2005 Winter - Wisconsin Writers Association

Page 9Chapter One Waukesha Area: Bette Williams, Reporter bkwjmw@execpc.com 262-966-3491P.O. Box 115, Nashotah, WI 53058Karen McQuestion signed withliterary agent Ben Salmon of RightsUnlimited. Her novel, Finding Angie,is currently on submission. Ms.McQuestion, a widely publishedessayist, facilitated Waukesha'sWriter to Writer group. Karen'stopic was, "Writing and Marketingthe Personal Essay." Neela Sukhatme-Shethreceived HonorableMention in the Jade Ring Nostalgiacontest for her story, "One ThousandMoons." Ms. Sukhatme-Shethtraveled to Columbus, Ohio, to attenda short story workshop conductedby C. Michael Curtis, Editorof The Atlantic Monthly. JosephGeck continues to write for"Community Column" in The MilwaukeeJournal-Sentinel. SarahEhrhardt did a book signing at thehospice library in Shawano for herbook, A Bend in the Road, OneFamily’s Journey Through Cancer.Ms. Ehrhardt's book printed itsthird edition in January 2005.Marilyn LaCourt published "ThereIs No Control Group, Dorothy" inSecular Nation. Chapter One meetsthe second and fourth Tuesday ofeach month from 7 to 9 p.m. at MarthaMerrell's Books in Waukesha. #Sheboygan County Writer’s Club: Ann Grote-Pirrung, Reporter pirrung@tds.net 920-693-3329955 Polk Lane, Cleveland, WI 53015Mary Kunert won first place for poetry and Jane Kocmoud received honorable mention for her poem at the AestivalFestival. Kunert also wrote the words to a song sung at the annual Celtic Mass in Sheboygan Falls. A phototaken by Paul Hanson appeared in a newsletter published by Senator Leibham. Hanson also has photos appearing inthe Sheboygan Rehabilitation Center Calendar. Sylvia Bright Green's "Mailbox Madness" will appear onwww.absolutewrite.com. She also had two pieces accepted by Sasse Magazine. #Janesville Area Writers’ Club: Edna M. Thorp, Reporter mefarley@ticon.net 608-752-5559222 N. Franklin St. #215, Janesville, WI 53548-2987Sherry Derr-Willie’s novels,Mistaken Identity, Her Tenant, andJayden’s New People, have comeout recently. Sherry also has a shortstory in an anthology, Tales fromthe Treasure Trove, which featurestwelve stories by twelve writers.Ruby Walton, along with mem-bers of her classes at Janesville SeniorCenter, is again distributing dictionariesto Janesville public schoolthird graders. This is made possibleby profits from the sale of Hopscotch,Hobos, and Foxholes, a kaleidoscopeof true memories ofthese class members.Dorothy Schwenker and MaryFarley have poems in the WFOP2006 Calendar. Dorothy also has apoem in a November issue of NorthwestHerald. Julie Cousin has poemsin four recent issues of thissame publication. #Waukesha Writer’s Workshop: Mickey Burgermeister, Reporter 262-679-0862S69 W17349 Kirkwood Drive, Muskego, WI 53150-8851Nancy Schultz reports her article about salvaging cord blood for stem cells, “Cell Assurance,” will appear in theDecember issue of ePregnancyMagazine (http://www.epregnancy.com/). Another article, “Sunrise Service,” won herHonorable Mention in this year’s Jade Ring contest.Mickey Burgermeister had her answer to the question, “What did you do on your summer vacation?” publishedin the “Question of the Week” section of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.The Waukesha Writer’s Workshop is happy and proud to have member Don Schambow elected President ofWRWA. Congratulations, Don. #