20 Aug meeting notes; 27 Aug reading list

20 AUGUST MEETING NOTES

Eight people attended an abbreviated meeting: Burt, Casey, Glenda, Lance (read two chapters from the Fake reboot), Lisa W., Maddie, Rosie, and potential new member Ava, a writer of short stories and memoir who’s new to Orange County.

News and Notes

The 18 August LIT UP! drew in 18-19 people to listen to YA romance writer Jessi Kirby and NYT bestselling paranormal-romance author Susan Squires. Congratulations again to Maddie, who once again herded the cats into another successful event!

We’ll try this again: next meeting (27 Aug), we’ll vote for which writing-related book we’ll start reading in September. Nominated books:

• How Not to Write a Novel, by Howard Mittelmark & Sandra Newman
• Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder
• Screenwriting Tricks for Authors, by Alexandra Sokoloff
• Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc, by Dara Marks
• How to Write Dazzling Dialogue: The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript, by James Scott Bell
• Blueprint Your Bestseller: Organize and Revise Any Manuscript with the Book Architecture Method, by Stuart Horwitz

If you have personal experience with any of these, please share it with us so we can make a more informed decision. Please follow the above links to the Amazon product pages, look at the book descriptions, do the “Look Inside” if it’s available, and come ready to decide on a book on the 20th.
27 AUGUST READING LIST

Shari (7/9)
Maddie (8/20)
JoAnne (8/13)
John M. (7/23)
Glenda (8/20)
Casey (8/20)
Marianna (8/13)
Donna (8/6)
Lisa W. (8/20)
Rosie (8/20)
Jo (8/13)
Burt (8/20)
Lance (8/20)
Steve J. (6/18)
Mark H. (6/25)