OCTOBER 16, 2013

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Kathy Flotz, Sharon Buckman, Sharon Palmeri, Beverly Stanislawski, Suzy Stueben, Donna Douglass, Mike Musak, Audrey Warzyniak, Michelle Vargas, George Miga

GUESTS PRESENT:

Marjorie Peterson, Joyce Dix

OLD BUSINESS:

A vote of approval for the October 2, 2013 minutes was first given by BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI and seconded by DONNA DOUGLASS.

NEW BUSINESS:

SHARON PALMERI stated that the Hoosier Horizon magazine was nearly 85% completed and will be ready for the 25^th anniversary banquet on Weds. Dec 4. She also mentioned that she was still waiting for the last few releases to come in, as well as the pre-payment of the magazine.

LITERARY NEWS:

KATHY FLOTZ stated that if any members were interested, a book discussion of a member’s published books would be held during the months of March, April and May 2014 at the Crown Point Community Library.  If you are interested please contact Barb Houk at 219-663-0270 or email: bhouk@crownpointlibrary.org.  This can be done during the day or evening – Kathy stated she would be doing her book in February.  

BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI stated she had won three poetry awards, second place, lst and 2^nd place in honorable mention.  In a Tennessee contest she took four awards – three third places and lst place in the honorable mention category.  Congratulations Beverly!

MIKE MUSAK mentioned that he has been working online trying to find an agent for his book.

GEORGE MIGA talked of his experience finding an agent that was very helpful but had died before his book had been published.

DONNA DOUGLASS mentioned seeing the movie “Gravity.”  Though Donna did not think the movie had much of a plot another member stated she really enjoyed it.

MICHELLE VARGAS stated that the MacGregor LiteraryAgency was holding a marketing seminar on November 9, 2013.  If any member is interested she thought that the blog address was: macgregorliterary.com (see link above)

READINGS:

BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI read one of her award winning free verse poems entitled, “Marionette.” One of the restrictions in the poetry contest was that it somehow needed to pertain to strings.  In Beverly’s poem she related to the comparison of how a marionette was manipulated with strings and how our "Operator” “never let us go so far that He cannot pick us up again.”

DONNA DOUGLASS read four pages of her memoir, “Two Frenchmen in Geneva.”  The memoir told of  20 yr. old Donna staying in a hotel in Geneva and being invited to a dinner hosted by the World Peace Organization.  The dinner was in honor of her date for the evening; he was being honored for his work with the organization. 

MIKE MUSAK brought the third part of his screenplay, “The Picnic.” After casting some of the members in various parts of the play, the story continued with some of the principle members of the company  being dropped off at the picnic in a limousine.  After the greetings the employees began telling of the outcome of all the illegal activities in the company.

SUZY STUEBEN read three pages of her continued story entitled, “Mrs. Walter’s New Pet.”  In this part of the story Mrs. Walter decided to make a trip to Indianapolis to purchase a new dining table.  She ended up bringing home a stone gargoyle.  After placing the gargoyle next to her garage door she began to discover that the gargoyle was shielding her and her house.

AUDREY WARZYNIAK read four pages of her continuing story entitled, “Returning Memories.”  In this part of the story her main character, Maggie, dies after having planned a reunion for all her friends.  The friends arrive shortly after her death and are told that it was too late to inform all of them; it ends with the friends trying to decide what they should do.

MARJORIE PETERSON, our new guest and author of two published books under the pen name of Kieja Shapodee, Written in Red Ink  and Broken Beyond Repair, read three pages of a new novel she has recently started At Sunset We Wake .  The story begins with a woman, Amanda, walking down a street when a man jumps out behind a dumpster blocking her way.  He continues to follow her and after telling her she will be his tenth victim she turns on him, telling him he will be her first.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 P.M.

Respectfully submitted:

SHARON BUCKMAN