11 Jan meeting notes; 18 Jan reading list

11 JANUARY MEETING NOTES

Eight people attended: Benafsha A., Burt (chapters from The Class of 1942), Donna R., Faridoon B. (a chapter from The Dark and the Light), Glenda, Lance, Leighanne, and Rosie (the prologue from The Mad Monk’s Daughter).

NEWS & NOTES

Lance finished a first draft of The Bluejay of Mullingar over the holidays.

Upcoming author events for the next week:

• Saturday, Jan. 13, 10 a.m.: Laura Drake, “Balancing Backstory”; Selene Grace Silver, “Strategies for Writing Short Romances” (virtual for OC Romance Writers)
• Saturday, Jan. 13, 2 p.m.: Jeri Westerson, The Twilight Queen (in person at Book Carnival)
• Sunday, Jan. 14, 1 p.m.: Brian Fitzpatrick, Mechcraft; Lauren Cipollo, Parallax; screenwriter and SF novelist Matt Conant (in conversation with Maddie Margarita) (in person at Muzeo)
• Sunday, Jan. 14, 2 p.m.: Matt Phillips, A Good Rush of Blood; Lee Matthew Goldberg, The Great Gimmelmans (in person at Book Carnival)

18 JANUARY READING LIST

Glenda (1/11)
Leighanne (1/11)
Donna R. (1/11)
Joanne (1/4)
Benafsha A. (1/11)
Lance (1/11)
Rosie (1/11)
Burt (1/11)
Faridoon B. (1/11)