August Meeting Minutes 2026

Hello Everyone,

Today we held our August meeting.

PRESENT: Sharon, Mike, LuAnne, Paula, Jan B, Marlys, Erin, Sue, Jan P, John.

TALKING STICK:

     We have our TS35 books already. We ordered less this year and we hope to be able to use Amazon to mail out a lot of the books after the book release party.

     Sept. 19 is our workshop with Laura Hansen and our book release party for TS35.

PRLAAC (Heartland Arts):

Mike attended their meeting for August. They mentioned the downtown concerts, Art Leap, Park Theater, Heartland Lakes Harvest Festival on 9-12-26 from 10-4.

BOOK EVENTS:

     Sharon and Niomi and Marlys attended the Hackensack Art & Book Festival. We sold $104 worth of TS books. Niomi sold a lot of her new book A Midwife’s Journey. Sharon sold a few of her poetry books. Mike sold a lot of his cabin story books and hunting book. Jan P sold a lot of books. There were a lot of attendees for the event.

     Crow Wing County Fair—Jan P and John attended and sold books for Blue Cottage Agency.

     Author Fair at Eagles Club in Bemidji. Sue attended. They are working on the North Country Journal, Coming to the North Country, for the Beltrami County Historical Society.

     Mike attended a writers’ workshop at Mallard Island on Rainy Lake—Ernest Oberholtzer Foundation and enjoyed it very much. Mike also attended Taste of Dorset to sell his books.

     Jan P and Marlys and Candace plan to attend the Women Writing the West event in Phoenix, October 15-17, 2026.

     The Hub in Hackensack at the Farmer’s Market is looking for authors on Tuesdays through September.

     Mike is working on his next two books—one for more cabin stories, one more for hunting stories. Both might contain recipes.

     LuAnne and Paula brought in some of their books that they have had published. LuAnne has a children’s book about a cat and a mouse. Paula had several books and she is interested in having one of her hard cover books republished as a soft cover book.

We took turns reading things that we have been working on and the rest of us critiqued. Two of us used our 8 monthly words to create a poem or story. We had a good day of discussions. Hope to see you all next time.