September meeting...and more

The September meeting of Wild Women Writing will take place Wednesday, Sept. 15, from 6:30 to 8 pm.  We will be at the Crossroads Center, 1099 Main Avenue, in Conference Room 308.  

Special guest Judy Hook will be joining us to discuss our upcoming participation in a series of literary readings at the Durango Public Library.  Several members of our group attended the session last night on "Women of the San Juans" and we were able to meet Judy in person after the presentation.  Our slot is coming up Tuesday, December 7, 7 to 8 p.m.  Please plan to participate!  We will be presenting one hour of readings, of our original poetry/prose.  I'd like you to think NOW about what you want to share with the group, and bring it with you on Wednesday so we can hear it (this will give everyone some practice).   

FYI- Our next few meetings will be VERY focused on this event.  I want to present our best work, and give them a professional, polished reading.  We can do it!!!  But we will need to focus, plan, and prepare.  Please plan accordingly, and come prepared to participate!  Each participant will have about 10 minutes to present her work, if 6 people from the group read.  If you're not planning to read, please come and give our brave readers some moral support. 

We've been talking about doing something like this to take our work to the next level- ladies, here's our chance!  Last night, there was a nice crowd, probably 60-75 people in the audience.  They were very open and enthusiastic about the performance, and I'd like to give them a real treat.  If you are planning to come to this meeting, and you want to participate in our reading in December, please RSVP to Molly at stealingplums@yahoo.com so she can get a head count. 

We will also have Anna Barendt speak to the group briefly at the end of this meeting regarding some nanowrimo events and issues.  She is looking for help and possibly someone to co-ML with her and help set up events.  

In other news, I have received a donation for our lending library, come and check out our new books!  We will also be discussing the option of having two meetings per month - one would be a writer's salon for writing chat and being social; the other meeting, held on the third Wednesday of each month, would continue to be a more focused meeting, with readings and prep for our upcoming event in December, and then our regular reading and critique sessions will be reinstated in January after the reading.  There has been some interest in this; please come prepared to make a decision on Wednesday about the possibility of meeting more often.

Also, I've just been contacted by poet Beth Paulson, who will be in our town in mid-October.  She is interested in doing a reading from her newest book just for Wild Women Writing.  It would be outside our regular meeting time, on the evening of Friday, October 15, 6 to 8:30ish.  She has said she will do this free of charge if we can find a space for it, and if we'll publicize it.  If you can attend a reading like this, please contact Molly at stealingplums@yahoo.com and let her know.  If you have ideas for a suitable space, or can offer additional publicity through posting it on your own blog, tweeting, etc., please get in touch with Molly as well.  Trying to get a response ASAP- let me know by Friday of this week at the latest whether or not you want to attend.  I think it's an amazing opportunity to support a fellow poet- what say you??