Hey all, Our next meeting will be January 11th at 7pm in FG Library. We made some important decisions at our last meeting so here are those meeting minutes: •Breaking till January •we have decided to write a Christmas compilation with Christmas Love stories and some spooky elements are definitely an option •James taught what editors pet peeves are. (It was so great and full of satire- I’ll post a pic of his handout) •Homer read a nice Christmas story. Here is a timeline of events if you would like to be part of the Christmas Book for 2022: •January we will be asking for submission commitments • February - you better get writing! • March - you have to be done with your story. • End of March to mid April - all stories read with good feedback. • Mid/End of April - everyone should have have feedback and redraft has to be done by May 1st. • May and June - all copy edits done. • The last week of June and first week in July to respond to copy edits. • All of July - formatting and the cover
September 14, 2021 Ray, Homer and Marla enjoy a pleasant evening during our September meetup. •The meeting was held on James’ birthday in his adorable backyard and it was a lovely night. Great food, great ambiance, great people. I’ll post pics at the end of the email ;) •James gave us a rundown of the online stuff. We have about 60 Word Addicts members total and 120 email subscribers. We have 2,000 Twitter followers, 80 Instagram Followers (better than 10 I guess haha!), and 600+ Facebook followers/friends. •A huge benefit for members is the online presence and promotion that we offer as a group. The requirements to receive these benefits are as follows: -Be local member -Write for the blog once a year -Contribute in some way to the yearly anthology •To get a book promoted (3 social media posts and an email), authors have to write a short article on a very narrow topic. We’ve thrown around the idea of doing a series of social media posts featuring short stories or the beginning