Last spring I met three other women who, like me, were looking for a writer's support group. The four of us hit it off right away, and we've been meeting twice a month since then. We've completed one joint project so far and have submitted it for publishing under the pen name of Vier Dammen. One of our members, Marcia, did an excellent job of describing Vier Dammen:

Vier Dammen is the name of a creative female force. Each writer sees through her unique perspective, and together they cover a topic like a rich ganache. Individually, the writers are Loretté Teal, Michelle Pierce Battle and Joyce Dunn of Omaha, Nebraska, and Marcia Calhoun Forecki of Kansas City, Missouri. Their collective product is far greater than the sum of their very considerable wit, clarity and bite.

For our first joint project each one of us wrote about a paticular aspect of body image that resonated with us. When we get it published, I'll let you know where you can read it. :) For those of you who don't speak German, Vier Dammen translates as Four Ladies.

In my first blog I promised to tell you about the book I'm currently working on. For now, you'll have to be satisfied with a 55 word hint of what it is about.


REPRIEVE

“It’s stage 4, incurable.”

She feels only a need to get everything organized before she leaves. Her sadness is for the pain her family will feel, and regret that she won’t be there to help them.

A Lakota Medicine Man provides the healing that medicine can’t, allowing her to continue to be there for them.

Untl next time...