Tuesday, September 24, 2013

September 23rd Meeting Report

Four readers shared material at our 30 minute workshop session last night. It was a great meeting. We plan to repeat this event of offering a workshop critique. So stay tuned, in a few months it might pop up again.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Westside meeting is this Wednesday (tomorrow) at Skinny Dugans.

Next week's meeting will be at the Coffee Shop. We'll hear six readers share their first chapters (or as much of their first chapters as they can fit into 10 minutes).

One of the attendees at our last conference (Jeff Garvin) just signed with agent Rachel Ekstrom, whom he met at the conference.

There is a publicity meeting this Thrursday at Tina's house. If you are interested in being involved please attend. Email Gregory (gregory [at] kompes [dot] com) or one of the other officers for the address.

BRAGS:

Congratulations to Gigi Honour, who said Fred inspired her to keep writing with his facebook post about receiving over 600 rejections, and continuing to query.

Congratulations to Gayle Nathan who wrote a script for a courtroom video that was accepted for production, and on receiving a second rejection for her children's book.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT:

"I have a brag and a brag-not"

WRITING TIP from Jo Wilkins:


"The true antagonist is the character whose goals keep the protagonist from reaching the goal of the plotline. Their intentions may be good at first (to them), but then turn hostile to the other characters in the story."


CALENDAR:

October 2013
Sun       Mon      Tues      Wed           Thur           Fri                 Sat
23
Lutheran Community Church
6:30-8:30
24
25
West Side meeting at Skinny Dugans 6:30
26
Publicity meeting 
6:30
27
28
29

30
 THE COFFEE HOUSE 
in Henderson
First Chapter Read
 6:30-8:30
Oct 1
2

3

4
5
6

7
THE COFFEE HOUSE 
in Henderson
 6:30-8:30
8
HWG officer's meeting
6:00
9
10
11
12
13
14
Lutheran Community Church
6:30-8:30
15
     16

17

18
19
20
21
 THE COFFEE HOUSE 
in Henderson
 6:30-8:30
22
23
West Side meeting at Skinny Dugans 6:30
24
25
26
27
28
Lutheran Community Church
6:30-8:30
29
30

31
Happy Halloween 
Nov 1
2


Thanks for reading.
-Jenny Ballif, Newsletter Editor

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Upcoming Events & Places for Writers & Readers

At the Henderson Writers Group we support education and events around the Las Vegas Valley

Las Vegas Writers Conference


April 18-20, 2013
http://lasvegaswritersconference.com

Annual Student Writing Contest

The Henderson Writers Group is serious about educating writers. We believe that our youth, specifically students, are the place to start. To further these efforts we have established this writing contest to award scholarships to the best of these budding authors.
See Website for details & submission guidelines.
http://hendersonwritersgroup.com

Vegas Valley Book Festival

http://www.vegasvalleybookfestival.org/

Clark County Nevada Libraries

http://www.lvccld.org/about/locations.cfm