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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

January and February Meeting Recap, 2023

 1-11-23 Zoom meeting

Members Present:  Jackie, Judy, Karen, Luneil, Patty, Suzy

Members caught up with each other after the holidays. They also discussed authors Caleb Carr and Erik Larson.

Patty read her revised version of Chapter 1 of The Iron Ladies. Vienne has “gifts’ that she doesn’t understand and doesn’t know how to use yet. Members discussed Vienne's subtle and uncontrollable intuitions / feelings and how often they should appear in the manuscript.


2-8-23 Zoom meeting

Members Present: Jackie, Judy, Karen, Patty

Members decided to change meeting to 3rd Wednesday of the month.

Karen read The Beast in the Breadbox, a poem about her pet cockatiel. She plans to submit it to Cricket, a children’s magazine. Karen reported she finished Ivy and reached out to an old acquaintance who ended up encouraging her to send her manuscript in again, now that her story has been revised several times and has evolved over the years.

Patty read Chapter 3 of The Iron Ladies and will send out Chapter 2 to the group.

Judy participated in a workshop about how novels are born. She confessed she gets wrapped up with the characters and is fine up to a certain point but then has problems developing the rest of the story. Members plan to help her brainstorm to get over her writer’s block.


Next Meeting: March 15, 2023 at Rosati's in Schererville at 6:30pm

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