Hello All!
Sorry for such a long lag in updating. Didn't realize it had been a full year! And this was our first in-person meeting in two years!
Attendees: Becky Rupp, Ev Larsen, Don Lefebvre, Michelle Willard, Eileen Williams
Announcements:
The upcoming Vermont League of Writers Spring program, featuring Ralph Walker with exercises on “Techniques for Building Tension into Any Story.” Saturday, April 23, 10 AM–1 PM. Available via Zoom. Go HERE
Poetry Slam at the Swanton Public Library, Friday, April 22, 6-8 PM. Cash prizes, musical entertainment, and a chance to cheer for your favorite poet!
News
Eileen’s memoir, The Gosling Bride, will be available on June 8. We’re hoping to host her at the SPL for a book signing.
Group discussion
We talked about various genres of writing and how they have evolved over time. Favorite authors over the last two centuries were mentioned.
Ev read his short piece “In Mysterious Ways” which got us all thinking about gambling gods and taught us the meaning of the phrase “above the snake line.”
Michelle shared her poem “I Don’t Know Who I Am.”
Upcoming group activities
We discussed a number of plans for group writing projects – Tarot cards? The Machine of Death? - and decided to try Artifacts: pick one from your home collection and write a short (no more than 1000 words) story, essay, poem, or other genre of your choice about it. To share at next meeting. For an example of this concept see The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities – an anthology of stories by writers such as Kelly Barnhill, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, and Holly Black based on objects that range from a saint’s thighbone to Lord Dunsany’s teapot.
Our next meeting is Thursday, May 19th 2022 at the Swanton Public Library. The meeting is in person but members can join via zoom. Unvaccinated attendees must where a mask.
ZOOM link. Passcode: 289902
