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the
REPORT OF THE MEETING HELD 16th MARCH 2010
Apologies: Ruth, Debbie, Ros, Angela P.
Present: Linda, Dick, Tony, Sue, Liliane, Cathy, Sandy, Angela L, Simon, Ally, Jack, Jane, Barry, Liz, Trish and Dave (chair).
It was nice to see a few ‘old’ faces at the meeting.
SCRIBBLERS NEWS
Ruth has booked tables at the Grosvenor for our social evening on Saturday 27th March with a 7.30pm start. It is the first ‘social’ since last summer so we hope it will be another nice evening.
There are still a few places available for Maureen Blundell’s 1-1 sessions at the Castle Lodge Hotel on the afternoon of Saturday 27 March and also for the group workshop on Sunday morning 28th March. Each of the sessions cost £15, the 1-1 including a critique of work and coffee and biscuits will each last an hour. The group workshop will last for two hours and also include refreshments. Interested members should book direct with Maureen at liberato@talktalk.net.
Jane and Angela P went along to the Writers’ Café at Starbucks in the Buttermarket, Ipswich on Monday and Jane thought the evening was a success. The new format of turning up and putting your name in a hat if you wished to read proved popular. Angela was one of the lucky ones and read some of her work out.
Details of the Ipswich Arts Festival were released with their annual free to enter short story competition in three categories, adults, young people and children. Information is on our weblog below.
Our friend Geraldine Rose has published ‘Feeding Strawberries to Pigs’ a short story anthology. The ISBN number is 978-1-907179-50-1. She asks a favour of Scribblers members to go along to their local libraries and request a copy of the book. Geraldine is launching the book wherever she can, currently two events in London, at the Listowel Writers Week and here in Suffolk. Best of luck with it Geraldine. Details can be found at http://originalwriting.ie/bookshop/fiction/short-stories/ After seeing our Dick appear in the local papers as The Man In Black at Landguard Fort, it was Dave’s turn with the recollections of the terrible 1953 specifically in Ipswich under Nostalgia, Kindred Spirits column. Also in the same issue he mentioned one of the six men killed by a bomb at Ransomes and Rapier in the early war years.
Have a thought for Tony whose operation was cancelled earlier this month but has now been rescheduled for the end of March. Good luck!
The Platform:
What a brilliant evening once again with our creative writing exercise that saw some really horrible words to get the imaginative minds of our members flowing.
Barry: Endurance Backward Food Tide
Ally: Marquetry Freedom Rhododendrons Highway
Jane: Teashop Crossroads Base Appendicitis
Jack: Crystal Dust Redemption Admire
Simon:* Replaced Thunderstorm Xanthippe Pernickety
Angela L:** Chanter Barcelona Train Agnostic
Sandy: Cellulite Aristocracy Shopaholic Elecampane
Cathy: Boat Windmill Needlework Devotion
Liliane: Finish Bucket Drains Creatively
Sue: Substitute Cartridge Save Organic
Tony:*** Angelic Cherub Jury Stupidity
Dick: Love Natterjack Tartuffe Parrot
Linda: Broadsheet Exhaust Gas Lace
Dave:**** Clock Muffin Depression Insomniac
Trish: Judge Verdict Delete Invigorating
Liz: Storm Rucksack Exhaustion Witness
*Simon’s work entitled ‘How the Phone Died’
** Angela’s work entitled ‘Pipe Dream’
***Tony’s work entitled ‘Publish or be Damned’
****Dave’s work entitled ‘Tick, Tock’
Our next meeting is in three weeks time on Tuesday 6th April at 7.30 pm in the Room at the Top, Felixstowe Library when the 500 word homework theme will be “Finish” or perhaps even “Finnish”. In the end the choice is yours...
The 1,500 work will be undertaken by Bill and Bert, aka Dave and Dick.
Before then of course comes the Saturday social at the Grosvenor on 27th March at 7.30 and also Maureen Blundell’s one-to-one sessions at the Castle Lodge Hotel in the afternoon and the group session the following morning.
Until then,
Keep Scribbling!
