16 Nov meeting notes; 30 Nov reading list

16 NOVEMBER MEETING NOTES

Six people attended: Benafsha A. (two chapters from Jewels of Herat), Burt (a chapter from Graduation Day, formerly The Class of 1942), Glenda, Lance (1.5 chapters from The Bluejay of Mullingar), Rosie, and the return of Faridoon (the first chapter of an untitled American Civil War saga) (welcome back!).

NEWS & NOTES

We’re down to the last two meetings of 2023: 30 Nov and 7 Dec. There will be no meeting on 23 Nov.

The annual PFL Holiday Party will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, 14 Dec, at Romano’s Macaroni Grill in the Tustin Marketplace shopping center (13652 Jamboree Rd., Irvine, across El Camino from Taco Rosa). The entertainment (other than throwing breadsticks at each other): each attendee will provide a prompt or logline for a story, and the others will write the first line of that story. Bring a notepad and writing utensil. This will not be a potluck affair.

Author events coming up during the next two weeks:

• Saturday, Nov. 18th, 9:30 a.m.: Matt Phillips, “Writing Heart Pumping Fiction” (in person for SCWA at the 19th Hole Restaurant, 24122 Moulton Pkwy., Laguna Hills)
• Saturday, Nov. 18, 2 p.m.: Matt Coyle, Odyssey’s End (in person at Book Carnival)
• Saturday, Nov. 18, 3 p.m.: Dr. Nancy Segal, The Twin Children of the Holocaust: Stolen Childhood and the Will to Survive (in person at the Rancho Santa Margarita Library, 30902 La Promesa, Rancho Santa Margarita)
• Sunday, Nov. 19, 3 p.m.: Janet Lynn & Will Zeilinger, “Are Two Heads Better than One?” (in person for Sisters in Crime OC at Book Carnival)
• Saturday, Nov. 25, 1 p.m.: Matt Coyle, Odyssey’s End (in person for Mystery Ink at the Fernhill Clubhouse, 5472 Diamond, Huntington Beach)

30 NOVEMBER READING LIST

Glenda (11/16)
Leighanne (11/9)
Rosie (11/16)
Chris L. (10/19)
Joanne (11/9)
Donna R. (11/9)
Burt (11/16)
Benafsha A. (11/16)
Lance (11/16)
Faridoon (11/16)