Minutes from 10-11-11 Meeting

Attendance: Ann, Shaun, Keith, Doug, Eric, P.J., Cathy, Maria, Joan, Shawn, Ryan, Adam, Patricia, Jim, Holly, Wendy

I. Critique:

No critique this month! Instead, we shared Halloween themed stories. We heard about stalker candy bars; candy corn killers; goblins, psychopaths (nice way to incorporate the names from our group, Shawn!); gray city days; zombies, Renaissance re-enactors; vampires, witches, and ghosts. A little prose, a little poetry, and great narration! Thanks to everyone who brought treats, too. What a fun way to spend October, and presented many of us with a challenge – we’re wordy, to say the least. The consensus of the group is to maybe do the same thing in the spring – more discussion will follow, I’m sure.

Welcome to our new members who came to the October meeting – we hope you won’t be “scared” away!

We also talked about a writing challenge posted on NaMoWriMo for November: as many words as possible in one month. Several of us have signed up – post your word count on the site, and good luck to everyone!

For Our Next Meeting on November 8, 2011, 7-9 PM:

We were concerned that since the 8th is election day, the library wouldn’t be open. IT IS! So, on the 8th we will critique submitted work from Adam, Ryan, and Ann. Please get your submissions to Holly, and we’ll see everyone there.