Members Present: Jackie, Judy, Karen, Luneil, Pam F., Patty, Ruthann,
Valia
Judy and Jackie discussed the MHW Stream Line Event that took place on September 9th at Paul Henry’s Art Gallery in Hammond, IN. Judy, Jackie, Ruthann, and Valia were presenters. Around 25 adults and children attended the interactive 2 hour event.
Karen stated her book release has been postponed so it can be reviewed first.
Judy read her
Christmas story Butterfinger, The Clumsy
Polar Bear. She also did the illustrations.
Valia read two
poems: “A Colorless Solution” and “Volcanoes
of Northwest Indiana”.
Patty read
Chapter III, The Bell of Reckoning from
her YA novel.
Jackie showed the
poem pictures she had at the Stream Line event. She also passed out the
handouts she used when discussing how the things we see can inspire our
writing.
Karen discussed
NaNoWriMo and encouraged members join in this November. The creative writing
project challenges participants to write enough words for a novel in one month (50,000 words).
http://nanowrimo.org/
Ruthann reported
she attended best-selling mystery author Kate Collin’s presentation on September 15th in Crown Point and bought two of her
books. Kate discussed tips on how to write a novel and get published.
Next Meeting:
October 8, 2015 at 6:30 p.m.
Rosati’s Pizza in Schererville, IN
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