MEMBERS PRESENT:
Al
Koch, Amy Brailey, Katherine Flotz, Karen Lauper, Shirley Hinman, Bob Neuman,
Judy Neuman, Trent Pendley, Diane Stratton, Cindy Horgash, Sharon Palmeri, Lisa
Keene
NEW BUSINESS:
Sharon
Palmeri is updating the W.O.H. member blog. She requests that anyone with a published
book, newspaper, or magazine article submit the information to her with photos
and a summary of written work. Sharon also shared the club’s mission statement,
blog, Facebook information, and multiple links for writers visiting the website.
OLD BUSINESS:
No
items were discussed.
LITERARY NEWS:
Katherine
Flotz has been asked to speak at Hartsfield Village (Munster, IN) on April 8,
2025, regarding her book “A Pebble in My Shoe.”
Trent
D. Pendley will be doing a reading at the Valparaiso Public Library on May 8,
2025, with a presentation of Erma Rosenthal Frankenstein's book on Ellen
Fitzimmon Steinberg.
READINGS:
AL KOCH read
his short story, “Parochial School Penance,” about the times when survival
lessons of punishment and penance were funny.
KAREN LAUPER read an excerpt from her memoir “Can You Push Me to Heaven.” This
story describes the persistence and steadfast determination of her baby boy
with momentous medical challenges who must navigate through everyday life
beginning as a newborn.
“Delicately Detached” is a poem written and read by SHIRLEY HINMAN about how a
rose's life and death compare to humankind’s life and death.
BOB NEUMAN
read his poem “Unseen Things” about interactions with well-known idioms.
TRENT D. PENDLEY read from his trilogy: “It Happened in the Indiana Dunes”.
This story captures the fallout the country suffers with the COVID-19 pandemic,
the aftermath of Charlottesville, January 6th, and the security
methods put in place to protect the American Jewish communal institutions.
SHARON PALMERI continued her memoir "The Beginning of the Beginning-Write
On!” This story is about the creation of Write-On Hoosiers, Inc.
CINDY HORGASH read the third chapter “Queen of the Swings” of her
chapter book geared toward fourth-grade readers. The main antagonist Audrey
Cooper has become a viable force to reckon with.
“It’s Me Again, God!” read by JUDY NEUMAN is a whimsical conversation with God where
she asks the question, “Lord, did I make you laugh…when…”
LISA KEENE read an excerpt from her YA novel “Yerd” about the night
before Olivia’s first day at Region High.
The
meeting adjourned at 8:05 pm.
Respectfully Submitted:
CINDY HORGASH
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