JULY 2, 2014

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Sharon Palmeri, Beverly Stanislawski, Sharon Buckman, Sharon Dorelli, Donna Douglas, Bob Moulesong, John Boufis, Suzy Stueben, Paul Mulligan, Mike Musak

GUESTS PRESENT:

Marjorie Peterson

OLD BUSINESS:

A vote of approval for the June 18, 2014 meeting was first given by BOB MOULESONG and seconded by PAUL MULLIGAN.

LITERARY NEWS:

BOB MOULESONG stated that there are two upcoming Creative Writing workshop: one Sat. August 2^nd in Hammond, IN., 5209 Hohman Ave. from 1:00 to 9:00, for a fee of $20.  Also, there is also a Creative Writing workshop planned by the Indiana Writers' Consortium on October 11^th at the Hilton Garden Inn in Merrillville.  This workshop includes multiple afternoon breakout sessions, a book sale and a cocktail hour followed by dinner.  He also mentioned that his writing is displayed at: www.shortfictionbreak.com. Bob also shared a writers' practice website that members may be interested in. Information can be found at:www.thewritepractice.com.

SUZY STUEBEN stated that the Magic Hour Writers had Lora Mercado as their guest speaker at a recent meeting. Mercado has written several cook books as well as books on photography.  Suzie also mentioned that Groupon advertised a writing class for children for $19.

JOHN BOUFIS, who has returned to the group after a long, work related absence, mentioned that he intends to get back to his writing after getting adjusted to his retirement as an English teacher.

READINGS:

DONNA DOUGLASS read four pages of her short story, “But One Night....,” in which Donna sees the obituary of an old friend and remembers their friendship forty-seven years ago.

BOB MOULESONG continued with his story entitled, “Wolf Moon.”  In this part of his story the poacher named Stavich finds himself surrounded by a pack of wolves as he tries to set his last trap for a black bear.

SUZY STUEBEN read four pages of her novel entitled, The Baby Battle Mage.  The story concerns a young child trying to escape a hurtful family situation.  A family that has treated her badly, believing that she was evil and possessed magic.  

PAUL MULLIGAN continued with four pages from chapter two of his novel, Be Brave – Now Die. This part of his novel began with Carl and Darlene enjoying a stroll after seeing a movie and encountering three roughnecks headed in their direction.  After Carl tried to fend them off he pushed Darlene onto a bus and then jumped on behind her only to find the three punks got on as well.

BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI read  her five stanzas free verse poem entitled, “Ebony Beauty.” The poem told of the ebony beauty, with his black satin mane and his black tail cascading downward like a “licorice waterfall.”

MIKE MUSAK read four pages of his story entitled, “Habits Change.”  The story told of a young high school girl that had just recently been transferred to a new school.  After leaving a football game with a girlfriend, she realized she had left her purse behind in a restroom.  When she returned to the parking lot she found that the bus had left without her. Not knowing what else to do, she accepted a ride with a guy who told her he was a member of the school's football team.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 P.M.

Respectfully submitted:

SHARON BUCKMAN