MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Katherine Flotz, Donna Douglass, Sharon Buckman, Ron Trigg,
Jane Burns, Michelle Vargas, Tom Spencer, Laurie Chase, Kelly Chase, Sharon
Palmeri, Jackie Huppenthal, Luniel Morrow, Gail Galvan, Beverly Stanislawski
OLD
BUSINESS:
A vote of approval was requested for the June 19, 2013
minutes. First approval was given by GAIL GALVAN and seconded by DONNA DOUGLASS.
NEW
BUSINESS:
JACKIE
HUPPENTHAL announced that a Local
Author’s Book Fair would take place on July 20th between 10 and 2
P.M. at the Chesterton Thomas Centennial Park. All IWC members and affiliate organizations
are invited to participate. There will
also be a children’s activity table and local writing group information table
with an area for IWC members and affiliate members to have book signings and
sales.
TOM
SPENCER stated that the IWC
is announcing its 5th Annual Networking Picnic on Sat. July 27th
at the Spencer House, 1651 E. Commnercial Ave. in Lowell, IN. There will be a fee of $5 for non-members and
$3 for members, children are free. No RSVP required. The meeting will begin at 11:30 P.M. and the
picnic will begin at 1:00 P.M.
SHARON
BUCKMAN announced that Chapel
Lawn will be hosting the 3rd annual Craft & Car Show on Sat.
August 24
LITERARY
NEWS:
GAIL
GALVAN stated that her book, Sneezing Seasons, won an Honorable
Mention in Five Star Publications as well as the Purple Dragon Fly Book Award
contest for the Best Cover Design. She
also mentioned the free giveaway contest in Goodreads.Com. She has entered her two latest books, New
Jack Rabbit City, and Sneezing Seasons, a book about
allergies and immunology. Gail also
mentioned that Chicago Writes.Org is a
very good resource for writers and has a free book review program. The cost to join is $15.
SHARON
PALMERI mentioned that members interested in book marketing and promoting
and are on Facebook may be
interested in the Facebook pages Writer.ly
and Grammar Girl. She also
mentioned that one of our affiliates “SPAN
meaning Small Publishers of North America”
has changed their name to SPSS,
meaning The Association of Publishers for Special Sales.. She mentioned that being an affiliate meant
discount member prices and encouraged members to check out their website.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI mentioned that there is a new TV program for
writers on Sunday nights, she will try to provide further information at the
next meeting.
READINGS:
ARTHUR
WILKERSON read his six stanza poem entitled “A Vision.” His poem began with, “Father, I need a vision, a revelation, at least an outline of your
expectations,” and ended with “Help
me to accept what develops.” Arthur
also read a short children’s story entitled,
“A Clumsy Camel,” in which the child, Jesus, was saved by an awkward camel
who was traveling with Jesus and his parents to Egypt.
DONNA
DOUGLASS read her two page memoir entitled, “Ker-Plunk.” Her humorous
story related to a full-time job she had taken in 1967 to replenish her college
fund. The 22yr. old Donna found herself
receiving quite a bit of attention when most of her fellow employees discovered
her infatuation for a “stereotypical
tobacco-chewing mill rat.”
KELLY
CHASE continued with her novel, The Ring. In this part of her story Kristine decides to
defy her parents and leaves their house, leaving “the ring” behind. After entering the old house where she
originally found the ring, the ring spoke to her stating, “Your making a big mistake.”
LAURIE
CHASE continued with her novel, Badradin. After the Grand
Advisor Kozrol comes aboard the Alliance vessel
he is given the grand tour by Zon, who explains the reason for all the
different types of architecture, etc., and why each crewman was allowed to
decorate his own quarters. He also stated
that he wanted him to meet Dr. Togalaz.
TOM
SPENCER brought his three stanza poem entitled, “They Write the Metamorphosis.” His poem told of the importance of writers,
beginning with, “Words, more powerful
than guns.”
JANE
BURNS read the beginning
of her short story, “The Terrible Speed
of Mercy.” The story deals with life
inside of a animal shelter/hospital, and
the terrible stench a new employee encounters as she tries to learn the
necessary details of her new job.
MICHELLE
VARGAS read the last few pages of her newest novel, Striving
After Wind. The story, taking
place in post-Civil War Indiana, told of the punishment Tabitha received after
being sentenced to death for a crime she hadn’t committed. The well written novel ended at a grave site
near Crown Point, IN.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI wrote a two page short story entitled, The
Special Extra, told from the puppy’s view point as he was being taken
to a garbage dump. The pup was later
found by a young boy who took him home, giving him a beautiful dog’s life and deciding he was extra special
after all.
RON
TRIGG continued with his memoir, “What’s Wrong with Dad?” In
this part of his memoir Ron told of the hard decision he was forced to make,
taking an early pension and leaving his job of twenty-five years with the
federal service to come home and help his mother with the care of his mentally
ill father.
JACKIE
HUPPENTHAL read her six stanza poem entitled, “Nature in Shades.” The
poem, which she had entered in an Indiana State Park contest, told of the
beauty of Shades State Park and the things she and her family had enjoyed one
weekend. She also read her two stanza
poem entitled “Seeds,” which
accompanied a beautiful picture of a dandelion as it’s seed began blowing away.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
