META STRAUSS : BOOK CLUBING IN BEAUTIFUL NEW BRAUNFELS

Monday, November 21, 2016

BOOK CLUBING IN BEAUTIFUL NEW BRAUNFELS

What a great evening! The New Braunfels Bandit Book Club chose Saving El Chico as their October book selection. I read from the book. Then, we had an active discussion about El Chico and the very real drought in West Texas. Who is the real Nicholas Graystone? Who inspired the Ed Hawkins character? Bea Mc Pherson? And, where could they meet Jake!! In person.
Several of the members are "closeted"writers. After our get together I hope they will get serious about pursuing their craft, share their work with others, join a writing group - maybe even consider publishing in the future. There's some real talent hiding in Bandit!
Sandy and David Strauss hosted the evening at their lovely new home over looking the Bandit Golf Course, rolling hills, and the Guadalupe.
The meeting turned in to a party. Thanks to all for a fun and memorable time.

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ABOUT META

Meta Strauss moved from her life-long home, Houston, Texas in 2005 to northern California. She lives in the heart of wine country where the scenery, weather and people are so perfect locals don't like to brag for fear the entire world will move to Sonoma and spoil the small town atmosphere. Meta joins the long list of artists, writers, film-makers, chefs, gardeners and philosophers who live in the Valley of the Moon, fertile ground for growing in creativity and contentment.

Meta's writing is often published in the Sonoma Sun's Fine Art Section. Her work appears in the anthology Cry of the Nightbird and a memoir of family tales, Stories for Emma, is available on Amazon.

Meta's first novel, Saving El Chico was released in January, 2016, available on Amazon, Kindle and at local book stores.

From the owners of Ed’s Salvage Yard and Golf Course to the Be Lovely Boutique, citizens of the small west Texas town of El Chico band together in order to survive and flourish in the twenty-first century. A devastating drought appears to be the final blow to the community and Bea McPherson’s Circle McP Ranch. Taking advantage of the situation, a fast-talking Dallas businessman joins with the local mayor to swindle the residents. They don't count on the unwavering devotion to the land and shrewdness of the female rancher aided by Jake, a cowboy who was born a hundred years too late, and Silver Crow, the Great-Grandson of Quanah Parker, noble chief of the Comanche nation.