In Attendance: Rita, Elizabeth O., Braden, Orval, Heidi, Robin, Emily
Our speaker Stephen Hines could not make due to a medical emergency. We wish his wife a speedy recovery. Stephen will reschedule.
Though only a few of us gathered tonight, it was a good group filled with discussion and sharing.
Robin Milstead joined the group last night. Some of us had met her previously at the John McIntire Library for the Book Fair. Robin's 1st book (her dissertation) was published by Kendall/Hart Publishing Company. Her other books were published under the hospice of the Church of Many Ways. Robin's books are inspirational or as she termed them "feel good" books.
Orval talked about Skirts and Erin O'Reilly. His plans for his graphic novel, include a web-based series.
Heidi wrote what she terms a "Cheesey Romance", called Flowers, which she shared with the group. Her plans are to submit it to Woman's World. They pay something like $800.00 for 800 words. Though she has been writing historical stories, Heidi tends to write short stories and some poetry.
Braden read the first chapter of his novel, Heart of Mold. Braden will be having his first book signing at the John McIntire Library on September 17, 2011 from 11-1. Braden writes bad romance with a lot of violence.
Rita read her "Sign in the Window" contest entry, called Scaredy Cat. She writes about Vampires, Shapeshifters and Witches. Her writing is dark with bouts of fluff.
Elizabeth didn't read, but she writes fantasy with faeries, vampires, shapeshifters and zombies.
Emily read from her new novel in progress, Battle La Crea. She writes fantasy that takes place in the "real world." Urban Fantasy or the term she used is Verismo. From Wikipedia: Verismo (meaning "realism", from Italian vero, meaning "true") was an Italian literary movement which peaked between approximately 1875 and the early 1900s.
We adjourned to Bob Evan's for coffee.
The agenda for the meeting:
Business:
• You can sign up for the newsletter on our blog at http://y-citywritersforum.blogspot.com/
We aren’t mailing them. Send Rita ritasdragontoo@aol.com articles, short, short stories or poetry for the Newsletter.
• Our new website and forum are http://groups.google.com/group/y-city-writers-forum?hl=en and https://sites.google.com/site/ycitywritersforum/ or join us on facebook under Y-City Writers of Zanesville Ohio.
• Balance $348.23
• Thank you to Shirley Perry and Heidi Heiby for writing the thank you notes to our contributors for the conference. Check out the list of donations on our blog: http://y-citywritersforum.blogspot.com/
We still need people to sign up to help out at the Y Bridge Arts Festival. Email Rita at ycitywritersforum@gmail.com. Also, the Destination Ohio books have been submitted and will hopefully arrive for the festival.
Coming Up:
Every Tuesday at 11:30 AM –Write-ins at Sojourner’s on Brandywine this month.
• July 21- Reading at the Carr Center, 10 AM on Beverly Ave. (This Thursday)
• July 28- Open Mic at 7 PM at Weaselboy Brewing Company on Muskingum Ave.
• August 2-YCWF meeting
• August 5- Art Festival (The Y-City Writers have a floating tent. Let Rita know if you want a space to sell your books for the 2 day event.)
• August 6- Art Festival - Destination Ohio readings at 10:15 AM- 11:00 AM.
• August 16- Speaker: Patricia A. Rasey Writes Romantic Thrillers and Historical Romance. http://www.patriciarasey.com/index.html
• August 25- Open Mic at 7 PM at Weaselboy Brewing Company on Muskingum Ave.
Open Mics at 7 PM at Weaselboy Brewing Company
July 28, August 25, September 22, October 27, November Thanksgiving (Sorry we won't be doing one.), December 22?
For those of you who objected to Open Mics at Weaselboy, I have set up an Open Mic at Sojourners on Brandywine for Thursday, July 14 at 7:00 PM- ?
October 8, 2011 Y-City Writers Conference
Next Meeting: August 2, 2011. Write for 10 minutes using “I used to think” as your starter.
Opportunities & Submissions:
• 2011 Contest Theme: The Sign in the Window- send entries to Heidi at hheiby@yahoo.com Word limit: 1250
• From Pen & Quill -Please begin thinking of writing and gathering stories, poems and artwork for Musings V, to be published in time for Art Walk, 2012. Theme: Food, and more specifically: Culture and Heritage of Country Culinary Delicacies and Delights.
Our goal will be to solicit and compose stories, poems, and art enough to fill a 150-page book.
• Don’t forget the Theme is Pottery Writing Contest. Deadline: August 31, 2011. Drop off at the Pottery Museum. (The Ohio Ceramic Center is located at 7327 Ceramic Road NE (County Road 96) at State Route 93, between Roseville and Crooksville in Perry County)
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