THE REVIEW

DEFROSTING THE MUSE

In spite of the chilly weather, six of us met on Wednesday fanning the flames of creativity that keep The Muse from freezing. Three of us had publishing news. Wendy’s article “Change of Perspective” will be published in the Hospice Society’s newsletter. Amira has offered Jim a book contract for his romance “Mestiza, The Secret Heir”. And I self-published my novel “Fire, A Mystery” as a digital ebook at Kobo Books.

Ellie read first, a very sensual poem entitled “Winter Arrival” that tells in excruciating detail of her walk to a barn during a very, very, very cold winter morning. We all shivered listening to her reading
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Ron, who has recently joined the singles category, decided to place a personal ad on Craigslist and read to us his very humorous account of replies received and ensuing correspondence with women he never did meet even for coffee. His story title was the same as that for his ad: “Handy-Woman Wanted” and his ad included a picture of himself wearing a tool belt. His ensuing correspondence with a hillbilly Sue-Bob, aka Flossie-Gertrude Dullard, complete with ugly pictures of her just had to be documented for posterity. We couldn’t stop laughing.

Jason read to us Chapter 29, “Demigod”, of his novel, where Gregg is tending to his Grammy in the burning house, waiting for the ambulance to arrive. She has him run to the basement to retrieve a smaller crate left by Jody’s mother. With the fire advancing, he puts down the crate and tries to get his Grammy out of the house, but is unable to do so. He is desperate to save her, and she wishes he could, too. The chapter ends with a hint at magic to follow. Lots of tension in this chapter and it’s a definite page turner.

I read my latest story from the “Honey” collection. This one was called “Cold Turkey” and related my humorous experience obtaining, cooking, and then dealing with leftover turkey that was also prized by an unexpected turkey-klept.

Jim read Chapter 23 in his second book of “The Coventry Ghosts”. The ghost Sherlock tells the Ghastly Committee that not only Ghostdom, but also the CIA, CSIS, AND CISEN are searching for Jason, and those worldly intelligence agencies want to work with Ghostdom to find and capture him. The Committee appoints the kitten, Sara, as their representative and give her permission to appear in the physical world before midnight. A former RCMP officer, now with CSIS, is her contact. We are always amazed at the innovations Jim comes up with in this story.

The next Meeting will be Wednesday, February 6th at 7:00 p.m. here at my place. Really looking forward to seeing you then.

Lisa

My book “Fire” can be purchased at:
http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=9780991739615