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May 20, 2007
The Writers Network News
No Rules; Just Write!
Editor: Bobbie Christmas
Contents copyright 2007, Bobbie Christmas.
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The Writers Network meets next on Friday, June 1, 2006
No dues; no fees
No rules; just write!
If you happen to be in metro Atlanta on the first Friday of the month,
bring questions and business cards and network with us for an hour or
so, starting at 12:00 noon.
We meet at King Buffet, 11060 Alpharetta Highway, Roswell, GA 30076.
See more detailed information at the end of the e-zine.
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Welcome to this issue of The Writers Network News.
In This Issue:
One: Kudos to Jill Jennings, Bobbie Christmas
Two: From the editor’s desk–Vacation—or is it?
Three: Ask the Book Doctor–About Writing for a Living in Dumbed-Down
America
Four: Subjects of Interest to Writers
Five: Jobs, Contests, Grants, Agents, and Markets
Six: Writing Assignment–Start When Things Go Wrong
Seven: Web Sites of Interest to Writers
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Writer’s quote of the day: “Children aren’t stupid; they’re just
short.” –Jack Prelutsky, children’s poet laureate. (for a complete
interview and samples of his poetry, go to
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/entertainment/poetry/)
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One: Kudos to Jill Jennings, Bobbie Christmas
I won third place in the Georgia Writers Association Annual Members
Contest for my poem. “A Different Kind of Christmas.” The first and
second prizes went to a good friend whose work I like, so I am on
cloud nine. It's good to be recognized. I also won money for taking
third place for my poem, “Loneliness” and honorable mention for “An
Accidental Home” in the Atlanta Writers' poetry contest for January.
–Jill Jennings
In case you think your editor isn’t also a writer, I wrote one
paragraph about the company that processes credit cards for my
business, and the company named my story one of the top testimonials.
It will be used in the company’s flash presentations, tutorials, Web
site, and/or marketing materials. The honor earned me a free year of
service, a value of $60. Not bad for one paragraph! I also won first
place and third place in the essay division of the Georgia Writers
Association Annual Members Contest. –Bobbie Christmas
Congratulations to these folks. Your successes encourage others, so
please send in your accomplishments for our kudos section.
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Two: From the editor’s desk—Vacation—or is it?
Dear Fellow Writers:
If you come to our June 1 meeting, you’ll find Dell Dorenbosch leading
the group this month in my absence. I’ll be on vacation.
When you’re a writer, though, you find material everywhere, and how
could I resist the urge to query a few magazines about the possibility
of writing articles about my vacation in Sedona, Arizona? I have not
yet gotten any positive responses, but that doesn’t matter to me. While
I’m there I’ll take notes and good digital photographs, and I’ll have
material for articles of many kinds, for any number of magazines, now
or later.
Writers never stop working, do we? As if to prove Newton's first law of
motion, even when we try to stop, our minds keep going. Writing is a
skill that can be practiced by the blind, the quadriplegic, the deaf,
the autistic, the young, and the old. Isn’t it a grand life we writers
lead? Nothing--not age, infirmity, or vacation--can stop us!
I’ll be on holiday for a few days (as they say in Australia), but I’m
still a writer, and so are you, so keep writing.
Yours in writing,
Bobbie Christmas (Bobbie@zebraeditor.com or bzebra@aol.com )
Author of triple-award-winning _Write In Style_ (Union Square
Publishing, an imprint of Cardoza Publishing), owner of Zebra
Communications, and director of The Writers Network
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when you have questions, kudos, markets or any other information to
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Three: Ask the Book Doctor—About Writing for a Living in Dumbed-Down
America
Q: I'm a teacher. This year the job is more demanding then ever. I
really want to know if my novel is marketable and whether I should
continue to consider creative writing as a replacement career for
teaching.
A: I haven't seen your manuscript, so I'm speaking in generalities; I
have no idea of your skill level. Consider creative writing as a
potential way to produce supplemental income at first, rather than
thinking of it as a replacement career.
We can't all be like J.K. Rowling and produce hits like the Harry
Potter series. Only a few people can rely on creative writing to supply
a reliable income, but many of us supplement our income with creative
writing. I, for instance, sell my writing, but I also edit the work of
others, which keeps a roof over my head and helps other writers, while
I work with the raw materials I love: words.
Q: I have read your book, _Write In Style_ for the umpteenth time, and
now I ask myself, why do I want to write?
It seems that your clues for writing in style are related to getting
published, which includes the objective of appealing to the readers of
today, which in turn means appealing to a dumbed-down America with a
shortening attention span; e.g., the guideline that seventy percent
should be dialogue and not using long or unusual words. How do I fly
high on the wings of words?
I spent two or so years on and off in New Zealand, where one of the
joys is the richness of vocabulary used by everyday people, people who
also sit in their living rooms and listen to classical music on the
radio.
Admittedly, dialogue makes for easier, and perhaps more entertaining,
reading, but is that my primary goal in writing?
I know what I don't want, so maybe that helps a bit. I've decided I'm
not interested in celebrity simply for the sake of celebrity, or wealth
from such type of celebrity. I want to write because I want my thoughts
and experiences to be recorded for others to read. It is important to
me, however, that I write well, beautifully, if possible. I want to be
respected for my craftsmanship with words. I want to write sentences
that are good prose. Along those lines, I am seriously thinking of
self-publishing. Whatever I decide to do, I will certainly employ you
for guidance and comment.
A: Your experience in New Zealand is similar to mine in Australia,
where I became thoroughly impressed with the Aussies' reading level,
interest in current events, and ability to indulge in fascinating and
elevated discussions. My first trip there took place in the 1980s, and
I've been back two more times. I always return with a sense of wonder
and a bit of shame over America. Australians get a better education
than we do. Their use of language (even slang) is much richer than
ours. Their sense of humor is more highly developed—even their
newspaper articles are funnier. Needless to say, their literature is
divine, compared to ours. Isn't it fascinating that Australians do not
live up to the beer-guzzling, ignorant crocodile-hunting stereotype we
set up for them?
Do not give up on writing for America, though, because America still
publishes some literary works, a term it uses to distinguish
well-written works from contemporary works. The saying goes that the
difference between literary writing and contemporary writing is that
contemporary writing sells, while literary writing gets awards.
Why do you write? Only you can answer, but real writers cannot stop
writing, no matter how dismal the environment, no matter how sad the
market looks, and no matter how small our chances of getting published
may be. As a result, we learn, grow, improve, and enjoy the process,
and in the end, many of us do get published, whether our works are
literary or contemporary.
Send your questions to Book Doctor Bobbie Christmas for a personal
answer. Contact her at Bobbie@zebraeditor.com. Read more “Ask the Book
Doctor” questions and answers at www.zebraeditor.com.
New Feature! Would you link to read the Ask The Book Doctor column as a
clear PDF file? Now you can! See
http://zebraeditor.com/files/ask_the_book_doctor.pdf. The column will
be available at that address until about the twentieth of each month,
after which it will be replaced with a new one.
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Four: Subjects of interest to writers
This Month’s Tip from Bobbie Christmas: Hopefully
Caution! The word “hopefully” does not mean “I am hopeful” or “it is
hopeful” or “one can only hope.” It means “in a hopeful manner.”
Here’s what American Heritage Dictionary has to say about the word:
Writers who use hopefully as an adverb, as in Hopefully the measures
will be adopted, should be aware that the usage is unacceptable to many
critics. Such ambiguities can be resolved either by repositioning the
adverb (as in The company has launched the new venture hopefully) or by
choosing a paraphrase (I hope the company has launched the new
venture).
Find and Refine: Type into the Find function: hopefully
Find opportunities for improvement in your own work by using my
trademarked Find and Refine Method. With your file open on your
computer, pull down Edit, then Find, then type in the word you want to
find, and your computer will stop on each one and allow you to ponder
whether you can improve or delete that usage. For more opportunities
for improvement, read my textbook on creative writing: _Write In Style_
(Union Square Publishing).
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Letters from Members
“I am exactly one month into recovery from a quadruple heart bypass
operation. The symptoms leading up to it were very subtle and might be
useful to others. Keep in mind that I have always been slim, I eat in
moderation, I have never smoked, and I have always exercised
aerobically three times a week. Unfortunately, heart disease rules my
dad’s side of the family. Here’s what happened:
“At the beginning of March, I started to feel an ache in my throat and
a slight headache (NO CHEST PAINS) during the height of my
three-times-a-week home treadmill walking routine, which I’ve been
doing since college. It would go away as I backed off the exertion. I
did some Web research and called my doctor, who ordered an EKG
immediately, which was slightly abnormal. The next step was a thallium
stress test in the doctor’s office, which also showed a slight
abnormality. Next was a heart catheter, which showed that I had three
heart arteries that were 99% blocked, and two others more than 75%
blocked, which meant that I was not getting adequate blood flow to the
bottom of my heart. They did a four-way open heart surgical bypass the
next day, and I got home from St. Joe’s four days later. It should take
eight to twelve weeks for me to get back to normal, but I am hopeful
that I’ll be better than ever.” –Mark Diamond
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Bobbie Christmas seminars on CD
“Write In Style and You Write to Win”
“Travel Writing for Fun and (a little) Profit”
“Write it and Reap: Make Money Selling Your Expertise”
“An Editor’s 10 Secrets to More Persuasive Writing”
“I’ve Finished My Book; What Should I Do Now?”
Take seminars in the comfort of your own home. Repeat as often as you
want. Invite your friends to join you. To order, go to
http://www.zebraeditor.com/tools.shtml and scroll down to see all the
seminars available on CD.
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Natalie Goldberg-style group forms in Atlanta
“Today was the first session of a weekly writing practice group based
on the theory of writer Natalie Goldberg, as espoused in her popular
book, _Writing Down the Bones_. If you are interested in joining a
group to practice writing in the Atlanta area, contact me, Arlene
Appelrouth, at arlene.appelrouth@gmail.com.”
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Where is Bobbie Christmas speaking?
“Making Money with Books—By Writing, Publishing and Selling Them."
August 10-11, Summer Book Show Author-Publisher Seminar
Georgia World Congress Center—Atlanta
Learn more about getting your book written and published and about
marketing your book. The Southern Review of Books is putting together
an outstanding faculty that will inspire and inform you. For a full
schedule of presentations and registration information, go to
http://www.anvilpub.com/summer_seminar.htm.
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_Ask the Book Doctor: How to Beat the Competition and Sell Your
Writing_ is a 122-page e-book by Bobbie Christmas that answers all the
questions you wish you could ask an editing expert. Electronic
bookmarks allow you to go directly to your preferred subject, and
clickable links take you to Internet resources for additional
information. Whether you write books, short stories, articles, reports,
or anything else, learn more about how to write, edit, and sell your
work, To order go to http://www.booklocker.com/books/1906.html
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Have you considered turning your book into an audio book?
Your book on CD equals another market to tap. Think about it. If you
don’t know where to start, here’s a clue. I met Steve Cook, the owner
of Audio Adrenaline, at a writers conference recently and was most
impressed with him and his company. You’ll enjoy the clips on his Web
site, too. Go to www.audioadrenalineinc.com. Contact Steve to get help,
guidance, or voiceover.
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_Write In Style: Using Your Word Processor and Other Techniques to
Improve Your Writing_ by Bobbie Christmas teaches the Find and Refine
Method ™ to locate words and phrases you can delete, upgrade or rewrite
to power up your prose. Bobbie Christmas reveals secrets only a book
doctor could know. First Place winner of the Royal Palm Award for
education, Best in Division (Georgia Author of the Year Awards), and
Finalist in USABookNews Best Books 2005. Union Square Publishing; Simon
and Schuster, distributor. Available in bookstores and Internet
retailers. To order at Amazon.com DISCOUNT prices, see
http://zebraeditor.com/bookstore.shtml.
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Free Tools for Writers from Bobbie Christmas and Zebra Communications
Order e-mailed reports on correct manuscript format, how to form and
run a critique circle, how to identify weak writing and repair it,
self-publishing vs. traditional publishing, and much more. Fifteen
reports are available, and the list keeps growing. Go to
http://zebraeditor.com and click on “Tools for Writers.”
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Five: Jobs, Contests, Grants, Agents and Markets
The Chick Lit Review
Enjoy chick lit? Write short chick lit fiction? Have a short story
that’s sizzling? Find a home for your short story at The Chick Lit
Review! The Chick Lit Review is a new online magazine featuring short
fiction for and about chic young women.
Love * Betrayal * Fashion * Friends * Memorable Moments
Check out our March/April 2007 issue. We pay $50 per short story and
$25 for book reviews. We publish new and established writers. Submit
today! See www.chicklitreview.org
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Literary Liftoff Magazine
SCWG - Literary Acquisitions
P.O. Box 262 BUYS
Melbourne, FL 32902-0262
writermary@gmail.com
Submissions open to all; 2,500 word limit on all submissions (except
how-to for writers; limit = 500 words). All genres - fiction, essay,
nonfiction, how-to, poetry, etc.
Original; not previously published or under contract
In the case of unpublished book excerpts, must be complete with a
beginning, middle and ending, independent of the rest of the book
Double space all prose, with one inch margins, Times New Roman or
Courier New 12pt. font
Name, address, phone number, e-mail address and word count on first
page
Last name, story title, and page number in header of subsequent pages
May be submitted in hard copy format or email, but a SASE large enough
and with sufficient postage for the paper copy must be sent.
After a submission is accepted, please provide a 25-word bio, SASE for
return of payment, and electronic (email or disk) copy of the work with
suggested revisions. Payment upon publication. First serial rights
only.
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Are you America's next writing idol?
Enter the short-short story contest and find out!
*250 word max
*city/town must be a "character" in the story
*one entry per person
*no entry fee
*$50 first prize
*winner chosen via public vote
For information see www.shawnayangryan.blogspot.com/.
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Newsweek Wants your Emergency Room Story!
As part of our series on emergency-room care in America, we'd like you
to tell us about your ER experience. What did you learn about your
hospital and its staff? How did the treatment you received affect your
long-term medical outcome or, indeed, your views on life? We'll run
the best of our submissions online over the next few weeks. Submission
Guidelines: Your essay should be: a.) An original piece, b.) 850-900
words and c.) personal in tone. It should not be framed as a response
to a NEWSWEEK story or another NEWSWEEK reader essay. Submissions must
not have been published elsewhere. Please include your full name, phone
number, e-mail address and home address with your entry. We are fully
aware of the time and effort involved in preparing an essay, and each
manuscript is given careful consideration. Please allow two months for
your submission to be considered. To submit go to
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18579797/site/newsweek/ and follow links.
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Well Told Tales wants your best short story
We're looking for edgy fare, 2,000 to 5,000 words (give or take), in
the sci-fi, horror and hardboiled (i.e.: crime or detective) genres.
The main thing we look for is quality: does your story transport us
into another world. The second thing we look for are original,
"high-concept" ideas that have the power to capture our audience's
imagination. If your story meets the first two criteria and has a fun,
pulp-fiction feel, then it's probably just what we're after. We
currently pay US$20 per story. We hope to bump that up soon, but we've
got to start somewhere -- we are a start-up after all. If we purchase
your story, a pod cast is just the start – we'll work with you to
develop your concept into a feature film, TV show, graphic novel and/or
other derivative work(s). Please e-mail submissions, along with a short
synopsis, to welltoldtalessubmissions@gmail.com as a Microsoft Word,
PDF or RTF attachment.
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The Writer Short Story Contest
Prizes: $1,000, first place; $300, second place; $200, third place.
The first-place entry, along with the finalist judge's comments, will
be published in The Writer magazine. All three winning entries will be
posted on The Writer Web site, www.writermag.com. Entry fee $10 per
entry.
Must be postmarked by June 30, 2007.
For rules go to http://www.writermag.com/wrt/default.aspx?c=a&id=3323.
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Humor Wanted!
Farmhouse Magazine is looking for humor/satire pieces. We are an online
magazine that promotes new and emerging voices in the arts and
publishes bi-monthly online issues.
For an example of our most current issue, please visit
http://www.farmhousemagazine.com, where you will find a complete
submission guidelines as well. No compensation.
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$10 per “ePIFfunny”
An ePIFfunny is an “epiphany” (a sudden intuitive leap of
understanding, especially through an ordinary but striking occurrence)
that you think is worth sharing with others.
(There is a more complete definition of what an “ePIFfunny” is on our
Web site.)
The goal of ePIFfunnies.com is to serve as a place where people can
share their “wisdom” with each other, thus making all of us wiser! If
you have had an “ePIFfunny,” why not submit it to ePIFfunnies.com? If
we post it, we will pay you $10.00. (We also pay $10.00 for every
“Vitamin ePIFfunny” which we use.)
If your submission is chosen as the “ePIFfunny of the Week,” you will
also receive a free copy of an already published ePIFfunnies book. And
if we include it in a future ePIFfunnies book, you will receive a free
copy of that book.
So go to www.ePIFfunnies.com and submit an ePIFfunny now!
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New literary magazine "Plankton" seeks submissions for its first issue.
Please email poetry, prose, critical essay, and art selections to
planktonzine@gmail.com.
"Plankton" seeks to showcase that new breed of artist emerging from the
leagues of our increasingly interconnected, yet insular world. It seeks
to show that there is a reason to create art; that art is as essential
a component of survival as plankton is to the ocean and the lives
drifting within.
If you have any queries or questions, please contact the editors at
planktonzine@gmail.com.
As this is our first issue, we cannot pay you for your contributions,
but we hope we may do so in the future.
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Six: Writing Assignment: Start When Things Go Wrong
Gabriel García Márquez wrote a novel called _One Hundred Years of
Solitude_ (1967), which begins this way: Many years later, as he faced
the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that
distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
_One Hundred Years of Solitude_ is now considered one of the greatest
novels of the twentieth century. Notice how the author puts the main
character in front of a firing squad, when things are going terribly
wrong. The scene halts, though, and the author uses a flashback to a
less intimidating time, which eventually reveals the back story.
As novelists we are told to “start when things go wrong,” but countless
writers either never heard this mantra or forget to start when things
go wrong. Many writers—even skilled authors—begin with a description of
the setting, with narrative that gives background information, or with
a character waking up. The Márquez book exemplifies a creative way to
start when things go wrong.
For this exercise, ponder a story you have written or plan to write and
decide the worst predicament the main character faces. Write an opening
line that places the character at the worst possible moment, when
things are terribly wrong, and see how much impact and intrigue the
rewritten line adds to your opening.
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Seven: Web Sites of Interest to Writers
[Note: Some of the links listed in this section may have the words
“tiny url” in them. The reason is simple. Some Web addresses are more
than 150 characters long, and to simplify them, I use a Web site called
www.tinyurl.com. It takes long addresses and converts them to short
ones for convenience, and the short addresses work equally as well as
the long ones.]
New Dictionary Words
This site presents a sample of the nearly 100 new words and senses that
have been added to the best-selling Eleventh Edition of
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
http://www.m-w.com/info/new_words.htm
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Translations and Syntax Assistance
Babel Fish allows you to copy and paste any information and get it
translated into almost any other language. If you are trying to make
characters speak as if English is not their first language, this site
helps you understand what their syntax may be. Here’s what to do. Type
or paste the character’s dialogue in English, translate it to the
language of the character’s origin, and then translate from that
language back into English. Chances are the word choices and word order
will be slightly confused—sometimes extremely confused—but you can use
some of the imperfections to reflect the characters’ attempts at
English, and it will make the dialogue sound authentic without having
to resort to dialect. I used that method on the first line of this
paragraph, translated it into French, and translated the French to
English, and here’s what I got: “The fish of Babel enables you to copy
and stick any information and to obtain it translated into almost any
other language.” See how it uncovered the beautiful syntax, “to obtain
it translated. . .” I could not have thought of that syntax myself.
Try it: http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr.
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Information about the meetings:
Because it's a buffet, come into the meeting room, set down whatever
you brought, and go get food, if you plan to eat. You are under no
obligation to eat if you attend the meeting, but if you do eat, you may
pay and tip as you leave.
While we eat, we have introductions. After the introductions are over,
we discuss questions and answers. After the introductions are completed
and at any time until we leave, you are welcome to get more food or
leave when you need to do so.
Directions to meetings:
Our monthly meetings are held at noon on the first Friday of each month
at King Buffet, 11060 Alpharetta Highway, Roswell, Georgia. 30076. The
restaurant not only gives us a private meeting room, but it also offers
a buffet with a variety of food, primarily Asian.
The restaurant is on the left after you enter the Roswell Shopping
Center, on the same side of the strip mall as Patterson Furniture and
High Point Furniture. Roswell Shopping Center is on the left if going
north toward Alpharetta, a few blocks past the Mansell Road
intersection and across the street from Mattress King, a little way
past Andretti's. Once you are inside King Buffet, the meeting room is
through an archway on the left past the cashier.
Restaurant phone: 678-352-1606.
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