October 7th Meeting

We enjoyed a good meeting at the Coffee House in Henderson last night. Seven reader's shared their work, I won a book from our weekly book drawing (yippee!). We also had a nice discussion about crutch words. Everyone has mental “umm” words that crop up repeatedly in their writing, ones that aren't needed to convey meaning. Darrah shared how he recently cut out over 3,000 words from his 77,000 word manuscript by doing word searches for passive voice and crutch words.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The screenwriter's meeting this last Wednesday was a success. Seven people attended, scripts were shared and critiqued and all who attended enjoyed a great discussion.

The officer's meeting is this Thursday. Anyone can attend, if interested. Email an officer in the group if you'd like to attend, or if you have something you'd like to discuss at the meeting.

Pen and Grill is this Wednesday (that's tomorrow) at Big Dogs at Sahara. See the website for more information. The Poetry group meets next week at Skinny Dugans. Email Gregory at gregory [at] kompes [dot] com if you'd like to read.

BRAGS:

Congratulations to Sydnee Elliot on the publication of “Lost and Found,” her collection of short stories. It's available on kindle and she'll have copies available for $5 a book at the next week's meeting.

Congratulations to Danise Payne on the current showing of her circus pictures and excerpts from her writing at the Library on Green Valley and Sunset (across from Trader Joes).

Congratulations to Ryan Snefsky on the recent publication of a booklet about stock options, which is doing very well on Amazon. 

Congratulations to Judy McFadden on the publication of an article in Kings River Life Magazine. 

http://kingsriverlife.com/category/pet-perspective/ 

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT:

“Whether you like it or not, I'm keeping that title.” 

WRITING TIP from Jo Wilkins:

Interview the editors you consider, ask for references from each, and have them do sample pages for you before you hand over (or pay for) the entire manuscript for editing. There is nothing worse than paying for something that does not rise to your standards, or that the editor cannot work with. The types of editors are content, copy, proofers, and substantive editors. Know what each does and which you need before you seek out an editor. 

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 Screen Writing meeting at Skinny Dugans 6:30	3	4	5
6	7 THE COFFEE HOUSE  in Henderson  6:30-8:30	8	9 Writers Pen and Grill	10 HWG officer's meeting 6:00	11	12
13	14 Lutheran Community Church 6:30-8:30	15	16 Poetry meeting Skinny Dugans 6:30	17 Las Vegas Writer's Group Meeting	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