MINUTES FOR MARCH 16, 2011

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Pam Gonzalez, Sharon Buckman, Sharon Jesik, Judy Whitcomb, George Miga, Lisa Groszek, Sandra Nantais, Jane Burns, Laurie Chase, Kelly Chase

GUESTS PRESENT:
Neil Bedeker, Bill Burns

NEW LOCATION:
The meeting was held in the Banquet Room of the Chapel Lawn Funeral Home in Schererville.

One of our members, Pamela Gonzalez, is an employee of Chapel Lawn and had made arrangements for Write-On Hoosiers to continue using this facility if they desire. The members that were present seemed to feel it was perfect for our needs and wished to have it remain there. We wish to thank Chapel Lawn for their hospitality as well as their free, very good, coffee.

NEWS:
The members introduced themselves to our newest guests, telling of their writing preferences and how much writing they have managed to accomplish in the past few weeks. Neil Bedeker, a guest, stated he formerly belonged to Writer's Expressions which was disbanded in December. He also stated he has written two novels, one of them, "Cassidy Posse" was self published. Our other guest, Bill Burns, Jane Burns father, traveled from Wood Dale, Ill. to join us. He stated he formerly taught Creative Writing at St. Xavier's in Chicago and had a number of published articles, including five poems and six short stories as well as co-authoring a text book.

READINGS:

SHARON JESIK, reading from her novel, "Corn Dancer," revealed the importance of "Avanyu," and the necessity of protecting it. Yan, Robert's uncle and an old man from the Zuni tribe, told them a story of the Corn Maiden and how she tried to reveal a message concerning their friend’s death.

JUDY WHITCOMB read her Concrete Shape Poem entitled "Tiny Little Insect." The poem, cleverly shaped like a leaf, manages to be read from several different angles, still rhyming.

GEORGE MIGA continued reading his novel, "Medal of Dishonor." In this part of the story President Lyndon Johnson is still trying to talk his friend, Spenser McCall, into going to them ideas for him, promising to make him an ambassador to Iran if he will help him out.

LISA GROSZEK read from the beginning of her newest novel, "Lonesome Isle 2," The story begins with a mother talking to her son, Mitchell, and later telling the reader of the unbelievable memory her son has, including the memory of his own birth.

SANDRA NANTAIS read two of her poems, "Deep in the Kettle," a poem relating in the "idleness of a slumbering soul." Her second poem entitled, "Two Lips," is accompanied with beautiful photographs of pink tulips and another photograph of a woman feeding a dove from her lips.

JANE BURNS began reading from the second chapter of her novel, "Ursa Specularis." It begins with Ursula, a bear about to go into hibernation with her two cubs, encountering a human baby and carrying it back to her cave, nursing it along with her cubs through the long winter.

LAURIE CHASE continued with her novel, "Fast Forward." In the last reading she told of a housewife, Kelly O'Callaghan, suddenly finding herself in an unknown room while waiting in line for Dunkin Donuts. She is suddenly told she is on a spaceship that hauls cargo from planet to planet and believes it to be some kind of elaborate hoax.

KELLY CHASE read from her story, "The Ring." In this part of the story she convinces her mother that she needs to borrow their truck to go visit friends at the mall - this is accomplished by the magic ring she carries in her pocket.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
Sharon Buckman