K S W R I T E R S I N K November/December 2007
KS Writers, Inc.
Check out our web site at www.kswritersinc.com.
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CONTENTS
1. This Month’s Meeting
2. Minutes
3. From
the President
4. Kudos and Author’s
Releases
5. Information, Please!
6.
It’s Your Turn
7.
Program Notes
8.
Upcoming Program Information
9. Future Meeting Dates
10. Officers and Committee
Chairs
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1. THIS MONTH’S MEETING
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WHEN: Saturday,
December 1, 2007
11:30
a.m. Potluck lunch Fun to follow.
WHERE: First Congregational Church in
WHAT: Hi, all! It's that
time of year again and our Christmas Party this Saturday is rapidly
approaching. I haven't heard from very many of you and
would like to get a head count for the event. Also, please let me know what
food you'll be bringing, if you don't mind.
For those
of you who are new to KWI, I also wanted to let you know how this works.
Everyone brings a gift -- and it can be anywhere from $5 to $20, whatever works
for you -- to donate for our fund-raising raffle. Members buy tickets for $1
and put them in a raffle as each gift comes up. We draw and one person wins
that gift. It's a lot of fun -- and some years, you
leave with a lot of loot and others, not so much. . . In the spirit of
Christmas charity, we won't name names about who keeps
winning all the stuff.
Also,
please bring a food item. If you'd let me know what
you're bringing, I'd appreciate it, so I can make plans if we're a little low
on something. I am supplying paper plates, napkins, plastic silverware, cups
and drinks.
We are
meeting at First Congregational Church in
Plan to be
at the church between 11:30 and noon.
Looking forward to seeing you all!
Morgan
246-1240
Cell (785)
633-6606
Don’t forget Tanzey will have lots
of new books to buy for those on your gift list (including yourself). She will bring bags so you can load up on
your goodies.
Directions from
Take I-70 to the Gage exit, turning south onto
Turn in the
back parking lot behind the church. I will put up signs inside the main doors
so you can find us in the church. There are several other events going on. Don't let them mug you for your food.
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2. MINUTES -- LAST MONTH’S MEETING
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Meeting October 27, 2007
Members
Present: Lynne Dillon, Morgan Rothenburg, Tanzey Cutter, Angela Johnson, Shayne Sawyer, Tish Gleason,Cheryl Swain, Mark Bouton, Reanna Hemingway, Dianne
Lawson, Debra Childers, Debra Stufflebean and Denis Smirl.
Minutes: None available at
this time.
Treasurer’s
Report:
- We began the month with a
balance of $3,425.18. Income
totaled $314.64 and expenses came to a total of $1,041.89. Included in that figure was the workshop
and expenses of the speakers. Our
ending cash balance came to $2,697.93.
Our CD reached a total of $2,673.40..
Committee
Reports:
Web Site: some pieces
of the web site are not working. Sabrina
will be notified.
Membership:
- We have new members that bring
our group to 40.
Next Meeting: __December 1
at the First Congregational Church, 1701 SW Collins. Email Morgan what you are bringing in the
line of food. Bring a gift for the
auction. Morgan will send out
directions.
Newsletter: Items due to Sabrina by the 10th
Program
Write Up: Lynne
Announcements & Kudos: Kudos
to Dennis Smirl and Reanna
Hemingway.
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3. From the President
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Looking forward to
seeing everyone at Saturday’s meeting for lots of good
food, good fun, and good luck.
Cheers,
Bear
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4. Kudos and Author’s Releases
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Email
your good news to Sabrina Mariño at resongon@aol.com
~ Find Tanzey’s column at
freshfiction.com.
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5. Information Please!
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Sabrina needs any updates you may have for the website e-mailed to
her at resongon@aol.com.
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6. It’s Your Turn
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I am thankful in November, in a way that should be a part of every moment in my life.
My family skates through the year, careening from one thing to the next – soccer, ballet, church, school, housecleaning (some people do, I hear), and on and on. Then the end of October begins the holiday season and, despite crazy chaos, I spend the next two months feeling so grateful.
Grateful that I had time and money to buy and make that funky dragon costume. Grateful my house is warm when frost crunches under my slippers on the way to the newspaper. So thankful I can take a kid with a hacking cough to the doctor and stop to pick up medicine. Grateful every time I buy a Christmas present that I can spend money on frivolity.
Thankful I can sit around a loaded table at Thanksgiving, assaulted by bickering, and watch the evolution of sweet girls into snotty teenagers and participate in the maneuvering for power that defines my family. Thankful for cranberry sticky dishes piled in the kitchen sink (and on the counters and possibly even the floor).
This is the time of year that I immerse myself in being corny, and hokey, and sappy. January 1 will come, and I will return to my usual crabby self. But for now, all parts of my heart feel the prayer we pray at dinner:
For food in a world where many walk in hunger,
For faith in a world where many walk in fear,
For friends in a world where many walk alone,
We thank thee, O Lord. Amen.
Morgan
Memories make
what we are. Dreams make what we’ll be.
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7. Upcoming
Program Information
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January is always our edit one. So I would like to do what we did last year. I would like
people who want to participate to send me 5 to 10 pages of a manuscript or
scene or whatever. Then I will distribute them to other people and get them
edits. If they have a chapter that is 12 pages, just send that.. . but not too many extra pages. --Morgan
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8. Program Notes
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October Program
Write the book of your heart but do your homework
first. We hear so many times that it is
important to write what you know and at the same time know your audience and
write to your audience. Is it possible
to do both? Is it necessary to do
both? It might be important to know the
trends but it is more important to be able to set a trend. These were some of the points made by agent
Cheryl Ferguson in her presentation.
It takes years to become a professional in most
areas. Time effort and money got you
through college and into a profession.
It didn’t happen overnight so don’t expect to
become a successful writer over night.
Take the time to learn the industry, study and practice your craft, and
learn who you are and what you have to bring to your
craft.
We
are all a mix of our background, our own personal baggage, and that one unique
perspective that belongs to us. All this
comes together as voice and voice is needed to create
a great book. How we create that voice
comes from who we are as well as the amount of determination we bring to bear
on the project.
To
write that great book is what we all want to do. That one book that is timeless. The one we want to read whether
it is a genre that is in vogue or out.
Great books like Gone with the Wind and Tolkien’s trilogy. We all have our favorites. They’re always a
good read whether they’re in style or not.
Submitted
by Lynne Dillon
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9. FUTURE MEETING DATES
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12/01/2007
- First Congregational Church, corner of
17th and Collins in
01/26/08 -
02/23/08
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10. OFFICERS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS
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Officers:
President: Tish Glasson
Vice-President/Program: Morgan Rothenberger
Secretary: Lynne Dillon
Treasurer: Tanzey Cutter
Newsletter Editor: Sabrina Mariño
Membership: Diane Lawson
Special Advisor to the President: Shayne Sawyer
Committee Chairs:
Web site: Sabrina Mariño
Tape Librarian: Angela Johnson
Newsletter
items should be sent to Sabrina Marino at resongon@aol.com