Minutes
of Scribblers meeting held on Tuesday 01 December 2015
Present: Dave, Richard,
Mairead, Jeanette, Liliane, Tony, Hayley, Dick, Jane, Cathy.
Apologies: Caz, Carolyn,
Beryl and Gerry.
Business items:
The group approved Dave’s
suggestion not to give each other Christmas cards. Jane suggested that at the
next meeting, any of us who would like to do so could donate our ‘card cash’ to
Cancer Research UK, the donation to be sent in the group’s name. All agreed.
Jeanette reported that she
has a post on the Crime Writers Association website. Dave will be sending out
the link to this. Also, she is 30,000 words into the necessary 40,000 that her
publishers want by the end of December – well done, Jeanette!
Mairead has been
commissioned to write an article for the UK online journal, ‘One Big Society’,
which covers a large amount of issues. The article she and Professor Robert
Hamlin will be writing will be for the HRD section. Should be published online
around January sometime.
Dave reported that he has
had an email from Chris, an ex-Scribbler, which he will be forwarding to the
group.
Caz has the menu for 26
January meal – hope to have it at next meeting, when deposit will be required
by all those booking
Homework readings on the
topic ‘phone’
Not everyone had brought
work on this topic, but as usual there was a great deal of interesting writing
to listen to. For those who read out elements of novels they have in the
pipeline – we want to hear more, please!
Hayley – An autistic’s view
of phones (no synopsis)
Richard – I used to fancy
Eleanor Bron (no synopsis)
Dick – Cold Calling. Snowy
weather, mothers-in-law who get locked out in the snow in only their night
attire, frantic phone calls and rearrangement of Christmas visits. A cautionary
tale re the importance of keeping spare keys somewhere accessible!
Mairead – Images (no
synopsis)
Tony – Poor – Hard Luck- -
- - - (no synopsis)
Cathy – To call or not to
call. The return of a young married man’s past love causes ripples in the
family circle. Will he stay faithful to his wife, or will he and his previous
love get together again?
Liliane – The summer we
took up sport (no synopsis)
Jeanette – read out part of
her current novel
Jane – Read out part of an
early chapter of the novel she is working on
Dave – Circumstances. Enjoying
the tranquillity of the countryside a mobile phone desecrates my peace.
Eventually finding the phone and then answering the incoming call from ‘Dad’.
His daughter is missing he says. Later finding discarded clothes and a girl’s
body I inform the police who promptly arrest me as the prime suspect...
Next meeting: 15 December.
Reading of short work (250 words) on any theme, then we'll enjoy Christmas
nibbles and drinks.
