NEWS ABOUT SOME OF OUR MEMBERS

Saralee Perel is now represented by NYC agent Bob Mecoy for her book, The Dog Who Walked Me, which is about her dog who became her caregiver after Saralee suffered a spinal cord injury, the devastating effects on her marriage, and her cat who kept her sane throughout. A nationally syndicated columnist and a Cape Cod Times columnist at: capecodonline.com/perel, Saralee is a now regular essayist for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, where her essays can be found here. To date, she has had 15 stories published in the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul books. The Cape Cod Times recently ran a terrific feature on her that you can view here. Please enjoy her website: www.saraleeperel.com. She is now a frequent contributor to the insanely popular Funny Times magazine, a new contributor to Oceans magazine and has published in Family Circle magazine, Dallas Morning News, Woman's World, among others and is very proud to be a multiple national award winning columnist and novelist. Saralee welcomes e-mails at sperel@saraleeperel.com.

Shirley Vogel's book Whispers has won second place in the Spiritual division of the 2009 New England Book Festival! Awards for all categories will be presented on January 16 at the Omni Parker House in Boston, the grand literary hotel where writers like Thoreau, Emerson and Longfellow met at the legendary Sarurday club for poetry readings and high-minded discussions. Congratulations, Shirley!

Jacqueline Loring, former Executive Director of CCWC, has been invited by the elite Achill Heinrich Boll Association in Achilles, Ireland to stay at the cottage of German writer and Nobel Prize winner, Heinrich Boll. The cottage is offerred as a guesthouse and retreat to international artists and writers. Ms. Loring was chosen from 120 applicants. Congratulations, Jacqueline!

Christina Laurie's second book and first book of poetry has just been published! Seasons Rising: A Collection of Haiku contains four seasonal sections of haiku.

Ann Forcier is teaching a writing class called Write Creatively at Clark University this semester.

Write Creatively is an opportunity for learners to experiment with weekly creative writing exercises from which they can develop poems, short stories, memoirs, and essays.  http://copace.clarku.edu/courses/courselistings.cfm?typecode=ugspring&thecrn=37716