Are you wondering how to incorporate research into your writing? If so, attend the Black Diamond Writers’ Network meeting from 10 a.m. to noon March 16 at the Tamaqua Public Library, 30 S. Railroad St. in Tamaqua.

The speaker will be Jay Smar, a professional entertainer from Jim Thorpe, who plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin and banjo. He writes the music and words of his songs.

Smar will be talking about his stories of the local coal miners.

Learn how he researches historical facts about the Pennsylvania coal region, how his research becomes poetry and how he puts it to music. He has written many songs, including “The Ballad of Glen Onoko.”

The meeting is free and open to the public.

For more information, call Anna Getz at 570-645-2717, and for directions call Tamaqua Public Library at 570-668-4660.