MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Sharon Buckman, Arthur Wilkerson, Mike Musak, Kathy Flotz,
George Miga, Sharon Dorelli, Donna Douglass, Suzy Steuben, Beverly Stanislawski,
Julie Perkins, Sharon Palmeri, Michelle Vargas, Janice Beier, Laurie Chase,
Kelly Chase
GUESTS
PRESENT:
Diana Wiacek
OLD
BUSINESS:
A vote of approval for the October 16th minutes
was first given by BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI
and was seconded by KATHY FLOTZ
NEW
BUSINESS:
SHARON
PALMERI mentioned that the Hoosier Horizon magazine was complete
and had been sent to the printers. She
also requested that members let her know if they were planning on bringing
their published books to the Christmas Party (along with the price of each
book). She needed to know ahead of time
for the display.
LITERARY NEWS:
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI announced that she had taken six awards in the Indiana
State Poetry Contest. Bev won first
place for “King of the Round,”
second place for “Seascape,” “Tickled,”
“The Final Battle,” and “Carnival
Dreams.” She also took third place
for “Keeping Kermit Happy” as well as
an Honorable Mention in the Poets and
Patrons contest for “Ballerina.” Congrats to Bev!!!
KATHY
FLOTZ mentioned the 1st Annual Local Author Book Fair
at the Merrillville Branch Library on Nov. 16th from 1-4 P.M. Authors need to pay a $20 registration fee
and be on hand to sell, sign and read from their books.
DONNA
DOUGLASS mentioned that there would be a free 8.1 upgrade for
everyone having problems with Windows 8.
READINGS:
SHARON BUCKMAN read
four pages of her book Beyond
the Canopy. In this part of her
sequel Anne is having a hard time adjusting to the information given to her by
the police. She was told that the man
who had held her in captivity for several months, and whom she thought had
drowned, might still be alive.
ARTHUR
WILKERSON read “The View from
the Pulpit.” In this short story
Arthur told of his experiences with his congregation over the years, trying to
touch on various teachings and the time it took for each. In the last line he stated, as he leaned
across the pulpit looking at his congregation, “can we talk.”
GEORGE
MIGA
read the first half of his short story entitled, “The Other Man.” The story
began with a Japanese airman coming into a clearing in the New Guinea jungle where
he had been living for the past twenty five years. While looking for berries and other food he
came across a hidden Japanese plane and begins to “bridge the gap” to his past.
DONNA
DOUGLASS read her short story entitled, “A Background Check.” On a
visit to the ancient Castle Douglas in Scotland, Donna is confronted by Lady
Moray from the 13th century.
Her revelation of “the truth” about her life is horrifying, with
implications for present-day culinary fare in Scotland.
SUZY
STUEBEN read notes from her novel Battle Mage. Suzy explained the purpose of these notes was to introduce and explain to the members
the cast of characters for the upcoming novel. The characters are
given names pertaining to their position, such as Taymon the Warlock.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI read four stanzas of her ekphrastic poem. The poem, entitled “Ballerina,” one of the poems in which she had won Honorable
Mention in the Poets and Patrons contest, told of a dainty dancing diva who had been sketched by Degas.
JULIE
PERKINS read four pages of her short story entitled, “Dead
Ashley.” The story began with a wedding
that was about to take place between a very ill 19 yr. old Kyle and Marguerite,
a more experienced woman who had been married twice before. Shortly after the vows the groom ends up in
the hospital with the bride crawling into bed with him, much to the dismay of
her mother-in-law.
MICHELLE
VARGAS read “The Power of
Words,” a flash fiction about a preacher’s wife confrontation with her
husband’s infidelity.
KELLY
CHASE read two pages of her short story entitled, “Stolen.” The story concerns a rather young, inexperienced
girl who is being taken on a jet by an older man. This man, whom she has never
met before, is taking her to Louisiana
to meet up with the director of an organization responsible for a stolen object.
MIKE
MUSAK brought the end version of his screenplay, “The Plant
Picnic.” After assigning some of the
acting parts to the various WOH members, the play continued with the
explanation of what had become of some of the plant employees, some ending up
quite well and others in prison.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
