MEMBERS PRESENT:
Katherine Flotz, Beverly Stanislawski, Julie Perkins, Lisa Groszek, George Miga, Michelle Vargas, Jane Burns, Tom Molnar, Tom Spencer, Ron Trigg, Sharon Buckman, Sharon Palmeri, Lliz Wilson, Jackie Huppenthal, Laurie Chase, Kelly Chase, Gail Galvan
NEW BUSINESS:
The meeting was opened promptly at 6:30 P.M. with Sharon Palmeri calling on a vote vote to approve the minutes from the March 25th meeting. JULIE PERKINS was the first to vote for approval with LISA GROSZEK seconding the motion.
LITERARY NEWS:
SHARON PALMERI passed around a brochure pertaining to the Write-by-the Lake Writers Workshop & Retreat, to be held from June l8th to the 22nd. Sharon also passed around copies of the Writer’s Digest magazine as well as the The Writer magazine. She encouraged members to contact her with any information on contests, workshops, seminars, or other literary events and she will post them on the blog.
KATHY FLOTZ passed around a brochure pertaining to the Valparaiso Organization for Learning and Teaching Seniors VOLTS program , sponsored by Valparaiso University. The program VOLTS caters to teaching seniors on Mondays at 3:30 P.M. at the Union Hall. The fee for joining is $20.00. See webs site above for details.
TOM SPENCER stated he attended a poetry reading at Purdue University Calumet Campus. The event, sponsored by the English Department, featured Indiana Poet Laureate Karen Kovacik. He also mentioned that the Indiana Poets Society hosted a radio program (89.l) in Lowell at 4:30 P.M.
JANE BURNS read a passage from one of her favorite books, The Faith of a Writer, by Joyce Carol Oates.
TOM MOLNAR gave some good advice on promoting various books by having a “tri-fold” printed with the names and other information concerning his books on each section. The cost was approximately $2.99.
GAIL GALVAN stated her web site is going well with audio poems coming up. She also mentioned that anyone wanting to hear the poem of Rosa Parks could go to www.youtube.com.
READINGS:
GAIL GALVAN read an interview she had done on Kathy Flotz. The interview she read was from Gail’s book entitled “Author Unknown/Author Undaunted,” a book about self publishing, memoirs and other helpful information.
KELLY CHASE continued with her novel, The Ring. Kristine finds herself being dressed in attire from an earlier century by a group of women that seem to treat men as slaves. She is then told that she would be required to kill a “small sacrifice.”
LAURIE CHASE read three pages from her novel, Badradin. Dr. Togalaz, the half human and half Allizorn main character in the novel, is asked to explain some of the differences of her physiology since she appears to be unique to the others on the ship.
JACKIE HUPPENTHAL read two of her poems. The first poem, entitled “Together” was written by Jackie when she was in high school about her reflections of a friend. The second poem, “Apart” was recently written and was the later reflection of the same friend.
LIZ WILSON continued with her novel, Grindylow. After becoming half delirious from her previous fall in the bathtub, Kelsey flashes back to the time her sister, Shannon, told her of her upcoming marriage to Will Moureaux, causing Kelsey to hallucinate and seeing giant six-legged creatures.
SHARON BUCKMAN brought two pages from her novel, Canopy of Leaves. The two pages represented two different versions of the beginning of her novel. The members were asked to decide which they preferred.
RON TRIGG shared his story “The Polish Professor” from his novel Moments on an African Landscape. In the story he tells of his experience, while working for the American Embassy, and encountering a Polish national who had been living in Nigeria for l0 years. Ron’s job was to try and help him get to America.
TOM SPENCER brought his six stanza poem entitled “Complacency.” The poem relates to a disjointed dream, symbolizing, a metaphor for complacency.
TOM MOLNAR read two pages of his novel, Bridestar. It is the story of a preindustrial society (taking place approximately in the year 2240) and beginning with two space crafts quietly descending on the outskirts of a town on a “faraway planet.” Two of the villagers were immediately killed when they tried to enter the force field surrounding the space crafts.
JANE BURNS began this part of her novel Atalanta with Atalanta leaving the temple of Apollo and deciding to go in a southerly direction since the city of Tegea could not help her. After hearing singing up in the hills she decides to get closer and encounters a wolf getting ready to attack of group of dancing and singing women.
GEORGE MIGA continued with four pages from his novel, “Medal of Dishonor.” In this part of the novel Cordell’s son, Tony, was told of the part his father played in saving lives during World War II and how this ordeal probably was responsible for his terrible nightmares. Cordell had never revealed any of this to his family.
LISA GROSZEK continued with her novel entitled, “Maude Defined.” Maude, now a vampire, finds out she had been adopted and also discovers she is being pursued by some “dark force.” After asking for help she then learns that “Jimmy,” a former lover, has been silently trying to help and guide her.
JULIE PERKINS read the four page synopsis of her novel, The Levee. The novel reflects the life of a prostitute living in Chicago when a Vice Commission was appointed, beginning in 1910. Julie was seeking help in trying to condense the synopsis to fewer pages.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
SHARON BUCKMAN
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