A somewhat small gather this meeting, as Sandy and Joe had previous engagements, and illness claimed a few others, but neither rain, nor snow, nor 2/3 membership slows us down... We covered a great deal of business early on, though we skipped the individual writer updates. Kay gave a brief overview of Author's Voice (see two previous posts -- more to come), and we discussed the effectiveness of the critique changes so far and whether an author can submit a piece after its been critiqued (yes). Among Kay's proposals are brief presentations from members of various writer-related topics and the business itself.
We reviewed the submissions from Zack, Billy, Alison, Montana, and Michelle, and paid a surprising amount of attention to formatting and appearance. Two novels, two poems, and one personal essay. Still good variety.
Alison also picked up homework. She will be attending the Jon Katz workshop at LARAC and will be reporting back to us when she returns.
Next month, we'll be reviewing pieces from Zack (novel), Billy (novel), and Montana (poem). Throw in previous subs from Joe and Sandy and we'll have enough to fill up the hour. Still, for the first meeting since we switched from monthly to biweekly, production has dropped. We'll have to keep an eye on this.
See some of you in two weeks!
1 comment:
It's always a risk. More time spent critiquing = less time to write. I think it will find a natural balance pretty soon.
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