Tuesday, October 8, 2013

OCTOBER 2, 2013





MEMBERS PRESENT:  Katherine Flotz, Sharon Dorelli, Donna Douglass, Kelly Chase, Laurie Chase, Jane Burns, George Miga, Art Wilkerson, Mike Musak, Michelle Vargas, and Sharon Palmeri




OLD BUSINESS:
Approval of the minutes for the September 18, 2013 meeting was first approved by SHARON DORELLI and seconded by DONNA DOUGLASS.

NEW BUSINESS:
SHARON PALMERI clarified that we are still able to meet in the large meeting room at Chapel Lawn, as long as there is not a special event taking placing on the night of our meeting.  When Chapel Lawn is hosting an event, we will need to use the small meeting room. 


MICHELLE VARGAS brought to our attention a Twitter site, Hashtag MSWL, where editors and agents list their “wish list” regarding what they currently are looking for from writers.  

MICHELLE also questioned why we don’t publish Hoosier Horizon on-line.  SHARON PALMERI said we would need to check into the legalities.  Also, we are not certain if we will be continuing the magazine.

GEORGE MIGA told us about an old friend he worked with years ago.  George’s friend works in New York City and met with a TV producer who is interested in a book George wrote called, Great Gorillas.  Not only did he like the book, he is thinking about making it into a TV series.  George also shared that an agency in Chicago is interested in his book, Medal of Dishonor.  
READINGS:

KATHERINE FLOTZ read a lovely poem about her granddaughter called, “Welcome to the World, Marin!”  The poem portrays Marin’s amazing journey through the seasons, beginning with her conception to the miracle of her birth.

DONNA DOUGLASS read four pages from her memoir called, “Two Frenchmen in Geneva.”  In 1965, a young, adventurous Donna has the opportunity to visit Geneva, Switzerland where she is “romanced” by two very different Frenchmen.  But is there a connection between the two men?  We are left with a cliffhanger as the older Frenchman, Francois Fondulae, is about to present Donna with a mysterious request. 

KELLY CHASE read two pages from her story, “Stolen.”  Nineteen-year-old Cathleen Hogan finds herself in the middle of a Bond-like adventure regarding a stolen Egyptian artifact.  It all seems crazy to her, and she is afraid of worrying her parents and friends, yet she finds herself stepping into a mysterious, black car and being whisked away to the airport to continue her journey to meet the Director.

LAURIE CHASE read her untitled poem about discovering her true heritage.  After believing herself to be German all her life, Laurie finds documents revealing that her parents adopted her at birth.  Further investigation finds her birth parents to be Irish!          

JANE BURNS read Chapter 11 of her novel, Atalanta.  Atalanta is on a journey to Calydon to deliver a message from the Sisterhood.  When she arrives in Lycuria, she meets an old man named Katabasos.  He is a sculptor and Atalanta’s sudden presence startles him causing him to damage the piece he is creating.  He reflects that perhaps the rock broke because he was trying to create something that was not in the rock.  “What will I do with this?” he asks Atlanta. 
When Atlanta peers deeply into the rock she sees something terrifying.

ART WILKERSON read a story called, “Lessons from Old Pot Belly.”  Old Pot Belly was the stove that provided heat for Art’s family in the 1950s.  Caring for the stove and keeping the fire from going out was Art’s responsibility.  He learned a valuable lesson one night when he fell asleep while on duty.

MICHAEL MUSAK read six pages from his play called, “Lucky Day.”  The story is about a man named Joe who is waiting for his lucky day to arrive.  His friend, Randi, is always nagging  him about how he doesn’t do anything to help better himself and how hard she has worked to get where she is today.  Joe finally does win the Lotto, and the story continues to tell us how winning the Lotto affects both Joe and Randi.

SHARON DORELLI  read two pages of her memoir, “Living with a Sociopath.”  Her story tells us of a choice she made as a young woman – a choice that would take her down a road that she thought only existed in nightmares.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted:



SHARON DORELLI

 

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