THE REVIEW

SUMMER VACATION

Jim, Wendy and Jason joined me for a Meeting on Wednesday, in spite of the hot temperatures.

I read first, a ‘Honey’ story entitled “The Birthday Gift”, about Honey taking me for lunch at the seniors’ center on my 62nd birthday and my realization that in comparison to the majority there, I really wasn’t very old at all.

Jim read Chapter 31 in Book II of “The Coventry Ghosts”. Sara, the ghost kitten meets with the living agent, Charles. They are working together trying to find Jason. Sara tells Charles the Ghastly Committee believes the Umbra are hiding Jason. They both suspect Jason is in Honywuan because there is no evidence of any ghosts in that country. Charles reports that to Launi, and she says they must get some people in there. Good plot development regarding ghost essences being stolen by Jason.

Jason (our Jason and not the character in Jim’s book) read the first chapter in a new work he has started. He read us a terrifying account of a father with some supernatural powers fleeing evil forces with his two young daughters. Trying to stop the three from falling over a snowy cliff, he’s hanging onto the girls with both his hands, so can’t use his powers to fend off the savage wolf-like beasts attacking them. He has to decide if all three will die, or if he will let go of one daughter in order to save himself and the other daughter. Nail-biting tension in this beginning right from the start. It’s just an awesome way to start a novel.

Jason also brought along a print-on-demand hard copy of his novel “Provoked”, which is available at Amazon, (by Jason Vance). The book is nicely put together and even the font used on the cover was evocative of the scary unknown.

Jim said another agent has asked to see the entire manuscript for The Coventry Ghosts, Book I. The odds are looking good that some agent will eventually want to represent him since they keep asking to see the whole book. Keep your fingers crossed for him.

Wendy has recovered from the cold she had two weeks ago. Ellie had phoned to say she couldn’t make it to the Meeting. Hope she’s okay. Lorelie had planned to attend but then had to care for her mother again. No word from anyone else.

Since I’m having surgery July 31st (right knee replacement) I won’t schedule another Meeting until I have recovered sufficiently. I will let everyone know by the end of August what’s happening. Hopefully we can resume Meeting in September. So have fun for the rest of the summer. Be sure to do some writing. And rest assured I will miss everyone until we meet again. Happy writing until then!

LISA A. HATTON
Author
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