MEMBERS PRESENT:
Sharon
Buckman, George Miga, Donna Douglass, Sharon Dorelli, Sharon Palmeri, Neil
Bedeker, Gail Galvan, Ron Trigg, Jane Burns, Tom Spencer, Julie Perkins,
Michelle Vargas, Kelly Chase, Laurie Chase
OLD BUSINESS:
A vote of
approval for the February 20, 2013 minutes was first given by DONNA DOUGLASS and seconded by JULIE PERKINS.
NEW BUSINESS:
A discussion
was held by the members for a possible award to be given for the most acceptance
and or rejection letters, non-contest, received by one member starting January
1st of this year.
LITERARY NEWS:
GAIL GALVAN has decided to temporarily take a traditional
publishing route for her new book New Jack Rabbit City. She said she
has sent queries to Chicago agents and publishers, but has yet to hear back
from any of them. She received an email
rejection letter from Stephen Barr, Lit agent at Writers House in New York. The
agent stated, “Despite its poise and polish, I wasn’t wholeheartedly connecting
with your writing.”
NEIL BEDEKER mentioned he had attended a Writer’s
Conference while in St. Petersburg, Fla.,
and found that Allium Press
in Chicago was interested in historical facts concerning Chicago. This info was interesting to Neil as well as JULIE PERKINS, both writing novels
concerning the Chicago World’s Fair.
JANE BURNS announced that a short article she
had written on Jackie Tyler had been accepted in the Not-Radio Times Doctor Who anniversary special.
TOM SPENCER stated that this Saturday, March 9th,
from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., would be the last poetry meeting hosted by the Lowell
Library.
READINGS:
GEORGE MIGA continued with four pages from his
novel, Medal of Dishonor. This
section of the novel began with McCall, Eleanor, Tony and Cordell Jackson
meeting with President Johnson to discuss who should actually be the recipient
of the Medal of Honor. Since the medal
had already been given to Oliver Crawford, who had recently been named
Secretary of the Army, by President Johnson, it was, to say the least, quite a
problem for the President.
DONNA DOUGLASS read four pages of her short memoir,
“Detour Down Christmas Tree Lane.” In the beginning of her memoir, Donna told of
her experience working as a part time teacher for a Jewish school in 1997 in
Atlanta. The story began with a T.V.
truck pulling up in front of the school to tell of the destruction caused when
red swastikas had been sprayed on the drive, buildings and lawn. Donna told of having a difficult time trying
to explain why anyone could hate people they never knew.
SHARON DORELLI read her delightful one page memoir
entitled “Waiting For Peter Pan.”
The memoir told of her fascination with Peter Pan as a child and waiting
nights by her bedroom window waiting for him to come.
GAIL GALVAN read her narrative poem entitled, “Katfish Karma.” The poem told of her dismay at the time
wasted by people looking for love on the internet. Adding to the problem of deception was the
waste of time involved instead of actually looking for the real love of your
life.
RON TRIGG read a four page memoir about his childhood in North Hammond. The memoir entitled, “An Unlikely Naturalist,” told of his fascination with all things
involving the natural world, including jars of insects, centipedes, etc., and
ending with his most prized possession, a dead baby alligator.
JANE BURNS continued with her novel, Atalanta. In the beginning of this part of her novel
the women of Urtygia surrounded a pyre of wood, holding a funeral ritual for
one of their elders, Ella. Several men
came to help lift the body into a hollow log, placing it on top of the pyre,
thereby beginning the ritual with the women calling their goodbyes by yelling
“go back, go back home.”
TOM SPENCER brought his seven stanza poem
entitled, “Lost Love.” His narrative reverse poem told of the
wonderful memories, thoughts and visions he endured while standing alone upon
the shore of a barren beach.
JULIE PERKINS read her 18 line heroic couplets
poem entitled, “Refuge.” The poem
related to a child’s version of a battlefield during World War 11 as he
compared his bedroom floor, with all the soldiers, race cars and rubber toys to
a battlefield.
MICHELLE VARGAS read her two page synopsis of her
novel Striving After Wind. Her
historical novel told of the Tolleston Gun Club of northwest Indiana during
l876 and the coveted piece of property being sold only after Tabitha is wounded
in a gun battle. The synopsis ends with
Tabitha raising a young boy that turns out to be her nephew.
KELLY CHASE continued with her short story, “Stormy Night.” Jamie, after spending an afternoon raking
leaves with Lizzie, has another nightmare involving Lizzie and the large bat-like
creature that leaves three large scratches on her face when she awakes.
The meeting
was adjourned at 8:55 P.M.
Respectfully
submitted:
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