Writer’s Ink

Attending: Virginia, Janel, Erin, Jamie, Alex, Donna, and Stephanie
 
SPN Stories: Final versions due to Virginia for typesetting at the end of July! Don’t forget!!!
 
APC Collection: It’s online. Email Jamie if you want in on the group order. She needs to know how many copies you want.
 
Goals: Kudos to Donna for meeting her previous goal.

• Virginia — Write 3 new scenes for novel and win the July prompts contest.
• Donna — Write 3 prompts.
• Stephanie — Finish the story I’m working on and finish SPN recrits.
• Alex — Finish revising SPN story.
• Jamie — NO GOAL
• Erin — Finish SPN story and submit to Virginia.
• Janel — Write a short story.

Upcoming Events: Check out the current events to see if you’re responsible for any hosting or activities!

• 7/30 — 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. — super bonus write-in — Panera (University Dr.).
• 8/12 — 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. — lunch meeting — Summit (13) — activity provided by Bobby.
• 8/16 — 2 to 4 p.m. — Saturday write-in — Alex’s house.
• 8/26 — 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. — lunch meeting — Blue (12) — activity provided by Donna.

Mood: working
Word Count: Trying to write some flash without tons of success

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Attending: Erin, Jamie, Chrissie, and Stephanie
 
Apocalypse Collection: It’s ready to go!!! Each copy costs $10.42. Jamie is going to set up a group order so we can save on shipping. If you want to be a part of it, contact Jamie and tell her how many copies you want. If you would rather order your own copy, email her to find out how to do so.
 
Supernatural Collection: Stephanie is writing the foreword and designing the cover for this year’s collection. Virginia is typesetting. Jamie will upload the final files to Cafe Press, as the account is in her name.
 
Don’t forget — your final stories must be sent to Virginia by 7/31/08!!!
 
Goals: Kudos to Erin and Stephanie, who not only met their goals, but exceeded them!
 
For next time:

• Chrissie — Come to the next meeting.
• Stephanie — Make a 3-day novel plan and revise another story.
• Erin — Revise and submit one short story.
• Jamie — No goal!

Upcoming Events:

• 7/19 — Saturday write-in, 2 to 4, Sandra’s house.
• 7/22 — lunch meeting, 11:30 - 1, Blue (12) — Janel is in charge of the planned activity.
• 8/12 — lunch meeting, 11:30 - 1, Summit (13) — Bobby is in charge of the planned activity.

Mood: tired
Word Count: Just need one more pass on the SPN story

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Attending: Erin, Jamie, Stephanie, Alex, Donna, and Virginia
 
Note: Don’t forget to check out the upcoming events below to see if you’re scheduled for anything!!! Write-in hosting and meeting activities are listed.
 
SPN Collection: Final version of stories due to Virginia by the end of July. Can send out for re-crits prior to that, if you want. If you want re-crits, make sure you crit all the re-crits. However, you don’t actually have to change anything — it’s your choice. If you’re not planning to make any revisions, you can go ahead and send the story to Virginia now.
 
APC Collection: Cafe Press had some technical difficulties with the cover file. Jamie is waiting to hear back.
 
Goals: Kudos to Donna and Erin who made their goals from last time!
 
For next time:

• Virginia — Write one short story.
• Donna — Get back to revising SPN story.
• Alex — Submit 2 stories and work on SPN revision.
• Stephanie — Revise 1 SED story and SPN story.
• Erin — Revise and submit 1 SED story and work on SPN revision.

Upcoming Events:

• 6/28 — Saturday write-in, 2 to 4 p.m., Eurotazza on Camp Bowie.
• 7/8 — Lunch meeting, Summit (13), 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., activity by Chrissie.
• 7/19 — Saturday write-in, 2 to 4 p.m., Sandra’s house (Saginaw).
• 7/22 — Lunch meeting, Blue (12), 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., activity by Janel.

Mood: good
Word Count: SED contest COMPLETE!

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Attending: Alex, Virginia, Donna, Brittany, and Erin
 
SED Contest: The contest is off with a bang, but even if you missed yesterday, you can still participate. It’s not too late!
 
Meetings: NO ONE had responded to any of Erin’s emails about signing up to provide a meeting activity. Expect personal emails from Erin for you to pick a date. Really, you can pick any date of a meeting all year. The only people who have signed up, except in one instance, are Erin and Virginia, and they will be happy to swap. The group voted on having this as our goal, so it is up to the group to work together to meet it!
 
NaNo Prep Month: October is going to be NaNo prep month. We’ll do planning activities to help us prepare for the novelling endeavor in November. If you’ve won NaNo in the past and want to help think of activities we can do, email Erin.
 
Goals: Cheers to Brittany and Alex who made their goals from last time!
 
For next time:

• Virginia — Write 13 more stories in the SED contest.
• Donna — SED contest.
• Brittany — Compete in SED.
• Erin — SED contest.
• Alex — Submit two stories somewhere; SED contest.

Upcoming Events

• 6/22 — SED contest ends.
• 6/24 — lunch meeting, Summit, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; planned activity from Alex.
• 6/28 — Saturday write-in, Eurotazza (Camp Bowie), 2 to 4 p.m.

Mood: creative
Word Count: 2 SED stories DONE!

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Here’s a nifty little link for all you LJers out there. Looks interesting and helpful!

http://community.livejournal.com/food_in_fiction/

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These were the prompts I handed out in March, minus the ones you guys used.

1. Write a story in which the narrator’s roommate/spouse/tenant is a criminal (or leads some other secret, shadowy life), but the narrator doesn’t know.
2. Write a story in which a salesperson is trying to sell something supernatural/otherworldly/high tech/just really bizarre (adorable deadly furry thing, cursed monkey hand, death ray, pretzel shaped like Gooloo the Mighty, whatever).
3. Write a story that uses at least 3 of the following: a guitar, a time bomb, a badge, a movie camera, a fire extinguisher.
4. Write a story featuring only two characters, neither of whom speak the same language.
5. Write a story in which a child unwittingly embarrasses the adults in his or her company.

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Here are the unused prompts from the April contest. Feel free to use them for the SED contest or any time you need an inspirational kick in the butt.

1. Three things: a paper clip, a hospital, an exotic dancer

2. Word Puzzle: heart, cat, psychotic, tea, salty, lovely, gameshow, pink

3. Word puzzle: enhanced, captain, atomic, sunset, orange, loathe, inventive, chicken, sandwich

4. Write a story in which the main character finds out their spouse/significant other isn’t who/what the main character thought they were.

5. Word puzzle: soap, bucket, accordion, porch, puppy, grizzled, stumpy, sour, boyfriend

6. A schizophrenic patient who thinks he is Jesus escapes from a mental institution. Write what happens next.

7. Write about a door-to-door salesman who sells souls to demons who live in hell.

8. A glazed doughnut holds the answer to all life’s questions. Write a story explaining how this came to be.

9. End your story with this sentence: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

10. Write a story about time travel.

11. Story starter: Death isn’t the end of life, but the beginning of something beautiful.

12. Three things: a Victorian mansion, an apple, an assassin

13. Word Puzzle: rose, skyscraper, concrete, clueless, indifferent, sparkle, dress, glass, effervescent, water, humid

14. Write a story about cowboys and Indians. In outer space.

15. Johnny’s best friend is high out of his mind. Write about what Johnny does next.

16. Use this somewhere in your story: She couldn’t believe she ate the whole thing.

17. Write a story about a CEO who quits his/her job to sell used cars.

18. Three things: a hot dog stand, a vegetarian, an interdimensional portal

19. Start with: Every morning, she wrote down another reason to nuke the planet.   End with: She found that the green glass complimented her decor quite nicely.

20. Write a story about a divorce from the perspective of the couple’s mail carrier.

21. Three things: a has-been rock star, a state fair, a deep fryer

22. Word puzzle: charming, grotesque, gold, cart, lunge, scrape, anonymous, ease, pungent

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