Members Present: Jackie, Judy, Luneil, Suzy
Guest: Bob M.
Suzy reported Paul Henry’s Art Gallery will host a reading
event on the second Wednesday of every month starting in January. The gallery
is located right next to the Indiana Writers’ Consortium’s new
office/conference space. Judy and Jackie visited both this past summer. Janine
and Julie from IWC are working to secure readers for the monthly event at the
gallery which also has regular studio hours and acoustic jam nights as well.
Check it out on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-Henrys-Art-Gallery/184404196644
Suzy attended the Midwest Writers Conference at Ball State
in July. She went all three days and gathered a lot of material and
information. She was very excited about the opportunity to network with authors
and agents and see their latest marketing tools. Suzy also brought in
information on the October 4th SCBWI event in Rensselaer, IN. The
Indiana Writers’ Consortium Conference will be held October 11th
from 1 to 10 pm in Merrillville. A few members hope to attend both events. See
our upcoming events page for links.
Judy and Bob would like to ask fellow IWC member Mark Ailes
to be a guest speaker for one of our upcoming meetings. He is the author of
several since fiction, fantasy, and horror novels as well as an award winning
poet. http://markcuscoailes.weebly.com/
Luneil read I Can’t
Like That, a short story about a little girl’s unhappiness about her lunch
choices.
Bob discussed his next project, The Adventures of Rugs, which is a picture book series. He
introduced his cast of characters and explained how accepting one’s differences
is the theme in each.
Jackie and Judy brought in dummy books and briefly discussed
the submission process as well as self-publishing. Jackie read two poems. The
first one is in the draft stage and includes prompts for children to design
their own backpack. The second one, which she plans to submit to magazines, is about a puppy that chews
up everything in the house.
Judy read Coming Home, a memoir type short story with an unexpected ending.
JSH
