Next Noble Pen Meeting

October 15th, 2015 at 7 pm

Scott’s Family Restaurant

1906 Blairs Ferry Rd NE, Cedar Rapids

News

NOTICE – MEETING TIME: Because many members are interested in the book signing which starts at 6:30 on October 15th, we voted to start our meeting at 7:30 on that night only.

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The book signing is held on Thursday Oct 15 at Barnes and Noble. Several well-known authors (scroll down) will participate.   It is in conjunction with the ICON science fiction and fantasy convention (schedule).  Own Dylan is in the book signing and on some panels.

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The Marion Public Library is holding a writers’ event on October 24 with several authors discussing topics such as shaping your writing for an audience segment and publishing. It’s free and a $5 lunch is available. Advanced registration is needed to assure a seat.

Victories

Nick wrote 40,000 words of reports covering his railfan trip.

Benjamin found a client for his writing business.  He has read/listened to twelve books this week and written every day.

Ciuin is making progress at restructuring Stories of Paris and adding several characters.  She also wrote more on the ghost-hunter stories.

Barbara has her home office organized for writing and set a goal of 15,000 words by the end of October.

John signed up for an on-line writing course with U of Iowa and has been submitting homework pieces.

Education

It’s hard getting something written well and then published – there are many mistakes you can make and even good manuscripts are often rejected.

Here’s a list of few mistakes concerning the overall approach.  Moira Allen offers an excellent list of ways to get a manuscript rejected.  Jefferson Smith tabulated and ranked the mistakes that broke his immersion in stories.  James Scott Bell lists elements of a story that may be lacking interest.  Here’s Susan Breen’s list.

Upcoming Schedule

Oct 15 (7:30 start)
Ciuin
Laura

Oct 22
Cassie
Erin

Oct 29
Benjamin
Open slot

Nov 5
Nick
Open slot

Nov 12
Open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill