MEMBERS
PRESENT: George
Miga, Laurie Chase, Kelly Chase, Donna Douglass, Sharon Dorelli, Julie Perkins, Katherine
Flotz, Neil Bedeker, Sharon Palmeri, and Beverly Stanislawski
WELCOME NEW MEMBER: SUZY STUEBEN.
GUESTS: JOHN
DeYOUNG (Laurie’s cousin) introduced and plans on joining our
group.
OLD BUSINESS
A
vote of approval for the May 1, 2013 minutes was first given byKATHERINE FLOTZ and seconded by DONNA DOUGLASS.
NEW BUSINESS
SHARON
PALMERI opened
the meeting by passing out a form about self publishing. Our answers will be
helpful for our guest speaker at WOH’s
25th Anniversary in December.
KATHERINE
FLOTZ updated
us on her recent speaking engagement with her husband George. It took place at Beecher
Middle School, where Katherine also sold
30 books.
JULIE
PERKINS showed
a Poetry Foundation App. which can
be used to find poems.
READINGS:
GEORGE
MIGA continued
his novel, Medal of Dishonor, in which his protagonist Spenser
McCall attends the funeral of Bobby Geary and has another go-around with
President Johnson’s decisions, including the CO2 project designed to help cut
our foreign oil dependency.
KELLY
CHASE read
the end of her short story, “Stormy
Night.” Character Jamie awakens from what was a dream in which she was
attacked by the monster, but she wonders about the reality of her red eyes and
her budding fangs. Kelly proposed two possible endings to this mysterious,
monster tale.
LAURIE
CHASE continued
with her novel, Badradin. This part of her novel was about Togalaz who would
take part in a three-stage rite of passage, “Telza Central.” To Togalaz,
successful completion of this ceremony meant freedom.
JULIE
PERKINS offered
her poem, “Dear Thay Nhat Hanh,” (written to a Buddhist Monk), who
taught her to “do what needs to be done.” She applied that advice when she and
her husband visited Rome, had a slight lovers’ “spat,” and reconnected on the
Spanish Steps.
DONNA
DOUGLASS poem,
“Northern Spring,” gave a glimpse of
the arrival of spring in all its colorful splendor, obliterating the
black/white scenes of winter.
KATHERINE
FLOTZ gave
us good advice about how she wrote her book, A Pebble in My Shoe;” how
she self published it, and how she marketed it. Her thorough explanations of
personal experiences were informative and helpful.
SUZY
STUEBEN presented
her children’s story Zilla, the Adventures of a Garden Gnome. This story "Zilla Takes a Vacation" Is the first in a series of
Zilla stories. Zilla, a garden gnome, attempts to take a vacation with little
help from a local cat, Purr.
NEIL
BEDEKER’S short
story, “Out of Retirement,” had us
wondering if his protagonist really needed a psychiatrist himself or if he was
cleverly planning a permanent “retirement” for the doctor who did not prevent
his nephew’s suicide.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI read
her poem, “Waltzing with Leaves,” a Vimaglo sonnet. It dealt with a person
wanting to learn the dance of the autumn leaves and to join them. This poem won
an honorable mention in an Indiana contest.
The
meeting ended at 8:50 pm.
Respectfully
Submitted,
BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI
