Kenosha Writers’ Group

Kenosha Writers Group
Meeting Notes from October 16, 2008

In Attendance
Joseph, Lisa, Jenny, Kathy, Chris (both), Eric, Bill, Joe, Matt, Dana, Rick, Joy, Karen, Beree, Jodi, and Tammy (just one)

Readers
In response to last month’s prompt (a piece written in 100% dialog), we heard from Joseph (on the hereafter with Alfred Nobel), Joe (one more use for the BBQ pit), Jodi (scraping Rodney off her shoes; tho there was admittedly a little she-said/she-said involved), and Tammy (on behalf of evil stepmothers).
Other pieces included Eric’s take on the string bikini, an excerpt from Beree’s novel about Carmi, and a reading from Rick’s (newly-published!) novel, Purple Mountain’s Majesty.
Poetry was shared by Bill (“sunrise to sunset”), and the dynamic duo Dana (“eviction notice”) and Matt (“autumn rain drops”).

Highlights
Writers shared their methods of archiving old drafts (answers ranged from “in the trash” to a complex system of digital backups). Other topics that drifted across the table: singing poetry, the correct way to load paper into a printer (subtitled, Why Eric Reads Right to Left), and does the better person necessarily get the taller chair? (OK, you had to be there for that one.)

Announcements
**Matt invites all to a Poetry Reading at Blueberry’s Café, 418 6^th St, Racine, Saturday October 25^th. Doors open at 5:30, event begins at 6pm.
**Chris D has sent a link to information on Columbia College Chicago’s Creative NonFiction Week, currently underway. http://www.colum.edu/specialevents/cnfw/

Prompt for next meeting (November 20, 2008 6:30 at The Nook Café)
We meet one week before Thanksgiving. How about a holiday-related piece? Memoir or poem, mystery or essay…all styles and genres are fair game.