MEMBERS
PRESENT:
Sharon Buckman, Katherine Flotz, Cathy Dziubla, George Miga,
Beverly Stanislawski, Sharon Palmeri, Marilyn Kessler, Ronda Jeremiah-Garcia,
Norma Dewes, Angelina Mendoza, Hayley Hardin, Amy Brailey, Neil Bedeker,
GUESTS
PRESENT:
Peggy Glennie
OLD
BUSINESS:
A vote of approval for the August 18, 2017 meeting was first
given by KATHERINE FLOTZ and
seconded by BEVERLY STANISLAWSKI.
NEW
BUSINESS:
SHARON
PALMERI read a small portion of the “Ride and Read” pamphlet which
told of the fun poetry and prose event that will be held on Saturday, September
16th between 10:00 and 12:at Erie Lackawanna Trail (starting at the
corner of Jewett Eve & 5th
street.. Sharon also stated that the WOH annual banquet will be held at the Avalon Manor instead of the Innsbrook
Country Club on December 6, 2017. Invitations and more information will be
e-mailed soon. Cost for the event is $30. For members and $35. For non members.
Reservations and money is due by Nov 2nd (a FIRM deadline )
LITERARY
NEWS:
RONDA
GARCIA mentioned that her book Nocturnal Meeting is to be published
in May.
GEORGE
MIGA
stated that his book Medal
of Dishonor was published.
READINGS:
BEVERLY
STANISLAWSKI read her two-page short story entitled, “Sun
Spots.” The story began with a
grandfather telling his granddaughter how the first solar eclipse got
started. The highly imaginative story
began with the sun constantly appraising himself, irritating everyone around
him. When the “Lord of the Lake” could
stand no more he arranged for dirty blotches to appear all over the sun’s face,
which were then called Sunspots. The sun
was then told he must hide his dirty face away for a while, thus came the solar
eclipse.
HALEY
HARDIN began with Chapter 2 of her novel in progress, Karmic
Interference. In this part of
her story, Emily awoke in a room she did not recognize. She walked through a house that she also did
not recognize and she found an envelope with her name on it. Upon opening it, she discovered it was from
her deceased father, telling her of relatives that she knew nothing of and
where they lived.
RONDA
GARCIA read two pages of her newest novel, The Land of the Unimagined. The novel begins with Oliver finally standing
on the strange little island his uncle had told him about. When he found his uncle had sent a Spanish
speaking Juan to meet him he was very confused.
Later a kid named “Tut” who appeared in a Dunne Buggy to take him to his
uncle greeted him.
AMY
BRAILEY read three pages of her newest chapter in her collection of
short story beginnings, with the title “The
Experiment.” This story, meant to be
continued by students, began with a detective being asked by his sergeant to do
surveillance on an old abandoned house from which they had received complaints
of strange noises surrounding it. When
entering the house the house the detective discovered there were men in lab
coats carrying on experiments, which involved cloning.
PEGGY
GLENNIE read her short story entitled, “Elliot.” The story,
written by Elliot, describes his life with his family, stating they were a
“protective lot,” keeping him on a short leash, keeping him from playing catch
and keep-away with his friends. The
story has a surprise ending.
NEIL
BEDEKER brought the continuation of his screenplay entitled, “Torchkey.”
The screenplay continues with Joe, after finding his deceased
father’s motel is in need of repair, runs into an old friend who works at the
local hardware store. Joe remembers that
this friend had recently bought his father’s boat, a boat that he had wanted
for his own.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 P.M.
Respectfuly submitted:
SHARON
BUCKMAN
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