Next Meeting: July 9, 2005, 2:00 PM at McMenamin's on Broadway.
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Next Event:
TBA
Last Meeting Notes:
9-9-06
- Attending:
- Gary "The Traveling Death & Ressurection Show" by Ariel Gore
- Kathie "The Man Who Was Thursday" by G.K. Chesterton
- John "Farmer Giles of Ham" by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Amber "Roadmarks" by Roger Zelazny
- Yvan listened in rapt attention
- Jeff lively discussion
8-12-06
- Attending:
- Gary "The Narnian" by Alan Jacobs
- Kathie "A Proper Scaring" an original tale
- Amber "To Say Nothing of the Dog" by Connie Willis
- Yvan
- Jeff
7-8-06
- Attending:
- Yvan
- Jeff
6-10-06
- Attending:
- Gary read opening of a sci-fi script; discussed X-Men 3 and upcoming Return of Superman movies.
- Yvan
- Jeff excerpt from "Sweet Memories"
- John chapter of "True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor" by David Manet
- Amber a chapter from her own modern-day faerie tale.
5-13-06
- Attending:
- Gary readings from "The Zombie Survival Guide" by Max Brooks
- Yvan
- Jeff
- John E.A. Poe "The Sphinx"
- Amber 2 chapters of her own stories in progress
4-8-06
- Attending:
- Gary discussed "Living Dangerously: the Adventures of Merian C. Cooper (author of King Kong) after reading a bit about his experiences in WWI as a pilot.
- Kathie "The Evidential Power of Beauty" by Thomas Dubey, S.U. and reviews of recent movies: "V for Vendetta" and "The Night Watch"
- Yvan shared poem, "First Ladybug"
- Jeff
- John read from "Once and Future King" by T.H. White, in which Arthur is transformed into an ant by Merlin.
- Amber
6-11-05
- Attending:
- Gary read portions of an original puppet play script: "My Dinner With Yoda"
- Kathie
- Yvan read portions of the Rubiat of the Ring poetic form challenge, and a few quotes from "Lillith" by George McDonald
- Jeff shared a few stories, news
- Rob returned to share an original short story, "The Christmas Miracle in Erintown"
- Rosie Rob's wife came to listen
- John read an original parody of Poe's "The Raven" written from the raven's POV: "Nevermore"
- Amber
5-14-05
- Attending:
- Gary read excerpts from "Godzilla on My Mind"
- Kathie read excerpts from her own manuscript, "Pieces of Mind" (working title)
- Yvan read excerpt from "That Hideous Strength" by C. S. Lewis; "A Bilbo Ballad at the Pony" parody; "The Way is Shut" original Rodelet.
- Jeff
- Rob visited us from McMinville (attends the Salem Mythopoeic Society)
4-9-05
- Attending:
- Gary
- Kathie
- Yvan read chapter from book 2 of "The Paradise War"
- Jeff
- John with Amber: conducted a round-robin writing exercise
- Amber
3-12-05
- Attending:
- Gary
- Kathie read a chapter from Lemony Snickets
- Yvan
- Jeff read from a chapter in Song of Albion, book 1, "The Paradise War" by Stephen Lawhead
- John read from J. R. R. Tolkien's essay "On Fearie Stories"
- Amber
