Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on Tuesday 2 June 2015
Present: Dave, Dick, Richard, Liliane, Beryl, Jane, Caz, Tom (for early
part of meeting), Gerry, Cathy.
Apologies: Suzy, Mairead, Barry
General business:
- Dave bought a card for us
all to sign and send to Suzy, wishing her well in her new home in St Ives.
She’ll be much missed.
- Dave explained to everyone
that Sandy Stafford had sent her apologies for not being able to attend
Les’s funeral, but she is currently dealing with a family bereavement
herself.
- Les’s funeral. Those who
were able to attend commented on the good turnout.
- Felixstowe Book Festival –
use of display boards. One board will be devoted to Ruth and her new book.
A second (Saturday only) will be used for the Flash Fiction event. The
third will be used to display information about Scribblers, with
additional information/work being put on the second board on Sunday. Cathy
to arrange for a folder in which Scribblers’ work can be made available
for public to read.
- Caz has sent Les’s family
the ‘in memory of’ piece that is on the Scribblers’ weblog.
Post meeting information re Flash Fiction event:
Dave’s rough notes.
Meeting with Ed Broom 3rd June 2015.
Re Flash Fiction event at Scribblers display on Saturday 27thJune.
Agreed 14.00 start
Ed gives introduction and example 10 minutes (14.10)
Writing for 15 minutes. (14.25)
Names drawn from hat for readings which will be for 20-25 minutes
(14.50)
Award of prizes and thankyou’s (allowing event to extend to 15.10
approx)
All timings at this stage are approximate and subject to confirmation
with Ed at our next meeting.
Prizes will be awarded via National Flash Fiction Day organiser –
expecting 6 of their anthologies. We could also supply 6 of our own anthologies
for prizes free of charge.
Ed will provide 4 x A4 ‘posters’ for the display board which we will
need to laminate.
Ed will also look after the stationary (paper/pens/pencils/clipboards).
Homework: The theme was ‘Contradiction’, or ‘Contradictions’. Not everyone
had written to the theme this time, so we were treated to a very varied
selection of readings.
Tom: Jones' Achilles heel – no synopsis available
Dick: Between a rock and a hard place – no synopsis available
Liliane: We need to talk
Lea points out the faults of the other members of family commune and
they answer back...
Beryl: A contradiction in terms
Joan Clarke gained a double first in maths. She worked at Bletchley
where, despite fierce opposition because she was a woman, Alan Turing succeeded
in getting her on his team of cryptologists working on the Enigma code. They
became good friends. In 1947 she was awarded an MBE, Alan an OBE. Alan,
arrested for homosexual offences, had to undergo chemical therapy which
affected him so badly that he committed suicide.
Jane: Untitled – a reading of part of her current
novel
Caz: Three poems taken from the Scribblers’ newsletter of
November 2002
1. Gallant in defeat –
Caz
2. Caught out – Dave
3. Memories of made of
this – Caz
Richard: Oh Suzy, how could you?
Villanelle to honour Suzy within the rules of the genre, written a bit
tongue-in-cheek.
Dave: Time’s up
It was justice getting Danny sent down for theft. He was the one who
shafted me when he was caught flogging stuff from my warehouse on his market
stall. The judge took pity on him and sent me down instead. When I was finally
released I decided payback was essential...
Next meeting: Tuesday 16 June. This is a creative writing
evening, with work based on photographs, pictures or postcards brought in by
all those attending. Should be interesting!
