Claude Thormalen has been invited to be one of the author - presenters at the First Annual Western Colorado Writer's Conference, October 16, 2004, 9:00 AM at the Activity Center, Battlement Mesa, Colorado.  To register, call 970-241-6076 or 970-285-1167.  Featured speaker will be P. David Smith, Western Reflections Publishin, Montrose, Colorado:  "What Publishers Love and Hate About Authors" and "How to Get Your Book Published"