MEMBERS PRESENT: Judy, Luneil, Patty, Karen, RuthAnn, Suzy and Hardarshan Valia
Our Third zoom meeting started promptly at 6:30 PM. Judy announced that one of the next meeting agendas would be whether to meet in person at a park or continue the zoom meeting format. Judy has recorded the meeting for those who could not attend; however, the recording will be stored for two months for them to listen. HARDARSHAN VALIA gave information on the authorspublish.com website, a good source of information related to publishing. He also mentioned that SCBWI had introduced a free webinar for its members; the first one is entitled ‘Transferring a picture book manuscript into a visual narrative scheduled for May 13, but a recording will be available May 14. He also urged SCBWI members to take courses offered by SCBWI-Indiana, where he took one course on writing a picture book by Shannon Anderson.
PATTY, read Chapter Eighteen The Liar from her
manuscript The Iron Ladies. Vienne learned the history of Gepp’s family and how
her grandfather’s abusive treatment affected Gepp’s childhood growth. She
realized the role she will be playing in bringing happiness into her father’s
life.
LUNEIL AND JUDY, presented the character sketch for
their collaborative novel Lottie Nora and Ryligh Emma. They described in detail
the steps taken to record the characterization of their protagonists. After
that, a table was presented that highlighted their character, which was later
incorporated into their stories. After that, Luneil read her accident-prone
character Lottie’s first day at school. That was followed by a reading by Judy,
who described the sleuth Ryligh’s first day to school, thereby setting the
premise to where they will meet and the plot will thicken.
KAREN, informed that she is continuing the revision of
her Rescue Ivy book. It has sixteen chapters with an epilogue. She intends to
do one more revision before final submission.
SUZY, returned to the group and has started working on
the story of Mrs. W.
NEXT MEETING: scheduled for June 9, 2021 at 6:30 PM
Submitted by,
Hardarshan Singh Valia
