MEMBERS PRESENT :
Paul Mulligan, Janice Beier, Michael Musak, Beverly Stanislawski, Cathy Dziubla, Sharon Buckman, Sharon Palmeri
ANOUNCEMENTS:
Meetings will continue to be held at Borders in Southlake Mall, beginning at 6:30 P.M. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month.
NEWS:
l. Paul Mulligan mentioned he had been doing some writing which involved a letter of protest to his workplace as well as an article about Michael Jackson's death.
2. Janice Beier is scheduled to do a book signing at the First Financial Bank in Crown Point on Sat., Sept. l9th. She also talked about a rejection letter she had received concerning her newest book, Fragile Lives.
3. Beverly Stanislawski has been entering a number of contests, involving several states; included was her poem written about Chicago which she read to us at the last meeting. At this point she has received no replies.
4. Mike Musak talked about a very nice rejection letter (if there is such a thing) concerning the magazine article he read to us at the last meeting he attended.
5. Cathy Dziubla stated she had spent most of her summer trying to help a friend, Gary Smith, get elected. He was running for the office of State Representative and just recently passed away.
6. Sharon Buckman has been involved with the murder trial of her nephew and other family matters, all keeping her from doing what she likes best, writing.
7. Sharon Palmeri has been spending a lot of her summer enjoying her circular flower garden and is now involved finding homes for the vegetables from her husband's productive vegetable garden. ANYONE NEEDING VEGTABLES - THE'RE FREE. On top of all this she is getting ready to start teaching her newest class on Writing Children's Books at the Merrillville High School and working at the radio station at IUN.
READINGS;
PAUL MULLIGAN read a portion of Chapter Two in his book "Your Doing a Fine Job Son". He started by telling of his relationship with the beautiful and very independent,Elma and how she had exposed him to the wealthier side of life. He also admittedly stated he was not an expert on women but felt that she, and a few other women, had influenced his view of women in general. The basic message of his book was to find the real you before searching for someone.
MIKE MUSAK had written a screen play entitled "The Plant". A few of the members played the various characters which entertained us all. We all felt that he should continue with the play, a comedy which involved trying to get a job in the plant where he used to work.
BEVERALY STANISLOWSKI wrote a very cute children's story entitled "The Odd Bird". The story told of a very odd looking bird named Birdie who had no idea where she came from and endured a lot of teasing from some of the other birds. The end of the story had a good lesson for all.
CATHY DZIUBLA had another true story which involved her experience of being caught behind a school bus. The story entitled "Stuck Behind A School Bus", was an eye opener as to the difference in the amount of time, and gas, school buses take for urban areas compared to country areas. Her account of the attitude of delay and slow walking urban children compared to the running and smiling faces of the country children was quite interesting.
SHARON BUCKMAN read two pages of her newest chapter in "Canopy of Leaves". The main character, Anne, has decided to try and convince her captor that she would like to learn some of the things he is involved in which would help her in her plan to escape. She succeeds in finally getting some praise from him.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Sharon Buckman
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