Tonight - and Writing Raw...

Well tonight sees our meeting on the homework theme of Horticulture at the Library. Start time is 7.30 as usual. Hope to see you there.

This Saturday evening Ruth will be at the Library for the launch of her new book 'Humber Boy B' which is surely going to be as good as all her other novels.

News about Les... I understand he is now on Debenham Ward at Ipswich Hospital. Visiting times are from 3 until 8 pm daily.

Keep Scribbling!!!

Dave

The April Edition of WritingRaw.com is NOW online! Stop in and discover a new voice today… Help spread the word and share this with anyone who enjoys the written word. We are looking for submissions for the May issue – fiction of all styles, poetry, essays and other assorted writings, and book promotions. Here is April’s Table of Contents:

FICTION

·         A Flawed Man by Carissa Chesanek: Locked up inside the state penitentiary for a crime he didn't commit, David is left with no one to trust, including his lawyer and best friend Mike who may be hiding secrets of his own. With no one by his side, David's fearful he'll never be set free, leaving him to take drastic matters into his own hands.

·         Alter Ego Meets Soulmate by Jennifer Jo Fay: A woman blogger who begins to go to a lighthouse and she gets locked in by a killer and discovers two bodies. She fears he will come back for her.

·         Cigarette Money by Joe Romano: Out of work and almost out of cigarettes, a man goes to extremes to feed his addiction and his family.

·         Confirmed by Brian Hartman: Dave Riggler, a handicapped teenager, goes on a Catholic school retreat. He has a single question, with profound implications, on his mind. 'What about Christie?'

·         Face of War by Joseph Grant: It takes 20 years to build an identity and only 3.5 seconds to destroy it. Such was the case for Sgt. Pedro Gonzalez running supply transports in southern Afghanistan when a roadside bomb obliterated much of his face. Now with his war over and a new face, Pedro Gonzalez is finding the peace he fought for is sometimes just as difficult as the war he barely survived.

·         Frances Cochran Dead Too Long by Tom Sheehan: Twenty-four hours after the mutilated body of attractive Frances Cochran, nineteen year old bookkeeper was found in a thicket near the Salem-Lynn-Swampscott line police were seeking the driver of a '34 or '35 Chevy with yellow trimmings. It took an ex-Marine and a cop for 45 years to get to the murderer and his long range intentions.

·         Mack’s Winter by Dorman Nelson: Mack's Winter follows a young man's journey into manhood. Mack is no different than all the young men going west. He is the stranger, the intruder and how he handles himself will allow him to survive and learn from new experiences. But will he?

·         Ginger Rogers Once Played Tennis in North Vancouver by John Joyce: It is a fictional story based on fact. All references about Ginger Rogers and George Gershwin are true.

·         Running From the Law by Leah Mueller: A semi-autobiographical tale of thwarted love and marijuana entrepreneurship, set against the backdrop of early 1980's Chicago. The characters are all running from a variety of terrors, both internal and external, without ever arriving at a specific destination.

·         Sleeping Dogs by Dan Boylan: A village cop finds a woman dead in her bed and an admission of causing the death of a soldier which she has managed to keep secret. He realizes that if he reports the death little will be served except a disinterment, autopsy, inquest and great deal of court work for a legion of lawyers. He decides to keep her secret and destroys her confession. Make sure you read part 2.

·         Statute Of Limitations by Bob Smith: What happens when you discover a childhood friend has grown up to be weird, the kind of teenaged nerd who makes an easy target for bullies? Is there a Statute of Limitations on friendship?

·         The Most Wonderful: Time of the Year by Stephen J Lord: A Christmas wish.

·         Trench Boots by Larry Duncan: In February of 1920, Joseph Barrett is discharged from United States Army with little more than a pocket full of train vouchers and the pack on his back. Still in uniform, he spends the day wandering the streets of Baltimore, a city more foreign to him now than the far flung rubble of Europe. After boarding the train that will take him through the first leg of his journey back home, he meets Harlow Chase, a charismatic salesman who may be trying to sell Joseph more than a new pair of shoes.

·         Upstate by Iris N. Schwartz: It is 1971, and, in a New York State hotel, a young girl meets a Vietnam vet with whom she has much in common.

SERIAL FICTION

·         The Vegan Witch's Toad by Sherrie Theriault: Chapter 2

·         Through A Child’s Eyes by R.E. Heinrich: Chapter 1

POETRY

·         Accommodations or, Advice for the Disingenuous by Craig Kurtz

·         And So Death by Tom Montag

·         Baby, Be My Babel by James Walton

·         Banjo Traces by Thomas Michael McDade

·         Chitter-Chatter by Poornima Laxmeshwar

·         Dear Brother by Brían William Mannion

·         In and Out by Dean Meredith

·         Next Stop! by Juliette Beswick Pokletar

·         She Is A Suffragette by Strider Marcus Jones

·         The Big Let-Down by John Grey

·         The Cameleer by Brandon Marlon

·         The Grave by Sandy Elizabeth Nutter

·         Vanguard by Lorraine Voss

·         Water Covers Rock by David C. Schwartz

ASSORTED

·         Author Interview: Yolanda Christian by Nalini Priyadarshni

·         Cafe Con Oscar by Erika Gisela Abad Merced

·         Let's Swim to Eel Pie Island by John Joyce

·         Sandwiches by G David Schwartz

·         The Souq by Elaine Rosenberg Miller

·         Thoughts on an Independent Scotland by Brian Judge

REVIEWS

·         Between the Sheets - This month, Ditch and Weeb review: Everything Matters! by Ron Currie Jr.

·         Crosshairs by Thomas J. Berry: Reviewed by AllBooks Review

·         Room by Emma Donoghue: Reviewed by Weeb

·         The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton” Reviewed by Weeb

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