Next Noble Pen Meeting

September 19th, 2013 at 7 pm

Scott’s Family Restaurant

1906 Blairs Ferry Rd NE, Cedar Rapids

News

The court gives Apple some restrictions on its agreements with book publishers, but not the more serious consequences orginally sought against it in a case begun a year and a half ago.  Another version of the story here.

Victories

Tyree is doing a lot of writing.

Nick edited using review comments.

Dylan got feedback from someone who doesn’t read much fiction and was totally new to fantasy, but still read all of Sand and Blood.   Dylan found out he was sixth out of seven entries in a writing contest.

Rachel worked on development of characters for the Nikki story, and revised Harper.

Jed wrote instead of studying for an economics test.

Education

A book, whether it is a memoir or a thriller, needs a hook.  Stating a succinct hook is important in a query letter.  Here’s some suggestions for looking at your hook in different ways.  A hook should be supported by the rest of the story, or else some my call it a gimmick and dismiss the book.

Upcoming Schedule

Sept 19th

Nick
Barbara
Tyree

Sept 26th

Jed
Dylan
Tina

Oct 3rd

Tyree
Nick
Rachel

Oct 10th

Tyree ?
Laura
Dylan

Oct 17th

Open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill