MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Sharon Palmeri, Sharon Buckman, Kathy Flotz, Beverly
Stanislawski, George Miga, Luniel Morrow, Paul Mulligan, Judy Whitcomb, Janice
Beier, Michelle Vargas, Laurie Chase, Kelly Chase
GUESTS
PRESENT:
Yusef El, Bob Moulesong, Serena Yester, Ted Hawthorn
OLD
BUSINESS:
A vote of approval for the January 15, 2014
meeting was first given by Beverly
Stanislawski and seconded by Kathy
Flotz.
NEW
BUSINESS:
SHARON
PALMERI asked the guests that were present to introduce
themselves.
YUSEF
EL
stated that he enjoyed writing, and learned of our writer’s group from the
Times. He also stated that he has had
several books published including, One Room Shack, Raw Tears, How
To Feel Good About Yourself, and a children’s book entitled Rhyme
Tyme.
BOB
MOULESONG stated that he has enjoyed writing since his high school
days. He started his employment at the
mills, but then moved on to working at the Times as a sports writer. He is now enjoying his freedom to write since
his retirement.
SERENA
YESTER stated that she enjoys doing illustrations as well as
writing, and has been involved in doing some illustrations for her mother’s
books, (Janice Beier.)
TED
HAWTHORN stated he was there to accompany his fiancé, Janice Beier,
and was in awe at all the work he has witnessed that goes into writing and
publishing a book.
LITERARY
NEWS:
JANICE
BEIER stated that her newest book, Fragile Lives, will
hopefully be published this year. Janice
also has two other books that have been self - published, Zebert the Rainbow Striped Zebra,
and Zebert the Rainbow meets Tilly the Tortoise.
GEORGE
MIGA
introduced a book he read entitled, Margo, by author Jillian Cantor.
JUDY WHITCOMB stated that she read an older book from the
1970s that she found intriguing. The name of the book was The Rosary Murders by
William Kienzle. [She later e-mailed
this additional information: “Out of curiosity I looked up the author and
discovered that Kienzle left the priesthood because he disagreed with the
Church's refusal to remarry divorcees. The Rosary Murders was actually made
into a 1987 movie starring Donald Sutherland.”]
READINGS:
SHARON BUCKMAN continued with her novel Beyond the Canopy. In this part of the novel Anne is told by
detective Collins that it was more probable Tom had drowned in the river, rather than
still alive and trying to come after her.
Knowing Tom’s endurance she is not convinced.
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI read her six stanza poem entitled, “Murmurations.” The poem relates to the minions of starlings
migrating to warmer climates, following the command of their leader and giving
such a beautiful performance.
PAUL
MULLIGAN read two pages of his novel, Be Brave and Die, Damn It. This part of the novel begins with Carl
hiding in his father’s basement from a gang bent on doing him harm, though he’s
not sure why. It ends with a related
story of his friend Akem, who wanted to leave the hood. He tried to make the
basketball team, and after being unsuccessful, he turned to a life of
crime.
JANICE
BEIER read a short query letter concerning her 40,000 word, young
adult novel, entitled, Crossing Lines. After members read her very descriptive
summary of the novel, it was generally decided that less description was
probably needed.
MICHELLE
VARGAS read four pages of her newest novel, Salt and Light. The novel tells of a young minister, crawling
out of Lake Michigan onto the beach, completely unaware of how he got there. After being told by a passing older woman of
his location, he does not understand why everything there looks so different
from the way he remembered it.
LAURIE
CHASE read her very emotional six stanza poem entitled, “What You’ll Never Hear.” The poem relates to her very intelligent son,
who was recently diagnosed with a rare disorder called Selective Mutism. The poem relays all the beautiful things that only his
family is selected to hear.
KELLY
CHASE continued with her novel entitled, The Ring. After deciding to get rid of the ring that
has turned her life into such turmoil, the young girl returns to the old house
where she found it. After entering the
house the ring tries to dissuade her by telling her it would be a big mistake,
however, throwing the ring across the floor she quickly left.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
SHARON
BUCKMAN
