April 2020: VIRTUAL MTG

Present: Jennifer, Debbie, Jackie, Marilyn, Sue, Jayleen, Pepper, Natalie, Rick

Secretary: no report

Treasurer: $540.55, has not changed in last month. Last e-book sold in February (sold 9 Red Roses in Green Country, profit of .32 per book!)  Jennifer owes some money for books for a cancelled book signing.

PR: propose changing the book of the day on FB to book of the week to include author information. Send jpeg and links to Amazon to Jackie so she can update list.


New News:
Pepper more on editing mode right now.
Rick working on book, 17,000 words so far!
Jackie working on 3rd book and proofreading jobs.
Natalie working on equations for illustrations for her children's book.
Marilyn working on edits for Christmas book.
Debbie worried about kids, time management issues, weird production times.
Jayleen working on school/teacher/home balance. Hard to write.
Sue staying busy but not getting much done, working on kid's stories.
Jennifer had one 4,000 word day, inspiration in spurts.

resource: Melissa Storm: "The book marketing group" on FB, free video (check WW FB page for links)


Anthology: poetry is the next one, set to come out in August. We skipped "locally set" for now.  Poems due on June 1st...only SIX weeks away.
Halloween due Aug 1st
Holiday due on Oct 1st


OWFI: Conference was cancelled. Working on date/time/platform for award ceremony.
Ann won scholarship for this year. It was voted she will retain the scholarship for next year. If she chooses to pass, we will redraw for the scholarship. We may even have enough for two scholarships next year!!!


It is important to stay connected! We can email, text, messenger, video, whatever anyone needs.