Apologies
from: Angela A, Cathy and Barry who we hope
will get well soon.
Present:
Sandy, Martin, Angela L, Beryl, Tony, Liliane, Dick, Les, Dave (back in the
chair again!).
Guest:
Janet.
First
a note from Debra at the Library,
A
big thank you to all those people who attended our author event earlier this
month. Ruth Dugdall gave a fascinating talk and we had some very positive
feedback. If you were unable to come I would strongly recommend that you
look out for her at the Felixstowe Book Festival in which she is taking part
next year. The festival, organised by Meg Reid, is the first of its kind
in this town and is scheduled for the weekend of 15-16 June. Plans are well
underway as you will see if you visit the festival web site http://www.felixstowebookfestival.co.uk/: It promises to be a super
weekend with an exciting line-up of authors including Barbara Erskine, Sophie
Hannah, Mark Mower, Adele Geras and Martin Edwards. Events will take
place at various venues including Felixstowe Library. To keep in touch
with what is afoot I am sure Meg Reid would be delighted if you would sign up
to the free E newsletter (see link on home page of the festival web
site). We will be contacting you again in the near future with book
recommendations. Kind regards, Debra Rowe.
We
welcomed Janet to our group tonight. She is not a creative writer but is seeking
help from an established writer with a project to write a handbook to help
people suffering with some mental issues. Whilst those present were unable to
offer any assistance it was agreed to circulate the rest of the membership to
see if anyone would be interested in helping. Preferably it would be someone
perhaps semi-retired, and there would be some payment available. Janet is not
on the internet so if anyone is interested please contact Dave at scribblers@btinternet.com
who will put you in touch with Janet.
The
homework theme was ‘Moonlight’ and in true inimitable style the Scribblers once
again came up with a richness of their creative abilities with every work so
different. It was again another evening to enjoy.
First
up was Les with ‘Night Vision’, a poem that centred round the moonlight shining
on the bedroom room and all the visions it encompassed including the one with
his dear Joan who promised they would be together forever.
Next
was Dick with a truly dramatic ‘Thank God for Ethel Parker’. Wartime and with
night approaching the hapless Warden cursed the bright moonlight that lit up
the East End of London, fully aware of what was to come from the Luftwaffe.
Directing his wife and family to a new shelter he was overcome with agony when
the shelter took a direct hit only for the joy to see them all after going to
the Underground with Ethel Parker.
Liliane
offered yet another episode from that fascinating family. Marina was a young flirtatious
woman who wanted more than just a romance with her first cousin Carlo. Under
the influence of drink she persuaded him to take her to his bed...
Tony
provided us with a humorous tale ‘All by Himself in the Moonlight’ which is an
excerpt from “Following Wind” his second book. It seemed there was a lot of skulduggery
when butchers new products were already on sale at the local inn which led to
the search for the culprit.
Beryl
maintained her high level of entertainment with “Werewolf”. Dillys was on duty
in the intensive care unit when she saw the fifth room bathed in moonlight.
Young Johnny was wrapped in bandages and had tubes inserted. It transpired his
father was a werewolf who attacked both his mother and Johnny.
OAP
was an interpretation by Angela about the lives of an owl and a pussycat who
went to sea in their love boat and found a Caribbean island where they lived
happily ever after – OAP being the Owl and the Pussycat.
Ever
the creative one, Martin came along with a series called “Short Pieces About
Moonlight”. Each short work was totally different and being delivered in his
staccato style brought a great deal of belief and understanding to his work.
‘Missing
Image’ written by Sandy was so believable. A wartime survivor with memories of
Dunkirk, Harry had been sitting at the bar when last orders were called. He
went home, forgot that his wife had died two years earlier then joined the
coach trip to Dunkirk where he hoped he would meet his old colleague. There on
the wall of remembrance he saw his friends name then felt the pain in his chest.
My
offering was ‘Moonlighting’ covering a whole range of moon related topics from the
man in the moon to a witches coven in the woods; Neil Armstrong stepping onto
the moon. Rugby players mooning out of a coach window; illegal moonshine and
moonlighting ended with in fear of a Chinese stealth space ship that set up a
colony on the moon to control our dramatic fluctuations in the weather...
So
there we have it, another diverse evening of entertainment.
Next
up will be the final meeting of the year on Tuesday 18th December at
7.30pm. It will be a short creative writing session so please bring along four
words each on a separate piece of paper, and pencil and paper. This will be
followed by a little Christmas party so if you would like to bring a long a few
offerings it will help make us to close off the year in our own enjoyable way.
Until
then,
Keep
Scribbling
Dave
