Felixstowe Scribblers 2021: WritingRaw.com

Sunday, 4 September 2011

WritingRaw.com

September 1, 2011 issue of WritingRaw.com is now online

Better late than Never!

Well, thanks to Hurricane Irene, the resurrection of WritingRaw was delayed. Yep, lucky Weeb, lives in one of the towns hit hardest by the storm - Pittsfield, Vt. Well, yesterday, as soon as the power came back on (and he took his first hot shower in almost a week) he threw himself into getting the site back up and running.

First we want to thank everyone for their support and suggestions concerning the site. The response was overwhelming, and we mean that in a good way. With many of these suggestions in hand, we tightened and refocused the site back into its original concept: to focus on all things written. You will notice right off that several pages are missing. Thank god! We took the growing monster and pruned it back down to manageable size.

Another aspect is that from this point forward we will be focusing on quality and not quantity. There is now a detailed submissions guidelines on the site, so be sure to stop in there and check that out.

We could sit here and say this and that, but we would like to condense this by putting some bullets up to catch your attention. These are:

· We are now back to being a monthly!

· Call for Submissions for October: Send us all things Halloween! Short stories, poems, essays and, yes, even your artwork.

· Columns: We would still like to offer space for columns - but these MUST be related in some way to writing or books. If you have an idea, please contact Weeb and check with him.

· Magazine for the Kindle or other e-readers: We are checking on creating a monthly e-magazine to sell on Amazon and other e-reader sites. Please let Weeb know your thoughts concerning this. This will be the first time WritingRaw may venture into a money making company. In the beginning, we still won't be able to pay people, but our goal is that once we reach the cost of running the site (which is well below $500) we will than figure out some was of compensating our authors. This is all in the planning stage so any suggestions or good or bad comments, would be greatly appreciated.

· Star ratings: You may notice that there are now star ratings next to every piece that is not a column. If everything works right (and we have our fingers crossed on this), people can now rate a piece. This is totally experimental so bear with us as we work out the kinks and figure out the best way to present this.

· Contests: We will start offering contests. Our first being, write a 500 word or less (can be a short story, a poem, and essay, etc.) piece based on the following word: WIDDENDREAM. The deadline for this will be September 23, so we can post the winners in our October issue. The first prize winner will receive a $20 gift certificate from Amazon.com; second and third place will get honorable mention, and also placed in the October issue of WritingRaw.

· really BAD Shakespeare: Because we wanted to get the site up and running ASAP, the repeats of rBS will continue throughout the month (with the first 2 being on Sunday, and 2 other episodes every following Sunday). We want the repeated season 2 over by October so that… wait for it… the SEASON 3 PREMIERE of really BAD Shakespeare can occur. If you thought season 2 was mind blowing - well, Weeb only just started to blow!

We are sure there is tons that we haven't hit on in this rambling piece, and we will update things throughout the month if need be. Until then, dive in and discover a new and emerging writer. We are sure you will enjoy this issue.

The Staff of WritingRaw.com
Ditch, Weeb, Rib

New in this issue:

FICTION:
· A Degree In Fire Starting by Cathy Eaton
· A.T.M. by Jason P. Henry
· Block by Letty Wilson
· Garbage Child by Weeb
· Jimmy Dante's Cradle of Filth by Lorraine Voss
· Kirby by Jeff Rizvi
· Nannie's Cat by Vivian Rinaldo
· Real People by Fred Miller
· The Elite by Jeff Hill
· The Message by Chris Hadley
· Three Sheets, to the Wind by Kevin Daiss

POETRY:
· Assignations with a Golf Course by Christopher Nagle
· Deus Ex Machina by Peter Fraser MacDonald
· ED by Robert D. Lyons
· Her Breath by J.L. Wright
· My Poem Falters And Falls by Vivekanand Jha
· She is a Stainless Steel Bar by Tonn Pastore
· The Bonding by Peter Yates
· The Bystander's Introspection by Cassandra Kemper

NEW Poems by Rib!

ASSORTED:
· Artist of the Month: by Janet Snell
· Defiance to Logic by Adam Schirling
· One Day (video) performed by The Global Citizen Project
· The Hand by Dean Meredith
· The Twin Towers by Elaine Rosenberg Miller

INTERVIEWS:
· Margaret George
· Ian Irvine
· Ed Lynskey
· Jacqueline West

REVIEWS:
· Allbooks Review
· Between the Sheets: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen
· FLASH REVIEW by Weeb: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
· Rib Reads

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REPOSITORY

The Jack Wilkinson Competition for stories about children for an adult reader, is open for entries until 1st June. Stories should be emailed in the usual way to Georgina, making clear that it is a competition entry. Your entries can be in any genre of writing and should be no more than a maximum of 1,500words. Once all entries have been received, they will all be posted on the Repository. Members will have a week to read and choose their favourite three stories. Please do not vote for your own story. Your top three choices should be emailed to Georgina stating 1st, 2nd, 3rd and the corresponding story titles. Please don’t make any comments below the stories until the outcome has been announced. All stories will be published anonymously, with only a story title and a corresponding letter of the alphabet. Once all votes are in (and scores have been double checked) the winning entries will be announced. As we are unable to present the trophy due to the existing situation, an e-certificate will be awarded to the winner. The more entries, the better, so get those scribbling sticks out! Please email all contributions to Georgina Dave

CORONAVIRUS

Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus, Felixstowe Scribblers have sadly cancelled all future meetings until such time as Government advice and restrictions are lifted.

This means a great upheaval to many of our writers, but we will do our best to keep you updated both on this weblog and by email.

We intend to maintain our writing with 500-750 word assignments that may be posted on here for a short period of time whilst our WhatsApp group will have regular 100-200 word exercises to help keep our creative minds working.

Further information will be released as soon as possible.

30 March 2020

Gipping Press

Felixstowe Scribblers chose Gipping Press to publish their 2014, 2017 and 2019 anthologies. Our reasoning was based on their enthusiastic help, great track record and, more than anything else, the quality and high standard of their work. Our anthologies are testament to their expertise.

We anticipate another anthology in 2021 and will be seeking the help once again, of Gipping Press.

We can honestly recommend Gipping Press to anyone seeking advice in publication and for their very competitive prices.

Thank you Gipping Press.

http://www.gippingpress.co.uk/GPselfpublshing.html

Where we meet

Felixstowe Scribblers meet on the first and third Tuesday of each month in The Room at the Top in Felixstowe Library, Crescent Road. Meetings start at 7.30pm and end at 10.00pm.

Details of the library are on their website at https://www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/libraries/felixstowe-library/.

Felixstowe Scribblers are indebted to the Library and its helpful staff for all their valuable assistance.

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, our annual membership fees have been reduced from £30 to £15 for the coming year until November 2021.

Meetings, when they are able to be organised again will allow people preferring to pay at each meeting a charge of £5.

Our writing programmes are available via our two avenues, The Repository and our WhatsApp group.

Membership is open to both published and hobby writers and whilst there are no age limits it is wise to be aware that there may be adult content included in some work.

For more information about Felixstowe Scribblers simply email our Secretary catherine.stafford1@ntlworld.com or our Chairman, Dave, at scribblers.1@btinternet.com.

Committee Members:

Hon President: Ruth Dugdall.

Chairman: Dave Feakes.

Secretary: Cathy Stafford.

Treasurer: Beryl Sabel.

Scribblers Repository Editor: Georgina Salmon.

Weblog Co-ordinator: to be arranged.

Anthology sub committee:

Beryl Sabel,

Georgina Salmon,

Dave Feakes.

WhatsApp administrator:

Justin Keogh

In Memory

Martin Enticknap One time member of the Scribblers who stayed in touch from his home on Sanday in the Orklands. 2003.

Nobby Clarke A keen sailor, he relayed many amusing tales from his past life. Died tragically in a road traffic accident in 2004.

Bill Budner A lay preacher who joined the Scribblers and provided so many prolific words in his short stories. 2006.

Jack Wilkinson Our youngest member for four years, he provided so much laughter and talented creativity before losing his life to cancer at the tender age of twelve. 2006.

Allen Williams Our Welsh wizard had a wonderful wit that kept the group in fits of laughter. 2007.

John Crowson At 97, our most senior member. He passed just a week before he was published for the very first time in the 2010 Felixstowe Scribblers Anthology. 2009.

Doreen Rayner Published and very knowledgeable Felixstowe historian and former member of the Scribblers. 2012

Les Smith Such a welcoming and endearing character, his laughter, matched with his personality and his humorous writing leaves the Scribblers much poorer for his loss. 2015

Mairead Reidy Such a warm hearted and generous person who was both extremely talented and knowledgeable. Liked and loved by all. Another very sad loss to our creative group. 2018

Dick Bradshaw A warm and friendly long term member. A wonderful and published writer with a wealth of knowledge and so many humorous tales. A very sad loss of a good friend. 2018

It is fitting that we also remember Liam Fairhurst of Soham who died of cancer in 2009. He raised enormous sums of money for charity all beginning in memory of his friend and ours, Jack Wilkinson.

Maurice James, the creator of the Coast to Coast competitions and a great friend to the Scribblers. 2010