Apologies: Carolyn, Cathy and Gerry
Present: Richard, Jane, Mairead, Liliane,
Steve, Jim, Beryl, Ruth, Dick and Dave.
Business items:
Business items:
After the low
attendance last time it was nice to have a healthy turn out that included one
new member and an old friend.
It was
welcome to Steve for his first meeting at Scribblers. Steve has been on a UEA
Creative Writing Course and is currently re-editing his novel. He did attend one
of our meetings around two years ago but has now decided to join our group.
Another warm
welcome goes to Ruth who is now back in Felixstowe and aims to attend
Scribblers whenever she can. She is an excellent and experienced writer who can
help with her words of wisdom. Ruth mentioned the Luke Bitmead Bursary which
has now opened for entries of completed novels. The fee is £10 and details can
be found on the Legend Press website at http://www.legendtimesgroup.co.uk/legend-press/365-luke-bitmead-bursary
Ruth won in 2009 and is quoted thus: ‘Winning the bursary
was my absolute breakthrough moment, but even knowing that my novel would be
published I could never have been prepared for what happened next. Readers told
me how moved they were, how the story lingered long after they closed the cover;
such feedback is a gift for any writer. And other gifts followed with foreign
rights being sold, and the championing of the novel by Amazon. I have also had
two other books, The James Version & The Sacrificial Man, published by
Legend Press.’
Cathy was
unable to attend because of a prior family commitment whilst Caroline is
preparing for another trip to Paris and Gerry is under the weather.
Tonight’s
work was generally in preparation for the Felixstowe Book Festival and there certainly
was a good collection to choose from. Writers will be contacted shortly about sharing
their work at the Festival.
Tonight’s offerings:
Dick:
Landguard Fort, Felixstowe, Suffolk. (blank verse) and Retired Landguard Fort
(rhyming poetry).
Liliane:
Felixstowe and Me.
Richard: I’m
Thinking of Felixstowe.
Dave: Lost
Daughter.
Steve: The
Encounter (an extract from his novel).
Beryl: Winter
Dawn in Felixstowe. (blank verse).
Jane:
Postcard to Dad and Postcard from the Front Line (two examples of flash
fiction).
Jim: A
Wonderful New Friend.
Ruth: Under
(an extract from her next novel).
Mairead: The
Edge of Sanity.
This was a
thoroughly enjoyable meeting with some tremendous work from new and established
writers alike. Next comes the task of selecting and practising reading the work
available. Time is getting shorter!
Our next meeting is on 17th May when the
homework assignment is to write up to 1,000 words with the first line beginning,
“I remember that week in November”.
Until then,
Keep
Scribbling!
Dave
