Next Noble Pen Meeting
September 27th, 2012 at 7 pm
Scott’s Family Restaurant
1906 Blairs Ferry Rd NE, Cedar Rapids
News
Dean Wesley Smith offers his ideas on what ebooks should cost.
Victories
Tyree is DONE! writing Breathless Stars and has started the spinoff with Elin.
Shannon submitted an article to parABnormal Digest.
Dylan submitted a story for an anthology. He has signed up for next spring’s WisCon (home page) (Wikipedia) writing conference and might be considered for a panel. He is afraid his characters are not radically feminist enough for this conference.
Education
Writers Digest offers a few cliches that you should avoid like the plague, and readers add a very long list in their comments.
I think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners. ~Evelyn Waugh
I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches. ~Douglas Wood
Let’s have some new cliches. ~ Samuel Goldwyn
Upcoming Schedule
Sept 27th
Dylan
Shannon
Aimee
Oct 4th
Nick
Mark
Ciuin
Oct 11th
Tyree (or will move to Oct 4 if any cancel)
Dylan (?)
Open slot
Oct 18th
Open slots
Keep Writing,
Bill