JUNE 20, 2012

             
 

                     Your imagination is your preview

                     of life's coming attractions.
                     ~~ Albert Einstein~~

                                                

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Sharon Buckman, George Miga, Sharon Jesik, Beverly Stanislawski, Lisa Groszek, Kelly Chase, Laurie Chase, Donna Douglass, Kathy Flotz, Sharon Dorelli, Meggie Tolkland, Neil Bedeker, Ron Trigg, Liz Wilson, Michelle Vargas, Sharon Palmeri

OLD BUSINESS:

A vote of approval was asked for concerning the June 6^th minutes.  The first approval was given by BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI and seconded by LISA GROSZEK.

LITERARY NEWS:

KATHERINE FLOTZ stated she had written to five different churches in Minocqua pertaining to speaking engagements regarding her memoir Pebble In My Shoe. Three of the churches responded, the engagements will be between August and September. Great work Katherine!

SHARON BUCKMAN read a portion of an editorial letter she received from a Create Space editor.  The letter was very favorable concerning her novel, Canopy of Leaves.  Sharon felt that most of the praise was due to the wonderful critiquing done by Write -On Hoosier members.

LISA GROSZEK stated that she had a wonderful time at the Printer’s Row exhibit in Chicago and felt it was well worth the experience.

SHARON  JESIK mentioned two different books she enjoyed written by Megan Abbot, End of Everything, and Dare Me.

SHARON PALMERI  mentioned that while several members have had books published we never discuss marketing strategies. She suggested the possibility of working together as a team to create and share new and innovative marketing strategies [off the record if desired] during the “Literary News” segment of our meeting. Because our group is so diverse in genre she thought we could do this without feeling competitive.

GEORGE MIGA stated that he had given two of his novels, Spin Doctor and  Medal of Dishonor, to his friend, Dick James, an attorney who practices in Dyer and was a former U.S. Attorney.  His friend has been very helpful in his ideas concerning George’s novels.

READINGS:

LAURIE CHASE read four pages from her novel, Badradin, a novel which takes place in the year 2300 and involves a female physician who has been living aboard a ship for one year before being challenged by three Allizorn soldiers.  She managed to end the encounter without bloodshed.

KELLY CHASE started a new novel entitled, The Marine and the Werewolf. The plot begins with the female Marine, Kira, encountering a werewolf on a lonely road after her car breaks down.  After a near brush with death the werewolf ran swiftly back into the forest.

DONNA DOUGLASS read two pages of her memoir entitled, “Laticia at the Door.”  The memoir told of an experience Donna had while working in a local steel mill office.  The 1965 incident told of the prejudice involved when her boss was told he HAD to hire a Negro girl to work in their office.

KATHERINE FLOTZ continued with her new novel, The Journey.  In this part of her novel she told of Michael, a German prisoner of war, who had recently been released from a prison camp, finally finding the whereabouts of his wife and family who had been living in the United States.

MEGGIE TOLKLAND read four pages of her newest novel, The Mayhem; Thorns Story.  The story takes place in Chicago and concerns a woman who runs a club which caters to Chicago’s supernatural community which includes vampires, werewolves and even weirder creatures.

SHARON DORELLI continued with part two of her adult fairy tale entitled, “The Crystal Heart.”  This part of the story told of the first meeting between Rowan and Tearsa.  The story is truly an adult fairy tale in its beautiful wording and description of a man and woman finding their soul mates.

NEIL BEDEKER continued with his novel, White City – Dark Hearts.  In this part of his novel Neil begins to introduce a serial killer that lived in Chicago during the time of the Chicago World’s Fair.  “Strange Business,” is the title of Chapter Four – and it certainly is.

LISA GROSZEK read two pages of her vampire novel entitled, Maude Defined.  In this part of the novel James tries to explain to Maude the different types of vampires and how they came into existence.

RON TRIGG read four pages of “Out of the Shadows,” a continuation of his memoir, Moments on an African Landscape.  This part of his novel takes place in 1978 Kenya and relates his experience with bedbugs shortly after arriving on the Kenyan mainland.  

BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI  read her four stanza poem entitled, “How to Judge a Man.”  The poem tells of the true way to judge a man by stating, “His inner self to help me scan – the love down in his heart.”

SHARON JESIK read four pages of her story entitled, “Triptych,” a story relating to an art professor, who alienates his students and also appears to be having an affair with at least one of them.

GEORGE MIGA continued with his novel, Medal of Dishonor.  In this part of the novel, McCall tries to gather all the people needed to proceed with the deposition involving the Medal of Honor going to the deserving person and not the son of a renowned Major who has already accepted it.

SHARON BUCKMAN read a short article entitled, “The Best Things in Life Are Free?” The article told of some things that appeared to be free – but then revealed to be definitely not free.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 P.M.

Respectfully submitted:

SHARON BUCKMAN

 

 

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

(December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886)

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life.

Did you know that although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime?  In fact the work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time.

You can read more about Emily Dickinson by clicking on the following links: Wikipedia.Org – Emily Dickinson  or The Emily Dickinson Museum

To read Dickinson’s Poetry click HERE

     

HOPE is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune without the words,

And never stops at all,   

And sweetest in the gale is heard;

 And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little bird

That kept so many warm.   

I ’ve heard it in the chillest land,

And on the strangest sea;        

Yet, never, in extremity,

It asked a crumb of me.

~~Emily Dickinson~~

                             

~~ artist unknown ~~