Nov 1 Meeting

Rim Country Writers, our meeting is this Thursday, so do join us at 1 p.m. in the private dining room at Majestic Rim Senior Apartment Homes, 310 E. Tyler Parkway.

We always have a good time when we meet together. I've no reason to think this meeting will be any different.
See you there!

More Changes

Not only have we moved the days of the month and the location for getting together, at the last meeting we voted to move the hour to 1 p.m., and extend the meeting from 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours long.

That means we now meet on the first and third Thursdays of each month, at Good Samaritan Society's Majestic Rim Senior Apartments in the private dining room accessed to the left off the main dining area, at 1 p.m., and we'll be there until 3 p.m.

Our memoir writer will talk about his adventures upon coming into the world of writers from a non-writer's perspective. This should be very enlightening. See you on June 21st at 1 p.m.

June 7 Meeting

On June 7 we will meet in the private dining room at Majestic Rim Senior Apartment Homes, 310 E. Tyler Parkway. Our time is from 12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m.

Be sure to bring several copies of work you want to be evaluated.

Also, bring ideas of what you want to learn about in the next few months. Remember, we teach each other, so if you have something interesting you have learned about a writing topic, we're glad to put you on the list to give a lesson in a meeting.

See you on Thursday!

May 24th Meeting

Yesterday's meeting turned into a business session at the end, but we had much to talk about after our critiques.

Marie joined us, and is eager to return. Welcome! Jaimie's book, Support Your RV Lifestyle, has been racking up both national and state awards and recognition. She also reported on a poetry workshop she attended. Marsha secured a book cover designer for her forthcoming novel, Spinster's Folly, and is excited about an image the designer found. Jaimie also shared a couple of articles about punctuation that she found in a blog she follows.

T read a chapter from his memoir, about the experience of writing his first poem ... in sixth grade. His flair for words is so delightful that he could publish it for a larger audience than he foresees doing. Marsha read a scene from chapter thirteen. The members received it well, so she needs to finish the novel soon.

Instead of taking time to free write, we discussed options for meeting places. Each member got an assignment to check out locations and report back so we can decide which option would best serve our meeting place needs. The proposed locations vary from a park ramada to the town meeting hall, so watch for an announcement of where our next meeting will be held.

Meeting changes

by Marsha Ward

For a while now we've met on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month. In email discussions before our meeting yesterday, I told the members that if we could shift the meetings in June back a week, I could attend them. They agreed that would be good. At the meeting, we determined that there was no reason why we could not make the shift permanent, since we all could make it work.

Therefore, beginning in June, our meetings will be on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month. We have not held a second meeting in November and December since the time when we began meeting twice a month, because of the holidays. We'll determine later if this week shift makes any difference in that schedule in those months.

We are also looking into different meeting location options. We're meeting in an environment with hard floor and wall surfaces that seem to increase the ambient noise levels. This is problematical, as most of us have soft speaking voices. We brainstormed, and came up with several possible meeting places, which I assigned various members to check into. Chaya offered her home, as well (Thank you!). We each have until June 1 to investigate and report back to me. If we don't find a good place in Payson before our next meeting on June 7, we will go to Chaya's home in Star Valley (which I like as a meeting place, BTW).

Stay tuned for our next update on location.