Tuesdays with Story

Tuesdays With Story

May 17^th Meeting

“Remember, a writer writes, always.”—Billy Crystal, Throw Momma from the Train.

Five of us, Daniel, Kashmira, Bob, Jaime, and Mike, got together for Tuesday’s meeting to discuss and offer suggestions for the three submissions. Here are the summaries:

Kashmira submitted two chapters of Journey to Swaraj. Mike and Jaime said they enjoyed the metaphors that were grounded in Veena’s world. Jamie had a question about the chapter 12th ending. Daniel felt that Veena’s paranoia could be better presented and Bob wanted more details about the mob scene. Thanks all for your comments.

Mike submitted a new version of his short story, Roger. Bob missed the post-funeral dinner scene in the re-write, but liked young Roger’s wondering about the baby being lonesome. Kashmira suggested that the ending should show more transformation or resolve from Roger. Daniel thought that Roger lost some kindness in this version. Thanks, everyone for your helpful comments!

Bob Kralapp, Storm. Kashmira felt that the physical circumstances of Ned’s and Katherine’s lives together had been overlooked and wanted more detail. There were several comments as to whether the character Tom had spent one or two nights on the living room couch. Mike thought Tom might not be a bad guy, but rather the person abused in his marriage. Thanks for all the great comments.

Who’s up next?

Our next meeting will be on June 7^th. Here are four presenters:

Dan Culhane

Jaime Nelson Noven        NYAA, Chapter 3

Bob Kralapp                    Storm, conclusion

Kashmira Sheth               Journey to Swaraj

That leaves two slots open if anyone has something to submit for June 7.

Also, in case anyone missed it, Larry’s book, Price of Passage is available for pre-order. And there will be a book launch party on August 24 at Mystery to Me bookstore. Here is the link:

https://preview.mailerlite.com/i0d0z3u5v2/1952414533154773352/o7t1/

And, that’s the first time I ever inserted a link into a document! Who knows where I’ll go from here?

Thanks for reading, everyone. For next month, June, Bob Kralapp will be the editor.

The Last Word…

“Those years in Paris were to be among the finest of her life. Looking back, she once remarked, ‘Those years in Paris were among the finest of my life.’ That was what she said when she looked back upon those years in Paris . . . where she spent some of the finest years of her life.” –Snoopy

“I think this is going to need a little editing . . .”—also Snoopy