Massapequa resident Cynthia Paulis, M.D. has been chosen to read a selection of her short stories to the public at LIWG Reads! presented by The Long Island Writers’ Guild (LIWG). The Guild, an organization dedicated to fostering the development of its members’ talents, will host this reading on Sun., March 28 4 to 6 p.m. at Rockville Centre’s Village Book Shoppe, Seven North Village Ave. In addition to Dr. Paulis, featured readers, chosen from among The Guild’s workshops all over Long Island include: Riverhead resident Tom Gahan; Wantagh resident John Martin and Huntington resident Jake Packard.

LIWG Reads! is a reading series presented to the public that showcases the talents of select members in various genres of writing including poetry, prose, memoir and journalism. It also serves as a way to bring together participants from all the different Guild venues across Long Island. LIWG Reads! is sponsored by the Long Island Writers’ Guild and is free to attend with first come, first serve seating available.

Dr. Paulis is an international and medical lecturer and a new member of the Long Island Writers’ Guild. After 29 years of practicing emergency medicine, she retired last May to pursue her dream of writing. In August 2009, she was published in TheFire Island Tide, a news magazine with wide circulation and will be their medical correspondent this summer. A former medical reporter for CBS in Texas, Dr. Paulis had her own weekly show delivering health care information and taking live on-air questions from the viewing public. Throughout college and medical school, she was published in local papers and medical journals. As a Lt. Commander in the United States Public Health Service, she provided much needed health care to the Native Americans in rural Oklahoma. She later moved to Texas where she worked in inner cities, border towns and rural areas. She is currently working on a book of short stories about her experiences in the emergency room.

For more information about select workshops, contact the Guild at info@ liwritersguild.org or visit LIWG’s website www. LIWritersGuild.Org. LIWG is a not-for-profit 501 (C) 3 organization.