Scribblers Brevard

October 11, 2008

Our meeting was called to order at 10:00 by our illustrious vice president. We had one guest present, Joan Trayworth. She has just recently started writing some of her memories.

Scott just got back from his trip to Beijing and reports that we still stand at $4966.71. He has $100 that he said he will deposit this week.

Old Business – There were numerous problems with this years Driftwood. The book was not finished when it was dropped off at the publishers. None of the corrections were made to the typographical erros. All of Edith’s work had been changed around. Pictures no longer matched any of the stories that they belonged with. Many of the photos were not cropped. Edith spent over an hour and a half with Paul of Bluenote Publishers getting all of the errors cleaned up.

Edith was asked if she would continue to be the art editor next year. She said she would under one condition that we give the final draft of the Driftwood to the publisher and let them do the set up. They will set it up exactly the way we want it. This should cost us an extra $300-$400.

Members present thought it was well worth it. Discussion is tabled until our next meeting when more members are present.

Gus thanked Edith, Walt and Marjorie for all their hardwork. He stated the publisher had charged us $120.00 for the extra work he had to do. Driftwood 26 should be ready mid November. This puts a damper on our book signing at Lori’s art studio. Nancy said she would email Lori to let her know.

Nancy read a portion of an email from Lori. She stated there would be no problem with anyone promoting their own published works. However she will only be promoting the Driftwood in any advertisement. A side note: This may now be changed due to the problems with publishing the book

Nancy also read part of the email she had received after contacting Leila. She is doing okay, but has been feeling down in the dumps. She has had some tests run and is waiting for the results. Leila was glad we had asked about her.

Jean had some information on the Boat Cruise Luncheon. The price would be $45 per person. Included in the price; music, cash bar, Buffet consisting of: fresh fruit salads, pasta salad, green salad, hot sliced pork or beef on a bun with barbecue sauce and brownies. Most at the meeting thought members would not be willing to pay this much. So this idea is being scratched and other locations for our luncheon will be considered.

Gus still has old Driftwoods for sale.

New Business: Lou announced his book Farmer and the Tree has been published. He had a few copies for sale for $13.

Roberta called our first reader.

Maurice read an article by the Dan Griffith, President of the Florida Writers Association entitled Words and Music: The Writers Song. Also another article from the Florida Writers Assocation called I Am Ann Lamont.

Lou was next and read The Farmer and The Tree. The book is about the discussion the farmer had with a tree. How the tree felt angry at being dropped there as a seed, but discovered just how much he was needed by the farm animals. It helped the farmed see just how he was also need by the same animals.

Nancy read one of her poems What’s The Use? A poem about war. Next she read a short sotry entitled Why Must. A story about a young girl’s assignment to write a fairytale and how she did not want hers to start off with “once upon a time.”

Gus gave us another look at life in Cuba with Chapter 8 in his book. This section was called Uncle Nana’s Farm. A look at the rural life in Cuba. Giving a description of some of the areas and types of homes in the the area.

Scott was our last reader. He read a story he wrote while at the meeting. Guess one never knows when inspiration will hit. His story was entitled Beaches of Beijing. It was about his most recent trip over to China and the beaches there. Beaches inside a local park that he could see outside of his hotel room window. These “beaches” fluttered in the wind. Beaches in this instance were Beech trees!!

Our meeting was adjourned at 1130 with an invitation for lunch at San Remo’s.

Respectfully submitted,

Nancy Clark

Nancy Clark

Scribblers Of Brevard

Secretary