Pure Fiction League

4 JUNE MEETING NOTES

Seven people attended: Glenda, Joanne, Lance, Leighanne, Leslie P. (a chapter from Ghost Dog), Rosie (a revised chapter from The Lion and the Eagle), and Sherry C. (a chapter from Time’s Up for Father Time)

News and Notes

Please put in your bids to read in the #jun11-meeting Slack channel by 8 p.m. Friday night. The next meeting will start on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

The Muzeo Virtual Open Book Author Series will feature the next virtual LIT UP! on Sunday, 28 June, 1-2:30 p.m., moderated as always by Maddie Margarita. Ivy Pochoda, Rufi Thorpe, and PFL alum Ava Homa will be the guests of honor. The registration link that’s supposed to be on the Muzeo website isn’t up yet, so keep checking back. As always, be sure to check the LIT UP Facebook page for more details on the authors.

The results of the survey are here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-Q5ZKWH8F7/. We got ten responses; unfortunately, only one came from someone who hasn’t attended the virtual meetings.

11 JUNE READING LIST

Glenda (6/4)
Joanne (6/4)
Casey (5/14)
Lance (6/4)
Lisa W. (5/21)
Leighanne (6/4)
Rosie (6/4)
Sherry C. (6/4)
Leslie P. (6/4)
Marianna (3/26)
Burt (3/26)
Dennis P. (3/5)
PJ (2/27)
Maddie (2/27)

21 MAY MEETING NOTES

Seven people attended: Glenda, Joanne, Lance, Leslie P. (a chapter from Ghost Dog), Lisa W. (two chapters from Roundabout), Rosie, and Sherry C.

News and Notes

There will be no 28 May meeting. Nobody put in a bid to read. The next meeting will be on 4 June.

The results of the survey are here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-Q5ZKWH8F7/. We got ten responses; unfortunately, only one came from someone who hasn’t attended the virtual meetings.

PFL doesn’t censor what its members write. This means that not all of you will be comfortable with all material presented for critique. This is periodically an issue at our in-person meetings when we’re surrounded by people who didn’t sign up for hearing our readings. Because of this, the PFL guidelines say, “Out of consideration for nearby restaurant patrons, if you read a selection with profanity or overtly sexual language, don’t say the ‘objectionable’ language aloud.” (Thus “frack” instead of a certain 500-year-old Germanic expletive.) This infrequently leads to “silent reading” during in-person meetings and serves as a warning of sorts for members who might have issues with the subject matter. Because of our online format, we’ve lost that warning.

• Authors: As a substitute, please mention in your story-so-far summary if your reading includes material that would cause “silent reading” at Panera (for example, “includes animal cruelty”).
• Readers: You know your own limits. You’re not required to read every single word. If you don’t want to continue reading, then don’t.

4 JUNE READING LIST

Glenda (5/21)
Joanne (5/21)
Rosie (5/21)
Sherry C. (5/21)
Casey (5/14)
Lance (5/21)
Lisa W. (5/21)
Leslie P. (5/21)
Marianna (3/26)
Burt (3/26)
Leighanne (3/26)
Dennis P. (3/5)
PJ (2/27)
Maddie (2/27)