March 31 Meeting Minutes

 Hi guys,

Good news! Our member Antwion met with Author Ashley Knight and she will help him be published!! Congratulations, Antwion!

Antwion and I were in today's meeting. We discussed solidifying all these plans we've been talking about to drum up membership. I'll be contacting each of you to see what ideas we come up with. 

There is light at the end of the tunnel in regards to in-person meetings versus online, so don't give up. Nothing soon, but we can continue to do online fun activities and fundraisers online while waiting. 

Remember that any of the members can create a post here, so if anyone has an idea or fun writing activity, go ahead and feel free to start a post. 

Our next meeting is on  Wednesday, April 14 at 4:30pm. Hope to see you all then!

Have a great spring day today!

March 31 Meeting

 Hi guys!

Anybody home? I'm in WebEx and there's crickets. :-) Not literal crickets. Make sure to log in. 

Changing time of the meetings and other fun stuff!

 Hi guys,

I've been individually talking to members and it seems like 4:30pm would work better for everyone. 

Sooooo.............how about we do that? 

It's 12:02 pm. and there are crickets and myself waiting for members in Webex. The crickets are nice and have some really creative ideas. Charles wrote several poems that he shared with me. They were mainly about eating and being eaten, but they were very entertaining. He wished he could have taken part in the Poetry Slam yesterday, but alas, there weren't earphones small enough for him. 

Then there is Cecil. Cecil just broke up with his girlfriend, so he is a bit bummed. I suggest that he just let her go and start croaking again for a new friend. He feels very supported.. Just between you and me, his creative writing is very dark. Dark is ok. Especially when you're a cricket. Much safety in that. Especially behind a refrigerator. 

Charlene is also here. She says hi!

Charles, Cecil and Charlene also vote for moving the meetings to 4:30pm. I think it's unanimous. Their hands are really small, so it's hard to tell if they hare saying "aye" or "nay." 

Oh, here's the list of winners in our Poetry Slam!

Best Poet

1^st Dianna Ramos

2^nd Gary Phillips

3^rd Ashley Demers

Best Poems

1^st Gary Phillips   What Lovers Do

2^nd Ashley Demers   Hello Goodbye

2^nd Dianna Ramos   Fear is for a Moment; Faith is Forever

3^rd Ojo Traiye   The Long Crack in My Body Braids into the net

3^rd Maricrus Enriquez Life

3^rd Mike Matthews Before Sunrise

Congratulations to all! Especially Ashley and Mike Matthews who are Writers Guild members. Yay you guys! 

Make sure you all enter your work in Byways. You have to be a current student and the deadline is March 30. Here's the info https://www.ctcd.edu/academics/library/byways/

We're still working on the virtual escape room, the poetry book fundraiser and the recipe fundraiser.

Welcome Jo-Lynn and Professor Matthews!

 So I heard we got more members! Welcome to the Writers Guild! :3

Tell us about yourselves!

I'm a former CTC student, and writers guild club member that's just a lurker at this point. I write stories on webnovel.com, in my spare time while making smoothies for the time being.  ;o; Nicetameetchya. 

We'll be having a meeting March 10th at 4:30 in the afternoon via webex. p

Welcome Jo-Lynn!

 We have a new member! Welcome! We hope you enjoy our little group. We're glad to have you!

If anyone else would like to join the Writers Guild, please email referencerequest@ctcd.edu and put Writers Guild in the subject.