THE REVIEW

GUEST REVIEWER

Jason and his son, Tristan, joined Wendy, Jim, Margaret and me for a Meeting on Wednesday. Lorelei was parent minding and Ellie was preparing for company.

Tristan, who is eight, started the evening by giving a very comprehensive review of Jim’s novel “Coventry Ghosts, Book I”. He thought the plot was very creative and especially liked that Sara, the kitten ghost, could talk and that she hated being called a ‘cat’. Tristan found the prologue memorable because it should how Leanne died by being hit by a dump truck in front of the coffee house she later haunted. And he found it especially funny when the ghost were trying to stop John from gambling and they caused his mechanical problems with his car so he couldn’t reach the casino and race track. When the horses were going to start a race, the ghosts prevented the gates from opening as well. Tristan said he really enjoyed the book and thought it was neat. We were amazed how eloquent he was reviewing the book. Smart young lad.

Margaret F. is has decided to write her “Babes In The Woods” book as a journal of her investigation and read us the first chapter from when she started in 1995, and telling us how the thought of two young children being found dead and nobody claiming their bodies had haunted her since she was quite young.

Wendy read her poem “An Ending” again for those who hadn’t heard it and it was still extremely powerful to those hearing it for the second time.

Jim read Chapter 33 from “Coventry Ghosts – Book II”. Joel board a submarine in Halifax and Sara joins him on it. He was concerned about the noise accompanying Sara when she pops in or out of physical reality and asked her if she could reduce it so as not to jeopardize the mission. She stared experimenting and was able to achieve her ‘stealth mode’ so she would be undetected by the living.

I read a new “Honey” story called “Friday The Thirteenth” about events experienced with Honey down at the Legion with some of the unusual characters who attend there on the weekends.

For our website, I have collected some new pictures and a few bios and am waiting for Sonny to
return from a military conference he is attending in Jordan before I forward them to him. But I am still waiting to hear from a few of you. Your new or revised bios would be appreciated if I haven’t received them yet or talked to you about the website. Please don’t forget. Thanks.

The next Meeting will be Wednesday, October 2nd at 7:00 p.m. here at my place. Look forward to seeing you then. Happy writing!

LISA A. HATTON
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THE REVIEW

BACK TO THE KEYBOARD

Jim, Wendy, Lorelie and Ellie all joined me Wednesday for the first Meeting since my last surgery. It was so wonderful to see them again!

Lorelie read a short bio she had started writing, but says needs more work.

Wendy read a poem entitled “An Ending” which is an observance of her elderly mother’s slide toward the end of life. It was very powerful, full of haunting images.

Jim read Chapter 32 from “Coventry Ghosts, Book II”. Joel is a new CIA recruit who is astounded when he meets Sara, the ghost kitten who will be his partner in infiltrating the country where the evil Jason has his computer lab that steals ghost essences. Sara proves to Joel that she has necessary powers by making a chair dance in the air, and then freeze and shatter. She made Charles disappear and then reappear slowly. Joel is worried about working with her.

First I read parts of an article in the Vancouver Sun that had listed Elmore Leonard’s ten rules for writing. Then I read a letter to the editor that I had sent to two local papers and which was published by The Langley Advance. It was in support of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #21 in Langley City, and invited people to support the Legion by attending all the free entertainment available on the weekends. Now that I can sit on a hard chair for longer periods without pain, I hope to do more writing again.

Ellie read a short story called “Bikes And Bats And Merry-go-rounds”, about a summer day in 1954 when she was seven years old. It is written from the point of view of her younger self and shows the fun and excitement of playing endlessly with other friends and then being terrified when darkness falls and she’s late getting home.

Discussion for a while also centered on caring for elderly parents as Wendy, Jim and Lorelie are all dealing with this issue at the present time.

Regarding the website, Jim, Wendy and Lorelie all contributed to the cost of maintaining the domain name. And Margaret Moffatt is also sending some money from Quesnel. Many thanks to all of you. And Jim took some pictures of the ladies with his phone, so I will get those to use on the website when they also give me their bios to post. To other members already featured on the website, an updated bio would be appreciated. Also include any links relevant to promoting your own work.

Jason was unable to join the Meeting due to prior arrangements he had made. And I haven’t heard from anyone else lately.

Lorelie kindly brought another large container of unsalted mixed nuts so Jim was also able to take some home with him. Our thanks to Lorelie.

Next Meeting will be Wednesday, September 18th at 7:00 p.m. here at my place. Really looking forward to seeing you then. Write on!!!

Lisa