Noble Pen Meeting

December 30th, 2010
Scott’s Family Restaurant
1906 Blairs Ferry Rd NE, Cedar Rapids

Christmas crept into Pine Cove like a creeping Christmas thing: dragging garland, ribbon, and sleigh bells, oozing eggnog, reeking of pine, and threatening festive doom like a cold sore under the mistletoe.
–Christopher Moore, The Stupidest Angel.

Victories

Keith joined us.

Ciuin has a gratis editor as long as she can spend a month hounding the poor woman.

Tony’s done his homework for next time, finishing Chapter Seven with a plum. Well, maybe with a plum. I don’t really know what he snacks on.

I’ve started a novel about drunk ghost hunters. I am researching heavily.

News

CONTEST: Convozine has a “Notes From Tomorrow” contest, taking submissions until Dec. 31st.

A peevish editor shares his 10 top peeves.

A nice list of blogs for writers.

Upcoming Schedule

December 30th
(3) Tony
(3) Shannon
(3) Bob

January 6th
(3) Kris
(4) Nick
Educational Bit — Volunteer?

January 13th
(3) Kelly
(3) Tyree
(4) Dave

January 20th
(4) Tyree
(4) Mark
(4) Kris

January 27th
(4) Shannon
(4) Ciuin
Something Educational — Volunteer?

Feb 3rd
(5) Nick
(5) Mark
(5) Shannon

Feb 10th
(5) Kris
(5) Tony
(5) Kelly

Keep Writing, Penites.

Shannon

Noble Pen Meeting

December 16th, 2010
Scott’s Family Restaurant
1906 Blairs Ferry Rd NE, Cedar Rapids

The seat received him in a loose and distant kind of way, like an aunt who disapproves of the last fifteen years of your life and will therefore furnish you with a basic sherry, but refuses to catch your eye.
–Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.

Victories

Dylan got invited to an informal writer’s get-together in Paris. He didn’t mention whether it was Paris France or Paris Illinois.

I finished my rough re-write of Fangs, coming in at around 65,000 words. I am currently using it to blackmail Tony Blair.

Tyree re-opened a book he hand’t worked on in ten years. Hopefully he’s learned something in that time.

Tony finished an entire chapter in 2.5 days. The chapter is also being used to blackmail Tony Blair, but in an entirely different way.

News

Health.com says writing may be hazardous to your health. What it only causes tons of stress while encouraging you to sit in a chair for hours at a time.

Here is a video about how the New York Times Bestseller list works.

Oh no. It looks like Borders may be circling the drain.

Upcoming Schedule

December 16th
(3) Nick
(3) Ciuin
(3) Mark

December 23rd – Off.

December 30th
(3) Tony
(3) Shannon
(3) Bob

January 6th
(3) Kris
(4) Nick
Educational Bit — Volunteer?

January 13th
(3) Kelly
(3) Tyree
(4) Dave

January 20th
(4) Tyree
(4) Mark
(4) Kris

January 27th
(4) Shannon
(4) Ciuin
Something Educational — Volunteer?

Keep Writing, Penites.

Shannon

Noble Pen Meeting

December 9th, 2010
Scott’s Family Restaurant
1906 Blairs Ferry Rd NE, Cedar Rapids

Rimmer: Step up to Red Alert!

Kryten: Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb.

–Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf

Victories

Tyree and one of his editors have put together 10 pages of notes on a new story called “Till the Poles Shift,” about a religious sect who believe the dead will rise in 2012, but apparently, only the Polish ones.

Artsiest Initiative contacted Ciuin about putting together a Holocaust display for a museum in Great Britain (see map).

News

Savannah J. Foley wrote an interesting article about the gulf between beginning and published authors.

Natalie Whipple writes about the pain of the submission process. The article is so good, I started reading it and almost forgot to send out this post.

Upcoming Schedule

December 9th
(2) Tyree
(2) Dave
(2) Tony

December 16th
(3) Nick
(3) Ciuin
(3) Mark

December 23rd – Off.

December 30th
(3) Tony
(3) Shannon
(3) Bob

January 6th
(3) Kris
(4) Nick
Educational Bit — Volunteer?

January 13th
(3) Kelly
(3) Tyree
(4) Dave

January 20th
(4) Tyree
(4) Mark
(4) Kris

January 27th
(4) Shannon
(4) Ciuin

Keep Writing, Penites.

Shannon