Submitted by Lori Morgan, Vice President.
Submitted 5/27/2024
Location. Ray Residence, Tulsa
Attending. Bill, Sean, Greg, Chris, Lori, Mike, Brooks, Brad and Sue.
Business Meeting.
We were unable to reserve a table at the Pryor event as they were already full and had no space.
The Treasurer reports that organizational funds have been successfully transferred to the new account with the Bank of Oklahoma. A financial statement for calendar year 2023 will be forthcoming soon.
Ritual Questions and Responses
- Who wrote
- Everyone!
- Who submitted
- None
- Who published
- Bill’s collaboration with Alex Morgan, Let the Chips Fall, will release in June. Bill also did a cover reveal.
- Who Sold
- None new
- Who got paid
- Sean received royalties from the Magic City Book Bash
- Good rejections
- BJ wasn’t able to be at this meeting, but she shared these items on Facebook. She received a good rejection from a complimentary editor–who read the entire story and asked her to submit again–at Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine for her df short story “Black Vulture Moon.” She also had a good rejection from editor Richard Fisher at Savage Realms for her short s&s novelette “Spear and Bones, Part One of the Stranger Sagas.” Kept in consideration for over a year, Richard said she was a talented writer, and asked her to send more s&s themed stories
- GPIC news
- Bill reports continued planning for Tales from the Crosstimbers, with the first open call now set for July.
Readers at this meeting
- Chris– used readsies prompts. All five in one story. “Rude Awaking”
- Bill – History lesson- An AI story involving the 17th century diarist Samuel Pepys
- Lori – Find chapters 5-6
June Meeting will be at the Sinor residence in Broken Arrow.