In the first part of the meeting, we discussed the old and new club business. Nutz and Boltz will be on Monday, 9/16 at 6:30 at Braum’s on South Broadway. Next month, on October 7, we will have a special “Spooky Story” sharing time and a book-selling opportunity. BOD will be on the 2nd.…

We had an interesting meeting to discuss the future of the guild. April announced that the entire board was resigning by the end of the year. This could lead to the dissolution of the guild. She requested prayer for guidance. Next, Mike Wiggington gave a great presentation on what ChatGPT can do for us. The…

Before she began, April Coker presented an award of lifetime free membership to charter member, Pat LaVigne. Afterward, Sharon started with a brief introduction of her life and her experience and then asked us a series of questions, as follows: Do you have a talent? What were you good at as a child that you…

We had a great time at the 20th Anniversary Banquet at the Javi’s restaurant in Tyler. A crowd of about 30 people were there to celebrate it. April Coker, our president, gave a brief history of the club. Then we ate as we listened to John Moore speak about writing in general and his own…

Much Ado About Writing: 10 Lessons from Shakespeare Even after 400 years, Shakespeare is still popular. The Guinness Book of Records lists over 400 movie and TV shows that use Shakespeare’s plots. From Othello, we learn the perfect antagonist is in direct conflict with the protagonist. From The Merchant of Venice, we learned there should…

   How to Set Your Guilt Aside: What’s causing it? Visualization What can you do? The Different Kinds of “Stuck”:  Inaction because everything has changed. No pressure which drives you in other directions. Proximity to an annoyance. Distraction which increases anxiety. Procrastination: cure would be doing housework or something monotonous to motivate you to return…

A creative drawing and writing exercise proved to be very helpful as we explored our artistic abilities. Got our creative juices flowing and our brains stimulated. These pictures of the event summarize what we learned. We sketched and then used paint to color our churches from her theme of Santa Fe, New Mexico where she…

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Thanksgiving was the theme of our November meeting as we read our stories of thankfulness. Some stories were sad and some were funny but they all carried a positive message.

We had a great October 2023 meeting sharing our scary and also inspirational stories. Here are some pictures from that fun night.