March 31 Meeting

 Hi guys!

Anybody home? I'm in WebEx and there's crickets. :-) Not literal crickets. Make sure to log in. 

Changing time of the meetings and other fun stuff!

 Hi guys,

I've been individually talking to members and it seems like 4:30pm would work better for everyone. 

Sooooo.............how about we do that? 

It's 12:02 pm. and there are crickets and myself waiting for members in Webex. The crickets are nice and have some really creative ideas. Charles wrote several poems that he shared with me. They were mainly about eating and being eaten, but they were very entertaining. He wished he could have taken part in the Poetry Slam yesterday, but alas, there weren't earphones small enough for him. 

Then there is Cecil. Cecil just broke up with his girlfriend, so he is a bit bummed. I suggest that he just let her go and start croaking again for a new friend. He feels very supported.. Just between you and me, his creative writing is very dark. Dark is ok. Especially when you're a cricket. Much safety in that. Especially behind a refrigerator. 

Charlene is also here. She says hi!

Charles, Cecil and Charlene also vote for moving the meetings to 4:30pm. I think it's unanimous. Their hands are really small, so it's hard to tell if they hare saying "aye" or "nay." 

Oh, here's the list of winners in our Poetry Slam!

Best Poet

1^st Dianna Ramos

2^nd Gary Phillips

3^rd Ashley Demers

Best Poems

1^st Gary Phillips   What Lovers Do

2^nd Ashley Demers   Hello Goodbye

2^nd Dianna Ramos   Fear is for a Moment; Faith is Forever

3^rd Ojo Traiye   The Long Crack in My Body Braids into the net

3^rd Maricrus Enriquez Life

3^rd Mike Matthews Before Sunrise

Congratulations to all! Especially Ashley and Mike Matthews who are Writers Guild members. Yay you guys! 

Make sure you all enter your work in Byways. You have to be a current student and the deadline is March 30. Here's the info https://www.ctcd.edu/academics/library/byways/

We're still working on the virtual escape room, the poetry book fundraiser and the recipe fundraiser.

Welcome Jo-Lynn and Professor Matthews!

 So I heard we got more members! Welcome to the Writers Guild! :3

Tell us about yourselves!

I'm a former CTC student, and writers guild club member that's just a lurker at this point. I write stories on webnovel.com, in my spare time while making smoothies for the time being.  ;o; Nicetameetchya. 

We'll be having a meeting March 10th at 4:30 in the afternoon via webex. p

Welcome Jo-Lynn!

 We have a new member! Welcome! We hope you enjoy our little group. We're glad to have you!

If anyone else would like to join the Writers Guild, please email referencerequest@ctcd.edu and put Writers Guild in the subject.

Ferbruary 24 Meeting

 Long time no see folks. ✋

With a meeting that lasted about 40 minutes, today we were caught up on things discussed during the previous meeting.

 And Antwion's books. 

Is 4:30 pm Wednesday and Thursday a good time for everyone to have these virtual meetings? We discussed the availability of everyone. Let us know if it's A-okay for you. 

Points to clarify:

• The Escape Room writing activity doesn't have a time limit but Byways does. If I recall it was extended past March 30. 

What's the Escape Room thing about? 

It's like a detective activity segment where you use the clues given in a short story and figure out a way to escape the room. Sort of like... a riddle. Or those whodunnit short story riddles, you may have solved as kids. 

As the president already mentioned before the Byways is a student-published journal, it's a collection of students' stories, poems, scripts, as well as photos. Feel free to publish something! If you're aspiring you can put it down on your resume that you're a published author. 

We have another poetry slam event approaching! 

February 10, 2021

 Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you are all having a successful semester so far. There are a few talking points that I would like to hear from you on.

• Flyer Design- I have the use of a quill and ink bottle to take a picture for the Guild to use without the worry of Copyright. However, I am having difficulty making up my mind as to which extra items to place in the photo. Here is a sample of one of my creations...

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  I have a variety of styled papers, and wax seals at my disposal. My creativity is actually creating quite the block because there are so many options that I can do.

• Escape Room- we would really appreciate any and all story line ideas for creating the virtual escape room. It seems like it would be a blast and I would love to be able to create this for everyone to enjoy!

• ByWays- It's that time of year again and if you don't know what I am talking about, well, listen up. Every spring there is a competition and the winner becomes published. Officially Published! The CTC Library is currently accepting submissions for the 2021 Byways Journal of Arts and Literature. It is a student publication featuring original creative written work; short fiction, poetry, song writing, non-fiction and drama. It also includes original artwork: painting, sculptures, photography, and metal works. ALL currently enrolled CTC students worldwide can submit their writing and art for publication consideration. Submissions are due March 30.

• Fundraisers- There are currently two ideas brewing that the Guild can do for fundraisers. Poetry and the cookbook. Let's get our short short poems and yummy cooking ideas brewing:)

Let's have a great rest of the semester,

Naomi Mitchel

naomi.n.mitchel90@gmail.com

President

Meeting Minutes for January 27

Welcome back everyone! 

It was great getting back to the meetings! We met on WebEx. If anyone wants to join in the conversation, email referencerequest@ctcd.edu.

We discussed the Recipe book we plan on doing for a fundraiser. It looks like Bianca has a link to a great channel. 

We are also still in discussion about using our own poems for a fundraiser.

We looked at doing a virtual escape room and need ideas for an escape room story. We already have the Google form template for the escape. 

Naomi will send out a new flyer/calendar with our spring semester dates. 

Our next meeting is February 10th at noon. Please encourage your friends to join. Just email referencerequest@ctcd.edu to get links to Discord and WebEx.