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Writers’ Mill Minutes 20221016

Writers’ Mill Minutes 16th October 2022

Seventeen members attended October’s meeting, including several new and nearly new members—you are very welcome, and we hope you’ll stay with us! This was only our second hybrid meeting, and this time we had more in-person attendees than online—which means we’re looking for feedback again, from any and all of you, about how we can make these hybrid meetings even better. We’re very grateful to the librarians for all their help.

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Writers’ Mill Minutes 20220918

Writers’ Mill Minutes, September 18, 2022

Cedar Mill Library, Beaverton and online Zoom—First Hybrid Meeting!

Eleven participants attended online, and seven were present in the library meeting room, for a total of 18. Jim Elstad led the meeting in Sheila Deeth’s absence. Angela Mollet  managed the technology from the library, with assistance from Matthew McAyeal and Robin Layne.

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Writers’ Mill Minutes 20220717

Between 16 and 20 members joined us for our “Mystery in July” meeting, and enjoyed a fascinating insight into a real-life mystery, provoking much fascinating discussion of might-have-beens and how those might-have-beens might be written. But first Sheila asked for some shows of hands before handing over to Lyndsay to share this month’s contest results.

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Writers’ Mill Minutes June 19 2022

Writers’ Mill Minutes June 19 2022

Around 20 members joined us for June’s Fathers’ Day meeting, and enjoyed a fun, interactive session on the history and evolution of the English Language, led by Lyndsay. Sheila opened the meeting with the contest results, and forgot to point out that the variation in voting—in the past we’ve asked for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, but his time we just asked for your three favorites. We’re delighted to announce the outcome was identical between total votes cast per entry AND weighing them as if cast for 1st/2nd/3rd… So perhaps that’s a good way to go, with places used as tie-breaks if needed. And thank you to the 15 people who supported these writers by voting:

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Writers’ Mill Minutes 2021 11

The Anthology is Live!

Congratulations All. THE FLOOR ABOVE is now available from Amazon athttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B09M5B123Y for the print bookhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MCCY73K for the ebook

November Minutes

About 16 members attended November’s meeting and joined in the creation of our latest anthology, uploading to Amazon and creating the book cover. All done on a shoestring.

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