THE REVIEW

YEAR END

Charity, Luke, Kay, Annette and guest Roger Eberle joined me here Wednesday for the last Meeting of this year. I even managed to make sure my Christmas decorations were up.

I started the Meeting by going over some news items. I proudly passed around the latest Polar Expressions anthology I received with my story “Parade Of Sorrow” inside it. Then I asked the group if they would like to have past member Jim Williams come and read to us from his newly published book in his Coventry Ghost series. The group was agreeable and Charity has even offered to read his book and write a review for it if he desires one. I also asked if the group wanted to have us visited by an authors’ services representative who specializes in editing and things like ebook conversions. To that offer the group was negative as no one felt the need to purchase such services.

Charity read the next scene from “Trixie Trouble” which shows her waking up in a muddy creek in excruciating pain from her leg injury. She encounters an old scrounger who offers her a shot of whiskey to keep her going and he tells her she needs to re-think her choices in life as she isn’t doing very well. Thankful for the whiskey, she gives him a gold coin and tells him to buy himself some shoes. She longs to belong somewhere when she gets her first sight of town.

Luke read more from “Heart Of The Earth”. Goren offers to let the girl he has saved but who lost her temper and broke his nose, accompany him to town. She has no shoes and very little clothing. When she asks, he tells her Galeena was his cousin and he regrets he was unable to save her. The girl admits she remembers nothing, not even her name, and then asks if she can use the name Galeena.

Kay said she is working on her script with a partner and will soon want a second writer to go over it. She says she is also working on planning pre-production so that everything will be in place when shooting starts, as that’s when the minutes are money and everything has to happen in a tight schedule.

Annette read her next chapter “Searching For Claire”. Maxine is looking for Claire and spots her praying with a group of people and learns they were praying for Jarod. They were also praying for a man in their church who has gone missing. Maxine asks Claire how she can possibly be there for Jarod when she no longer even cares for him. And then she opens up and confides everything to Claire about her broken relationship with Jarod.

I read a new “Honey” story I’ve called “Keep Writing”. It’s about Honey breaking through my writers’ block when he lost $60.00 in rolled coins before he even left for the bank to trade them for bills. I don’t know if I will write enough new stories for a second book, but I did have to write this story down. Wendy Francis is currently proof reading “Honey Signed The Waiver” for me, and I’m very thankful she’s doing this.

Roger read to us a non-fiction article “If In The Living Years We Find An Eternal Flame Would It Be Like A Prayer?” It was a discourse on music and lyrics wondering if the two combined result in some sort of spiritual experience. It also brought up the sad recognition that we don’t often talk to loved ones when they are still here with us.

Lorelei had planned to attend, but then decided to stay home with her germs, she said. Hope she’s feeling better.

Next Meeting will be Wednesday, January 3rd at 7:00 p.m. here at my place. I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I look forward to seeing everyone again in 2018!

Lisa A. Hatton
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