home), deputy sheriff, writer, and freelance stagehand. Wayland’s novels so far include <em>Tis the Season</em>, <em>In My Brother's Name</em>, <em>Cadre Clash</em>, and <em>Old Gods and New Drugs</em>, the first two books in the Wildside series. He has short stories in the anthologies "Cat Ladies of the Apocalypse", "HeroNet Files, Vol 1,", “SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror,” and “Misfits of Magic,” among many others. He has spoken on panels at WorldCon, DragonCon, DC AwesomeCon, MystiCon, and RavenCon and many more. A black belt in shao lin kung fu, he is also a fan of comic books, reading, writing, and various computer games (I’ll shut 7 Days to Die down in one more hour. Really). He lives with a beautiful woman who was crazy enough to marry him, and the spirits of a few wonderful dogs that have passed on. Wayland is also a founding partner in the Crowded Shelf, a nomadic indie bookstore that brings books to many different conventions and shows.</font><br></p> https://www.virginiawritersclub.org/event-6877648 https://www.virginiawritersclub.org/event-6877648