Book Meeting Update

There were six of us at the 10 AM-noon meeting this past Saturday outside the Culinary Arts Center and it was readily apparent that we should squeeze in a Saturday morning group meeting to discuss story feedback. There were hardly any college students on campus and no one in the open area where we met. This would be a great opportunity to meet on a morning when most, if not all, of us are not working and then still have the rest of the day to ourselves.

At the meeting on December 14th, I'd like to draft the 2012 schedule. Here is my plan:

• 1st Wednesday of the month - story submissions via email
• 2nd Wednesday of the month - 3 PM feedback meeting @ MCC (Culinary Arts Center)
  
• 3rd Saturday of the month - story submissions via email
• 4th Saturday of the month - 10 AM feedback meeting @ MCC (Culinary Arts Center)
  

This will allow everyone to know exactly when the deadlines and meetings are. I also believe this schedule will allow most of us to attend at least one meeting per month. If we conflict with holidays we can address that when the time comes.

Regarding the group book. It was poured over on Saturday and everyone in attendance agreed that it looks good. I contacted Angela at BookLocker and told her that we are satisfied with the book and ready to move on to the next step. I am waiting to hear back from her.

I am a member of the Connecticut Authors & Publishers Association and plan to attend their CAPA-U writing conference this coming May in Hartford and also volunteer to man their booth at the Connecticut Building at the Big E in the fall. I would like to bring copies of our book to these events for sale to the public. If we're successful, I'll distribute the profits among the group.

It would be nice if we could publish a companion book in 2012. We could title it, "More Tales From Half Moon Room". So either dust off some old stories that you have or work on some new ideas and we can review them during our 2012 meetings.