September 2019 Meeting

Present: Jennifer, Olive, Darla, Twyana, Natalie, Pepper, Sallee, Ann, Rick, Eloise, Jacki, Jayleen, Debbie, Marilyn, Sue

Current Officers Report

Rick: time to renew membership. $10, graph presentation on account balance

Jayleen: no report

Olive: no new social media members

Officer Elections

President: Jennifer

Vice President: Marilyn

Treasurer: Rick

Secretary: Jayleen

PR: Jacki

New Exciting News!

Jennifer - Chicken Soup for the Soul out next week. Indie Strong FB live on Mondays at 10:30pm

Olive - Ordinary Times article about pizza

Darla - doubled creative writing enrollment

Twyana - in progress

Natalie - in progress, i-books author as new platform

Pepper - pitched at OWFI, after 3 tries was suggested that another agent might be better, hosting the movies for OLLI in Tulsa on Mondays and Bville on Thursdays

Sue - revisiting old story, talked to a producer, 

Marilyn - 3rd book out

Ann - working on pamphlet for library

Gary - travel log, using Bville print shop

Rick - OWFI inspiration to write prequel to Xhanga, increasing word count

Eloise - getting started again

Jacki - book out on October 1st

Jayleen - I write grades, 

Debbie - put butt in chair, started with grant writing, 

Nimrod information

Last Meeting, format of the meeting, general consensus more speakers, more critiques on personal projects

Survey Monkey - smaller e-book anthologies

Meetings: time for critiques, utilizing talent in our room, speakers already include Script Writing and Leadership, 

Deadlines for February

Next meeting Tuesday October 15th, upstairs

June 2019 Meeting

Present: Jayleen, Olive, Rick, Gary, Sam Glen, Marilyn, Jennifer, Jacki, Pepper, Sallee, Natalie

Treasurer: $331.22 in account, sold one anthology for June

Marc Cullison - guest speaker

Tue. July 16th next meeting upstairs

Jennifer, A Rough Draft came out last week!

Jayleen -writing lesson plans!

Rick - book signing in Ponca City, sold 4 books, working on Xhanga prequel

Natalie - working on drafts, 

Gary - consolidating some genealogy 

Glen - three new poems, Heritage July 27th poetry night, reading Stephen Hawking, almost ready to put together a book of poetry. 

Sam - now writing poetry for poetry nights, planning to put them together

Marilyn - editing Lilian’s Locket

Jacki - working on sequel to Gaemundi...procrastinating   J.S. Laramore Author

Pepper - working on novel Arbuckle, late tonight because she was finishing Chapter 12 (middle of story). 

Phantasmagoria Books and Records is taking WordWeavers books on consignment

Washington County Fair, Sept. 6-8

Podcasts: Balance & Keeping Creative momentum going  (link is on members page) each one is about an hour long. Free as far as we can tell.

April 2019

April 17th

Present: Darla, Olive, Pepper, Rick, Glenn M., Jayleen, Debbie, Denise, Gary, Jackie, Sue, Jennifer, Marilynn, Sallie

Reports

President:

Treasurer: $305.32 -scholarship for OWFI, +$35 for anthology sales -$70 for CdC trophy and -$25 for Friday table

PR: continue to post books of the day on FB

Secretary: no new news

Old News

• Rick- event at Jude’s, didn’t go as well at site, but trickle effect ended up selling 20 books 

New News

• Darla working on article for Bville Magazine
• Denise editing book (miracle realism)
• Olive working on revision/entire rewrite...by hand!
• Pepper editing a book for Rick, working on a western
• Jackie working on urban fantasy series, interested in horror
• Sue moved back from coast, has written 4 books
• Glenn, performing poems at open mic night, helping edit Jackie’s book, 
• Rick still working with Pepper, now doing a chapter edit at a time, recently published Against the Gates of Hell
• Windles Rock Shop will sell books. 
• Brace Books (Ponca City) will do book signings and sell your books
• Magic City Books on a per author basis. Drop off book for consideration
• Thursday 7pm FOL meeting. Heather Davis is speaking and Denise will be getting a prize! 
• Pepper bday party Saturday April 20th 4-7, 4th annual 40th 

OWFI

• Conference May 2-5
• Items for basket
• Book Drive (helps with grants) new and gently used for children and adults
• Everyone that applied for OWFI scholarship received one, thanks to Basket Wars!
• Don’t feel like you have to stay in a session that you aren’t enjoying
• Bring a sweater 
• Costume contest Friday night 

Tuesday, May 21st Celebration Party @ Library -bring your favorite summertime snack

February 2019 Meeting

February 26th, 2019 Meeting

Members Present:  Jennifer W., Marilyn, Olive, Pepper, Ann, Rick, Gary, Jayleen, Meredith, Sallie


Reports
Treasurer:  $440.56 in account. Have sold some new anthologies, 4 eBooks and 5 paperbacks over last 90 days. Soon will be minus $175 for the WW scholarship, and -$70 for Creme de la Creme trophy.

Secretary:  no news

PR:  has been posting book of the day SHARE! Will look into possibly selling books in Woolaroc gift shop.


Old News:  .



New News:  .

• Jennifer M. is not feeling well today.
• Create Space is now part of KDP.
• Basket Wars, need to decide a theme next month so we can collect items in April. Basket auction funds the OWFI scholarship. (suggested theme Words & Weaves) 
• OWFI scholarship applications are due by Thursday!
• Marilyn waiting on covers for book
• Olive taking a break from writing in February. Did submit a couple pieces to OWFI, looking forward to get back to Historical fiction book. Has completed 4-5 in series of novellas, needs to get them polished.
• Pepper working on 4th novel. Stringing together a series of short stories for a novel. Novel that took 1st a couple years ago at OWFI is still in the works!
• Ann trying to get a project done, involves a lot of research. Writes poetry for fun. Dreyer's English is a super fun book about writing/editing. 
• Rick writing 6th novel. Suspense, Christian world view. Finishing Xhanga trilogy. First draft is done. Pepper did Hell's Gates cover, about ready for proof. 
• Gary did do technical writing in past, now working on memoirs and family stories. Trying his hand at poetry...well ONE poem! 
• Jayleen is too busy to write! Didn't get to enter OWFI, financial difficulties and deadlines don't mix. Still chair for Basket Wars, we need to decide theme. 
• Meredith writes children's picture books. Agent sent note today with list of publishers she has sent Lily and Buttons to, will send another round in April if they don't hear anything. Critiquing a book of hers today, just finished another today as well! Member of SCBWI (children's book group).
• Sallie working on 2nd book, about 2/3 complete. Thanks for the help! 
• Drawing for WordWeaver OWFI Scholarship winner: Cathy Collar! alternative: Sallie
• Do we want to sponsor a category? We sponsored Creme de la Creme last year because Cathy won. Maybe we should this year again because Pepper won. Jayleen moved that we sponsor $70 trophy for Creme de la Creme, Olive second, APPROVED.

January 2019 Meeting

January 15th, 2019


Members Present: Marilyn, Ann, Pepper, Olive, Glenn M., Jennifer, Jayleen, Jenni, Natalie, Sallie


Reports
Treasurer: Rick is in Hawaii! Has a new granddaughter, Hannah. Sold 2 e-books in December, unsure of createspace. Tell ppl about it!

Secretary: .Minutes have gone live! In other words I'm typing the notes online as we go.

PR: .new page likes on FB. Book of the Day was alphabetical but now will be random. (need to add Jenni) press release for E-E soon. Tuesday is most popular FB day so anthology will be book of day on Tuesdays!


Old News:  Christmas party, yay food!


New News:

• Glenn working with literacy group, tutoring 2 students. working on creative non-fiction (getting a dog so soon after death of a dog). New grandson coming soon-Feb 19.
• January 29th, Feb 15th, March 15th Poetry Night at Heritage Theatre in Dewey. Share poetry or just enjoy
• Olive ghost writing at work. Suffering emotional weariness, hopefully passes soon. Possibly enter a fantasy story in OWFI.
• Pepper sorting writings for OWFI. Teaching a class at OLLI. Recently published in two anthologies. Looking to break into "one story" a short pocket storybook. Trying to get Creme de la Creme Ghost Story published. 
• Ann Help! How do you keep track of what you have submitted to all the contests?! FOL doesn't have a list of past wins. No content restrictions for OWFI, it just depends on the judge. (Basically Ann can't remember what categories she has won, HAHA!) 
• Marilyn not sure if anything will be ready to enter in OWFI. 21 pages of book ready, needs a synopsis to enter. A couple options for short story/novel. Received payment for Guidepost: Angels on Earth, her story about her accident on March 30, 2017. Note: when you submit something for publication, you need to be able to let some of your story go, publishers will print the story they want. Either take the money and go, or get your story back. 
• Jenni Manuscript Wishlist (twitter #mswl) all the agents and what they are looking for (their wish list), very detailed-also includes what they are NOT looking for. Prefers mswl to duo trope. Novella coming out in Storylandia by Wapshott (based in L.A.) kudos from the editor on her writing. Currently stuck on a plot to sequel to Noah Knows (self-published book). Wrote a Fantasy book with her brother that they are trying to get traditionally published. 
• Natalie little Charlotte is 11 weeks old yay! maternity leave ends tomorrow boo! Still traveling back and forth to OKC for work, now with baby it's going to be rough! Finding time to write is tough. New Year's resolution to find routine!
• Jayleen 2 weeks off from school, stayed at a friend's lake house for a few days to write lesson plans and contest submissions! Getting away is the best for writing. 
• Jennifer resolution goal to find balance between mommyhood and writing. Rebuilding from plans in place last year, pregnancy was TOUGH. For now, family first. 
• Sallie 36,000 words finished for her book and feels like most of the info is already there, minus 20,000ish words. What to do?! Jenn offers adding the fat and a subplot. Marilyn said get some more problem/resolve. Ann suggests writing the end so she knows how much more she actually needs.
• Retreat center in Tulsa? Forest of Peace in Sand Springs. $80/night
• Please keep Cindy in your thoughts, her mom fell and broke femur. 
• Do we want to sponsor a full scholarship? Majority Yes, we will draw next week.
• FOL and OWFI contest entries due FEBRUARY 1st
• Anthologies -promo giveaway still in the works.
• Linda Derkez sold their house and will be moving at the end of the month. 
• Now that we don't have anthology, send Jenn what you want critiqued, she will take first 3 (no more than 10 pages)
• Next meeting: Tuesday February 19th Meeting Room A 6:30 pm

March 2017 Minutes

March 2017 Minutes

Present: Cindy, Glenn M., Sallie, Jennifer, Rick, Pepper, Lee (& Lee's supportive wife!), Natalie, Meredith, Ann, Marilyn, Linda, and Linda's guest Susan Buck, Jayleen

Treasurer report: Sarah Lynn absent, all is well

PR Report: Abigail absent, super busy these days, please share FB posts!

Secretary report: who voted for this chic? minutes late again!

Ann: OLLI needs summer presenters for May.

FYI we can now schedule WW mtgs 3 months in advance. Thank you Sarah Lynn for getting the paperwork together so quickly so we could make that happen!

OLD NEWS: nothing to report...so why did I boldface and underline it?

NEW NEWS:

• Pepper has won something from Friends of the Library contest in non-fiction. Will know for sure at their April 10th mtg. Also, Cinderella puppets will happen late summer.
• April 22nd Pepper will present 2 Oklahoma-ized fairy plays.
• Ann said the Women's Network will present History Maker of the Year on April 20th at 7pm at Tri-County Tech.  She also recently saw S.E. Hinton speak and had a wonderful time.
• Rick: May 20th book signing for "Smart Vaccine" at Jude's from 2p-5p
• Glenn and Ann have also placed in FoL.
• Jennifer finished content edits for Forever Quail Crossings.

OWFI conference news:

• Maria Gus has been contacted for a Bartlesville basket, no news yet on that though.
• Please bring coffee/tea items by April 18th meeting for the WW basket contribution.
• If you have a new book out you can make a centerpiece to be given away. Contact Peggy Chambers for more info, photo examples of centerpieces are on OWFI website.
• Table Reservations: we are 4th on the waiting list for a reserved table.  No worries, if we don't get one we will figure it out so we can all still sit together. No man left behind!!
• WW sponsored 1/2 a category (inspirational...fantasy was take), individuals may also sponsor a category for any amount.
• WW scholarships were awarded by drawing to Jayleen & Glenn. Jayleen received an OWFI scholarship we redrew names and Cindy won!
• Still loads of volunteer opportunities at conference. You can go to website and register for shepherding, basket wars, pitch room, Saturday lunch tea, and more.
• For the famous Author's you need book published and information by April 22nd
• PLEASE DON'T NOT GO TO CONFERENCE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A RIDE OR A PLACE TO STAY! Communicate with us, we can figure it out.

Anthology:  let's nail down theme, start critiques in June, decide on word count, and how many submissions. Reminder that there is no cussing/explicit scenes (family friendly) and authors must be WW members.

Okay there was a LOT of back and forth talk in here about theme suggestions and titles, and will there be one book or a series, plus voting so I'm just going to tell you what we decided.

• 3 book series titles Tea Cozies & Terabytes (a Then & Now theme, so 2 sections in the book)
• 1st book will be about people, 2nd about places, and 3rd about possessions.
• Maximum of 3 submissions (at least one in each then/now section) with a total word count of 7,000 (at the end of editing).  If you only submit poetry you may have 2 submissions for each section.

February 2017 Minutes

Present: Lee, Linda, Rick, Natalie, Glenn, Olive, Marilyn, Jennifer, Sallie, Jayleen

Treasurer Report: (given by Jennifer via text from Sarah) $869.31. $50 was donated by Denise for an OWFI scholarship in honor of Charlotte. $10 was donated to WW from the Betty Jo Johnson Estate.

Public Relations: share what's new on the WW Facebook page

Secretary Report: minutes from Nov. and Jan. are up on the blog, please do not shoot the secretary for being behind.


Affiliate news did not get on OWFI report. There was some confusion on the deadline.  It is on the website though.

OWFI report comes out three times a year, you should be getting it soon.

OWFI conference:

• early bird deadline March 15th. $175 gets you 2 days and 2 banquets. After 15th cost is $200.
• Thursday night pre-conference with Ben Montgomery "Dirty Little Narrative". Cost is $20 and can be purchased at the door. This is NOT included in the regular conference fees.
• There will be 2 a-la-carte lunches (not included in registration total).  One with Sonia Gensler, "Honing your writing process to a T(ea)" and a Q&A with Harlequin editor Leslie Tuttle.
• There will be several workshops to choose from. If you aren't enjoying a session then feel free to move to another one. It's your conference after all!
• How many ppl are planning to go? 6 that were present at meeting.
• Jennifer will send an email to get correct number of ppl for tables/rooms.
• If you want a roommate, need a ride, put it out there and let Jennifer know.  Jennifer is hoping that everyone can figure out their room situations but please don't not go to the conference because of rooming/transportation issues.
• Friday night there will be a concert by Nathan Brown, past OK Poet Laureate. There will also be a costume contest Friday night.
• April 15th is Deadline for room reservations
• April 21st is deadline for Famous Authors Banquet. Submit if you have published from May 2016-May of 2017.
• We have agreed to do a Coffee & Tea basket for the fundraiser. Please bring something coffee/tea related to next meeting and then we will "fill it in" if we need more. Also looking into having Maria Gus possibly put together a Bartlesville Tour basket. 

OWFI scholarships:

• The deadline to submit for an OWFI scholarship is March 1st. You do this online at owfi.org (secretary's note: it is really simple!)
• How many scholarship's does WW want to sponsor this year? (last year we did 2 full scholarships @ $175 each and 1/2 a category @ $55).  Marilyn moved to do the same this year. Rick second, all approved.
• Drawing for scholarships included those that could not be present. Sallie drew the names: Jayleen Mayes and Glenn Vermillion.

Next Meeting March 21st @ 6:30.

Open chat