Posts Tagged ‘writers’

Warm Welcome at Kenosha Writers’ Guild

It was a delightful group of writers — nearly 20 strong — who welcomed me to the Kenosha Writers’ Guild regular meeting last night We shared a bit of our writing backgrounds (some really exciting projects afoot among those in the group!) and then dropped into a few writing exercises a la “Write ’til You’re Blue in the Face.” I was more than impressed with the energy of this all-volunteer group as well as the wide range of writing interests of its the members. I left (albeit reluctantly) with a copy of Straylight Literary Arts Magazine (Thanks, Jan!) and a strong wish I lived a little closer so I could make it to more of the group’s meetings.

Many thanks to Jen, Lisa and Jenny, and all the other writers for their enthusiastic participation. Kenosha has a rare and wonderful gem in this organization!

Fixx on Fire!

With over 40 in the audience, RedBird-RedOak Roundtable Writers lit up the place (Fixx Coffee House, that is!) with flash fiction, humorous fiction, novel excerpts, creative nonfiction and memoir.

It was great to welcome Katy J Vopal’s Creative Writing students as well as some folks who just happened to be in the cafe and got hooked on listening to our writers. Special thanks to the other RedBird-RedOak writers who were not reading but joined us to support their comrades-in-ink. Finally, a giant THANK YOU to Fixx owner, Shari Franz, and her intrepid helper, Julia, for their hospitality.


Worth Way More Than the Price of Admission!

They looked like regular ol’ people enjoying an evening cupppa joe or glass of wine — until they stood up and took the mic that is. Then a quiet fell over the cafe, and we drank in powerful images, humorous scenes and compelling plots, all the result of lots of hard work and the supportive feedback writers find in our Roundtable groups, facilitated by Robert Vaughan, Jeannee Sacken and Laurel Landis. What a night!

Many thanks to our courageous and very talented writers and to Shari Franz of FIXX Coffee House!

RB-RO + FIXX = A Great Evening!

When coffee drinkers stopped at FIXX coffee house on Nov. 5th, they were treated to more than their caffeine fix: members of the RedBird-RedOak Writing Roundtable groups were sharing some of their works in progress. Poetry, essay, fiction, memoir — not only were the pieces very well-crafted and polished, but the deliveries blew me away! More than one person commented that it would be fun to do this on a more frequent basis… okay, if you twist my arm!


group before reading

Felicity & Karen

sheila julson

bill

eric lanke

crowd listening

laurel & cari

rasa

sheila h reading

sharon

cari

felicity reading

robert reading

sheila and sharon