October 9th meeting...thereby hangs a tale!

Two things you need to know about the next SCRIBE meeting, coming up on Saturday, October 9th:
1. We've changed our start time to 10:00am. Now you can always remember when SCRIBE meetings are by picturing the old Dr Pepper logo: 10-2-4. Our meetings are at 10 on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month.



2. Our guest speaker for this meeting will be Donna Ingham. Donna is a renowned storyteller, the winner of the 2007 John Henry Faulk Award "for outstanding contributions to the art of storytelling." She's also a former college professor and the author of four books, including her latest work, Mysteries and Legends of Texas: True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained. Donna is a past board member of the Tejas Storytelling Association and edited the state storytelling newsletter for three years. She served as artistic director for the 2009 Texas Storytelling Festival. A member of the National Storytelling Network, she is the NSN Texas state liaison. A sought-after performer, she is listed on the Touring Artists Roster of the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Mid-America Arts Alliance. She is a willing mentor for storytellers and writers and a tireless supporter of storytelling and literary events. She says she has found her "calling." We are grateful that her calling includes speaking to our SCRIBEs. Don't miss hearing this award-winning storyteller and getting some tips on how to better tell your own story.

And here's a third thing: Check out our "build-a-story" in the post below this one. Add a paragraph of your own and let's see how long a tale we can spin. Just click on the "Comments" link to read the story thus far.

Help build this story:

Dana Hood had a fun idea. She wrote the first two paragraphs of a story and posted them in the comment section of an earlier entry. The idea was for other SCRIBE folks to add to the story a paragraph or two at a time. But nobody joined in! So I'm bumping it up into the main page in hopes that some of you will participate. Read what's been written so far and then add to it by clicking on the "Comments" link. A new window will open; write your stuff and click the "Post Comment" button. I'll put Dana's original opening in the first comment spot. Let's see how long a story we can write as a team!

DON'T MISS THIS MEETING!

This Saturday, September 11th, do whatever it takes to be at our SCRIBE meeting. Our guest will be author/comedian/actor/screenwriter Owen Egerton. I just finished Owen's latest book, The Book of Harold, and I liked it better than hot breakfast. Owen is a fascinating fellow who loves Austin and loves writers and in last week's Austin Chronicle "Best of" awards, he became our "Best Local Author." He knows funny, yet he can do poignant, philosophical and thought-provoking, too. Hearing and meeting him will be more fun than is normally allowed within church walls. You can learn more about Owen by visiting his website. As usual, we start up at 10:30 Saturday morning in Quad 4. Be here and bring along someone who's interested in writing. Our group is becoming more wondrous all the time!

Links for writers...

Periodically I will share with you links to websites which feature information useful for writers. Today I found this page of writers resources; it's jam-packed with all sorts of info regarding virtually every genre. I know SCRIBE has a number of members who are writing memoirs or personal essay. You'll find some good links here. There are also links for fiction, bloggers, travel, speeches, scripts, etc. You can easily spend an hour or two following some trails which might lead you into just what you've been wishing for. Check it out.