Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on Tuesday 2 August 2016
Present: Dave,
Mairead, Beryl, Dick, Richard, Liliane, Di, Jane, Cathy,Apologies: Jim, Mel, Ann, John
Business:
Another thoroughly enjoyable evening – and as ever, our thanks to Mairead for providing the biscuits for us.
Our belated birthday wishes go to Dick, who celebrated his birthday at the weekend.
Scribblers’ weblog – Dave has noticed a vast increase in ‘hits’ from Russia – and wonders why!
Publication of the winning story of the FBF short story competition in the Suffolk Magazine. We agreed that it would be good to see the standard of the winning entry – Cathy to purchase the magazine on the group’s behalf once the story is published. This matter came up for discussion after Jane read out her piece (placed third in said competition) – the standard of Jane’s work was so high, we all wondered what could have beaten it!
Dave passed on this information that he’d received from Ed Broom, who ran our flash fiction event in the 2015 FBF.
A summer special edition of the Ipswich writers' cafe will be held:
* on Monday 22nd August
* at 7:30pm
* in La Tour Cycle Cafe, 17 Tower Street, Ipswich IP1 3BE
It's a terrific venue as you'll know if you came to the fantastic BooksEast event back in May. Simply bring along a short piece of your own creative writing (short story, poem, monologue, etc.) that you'd like to read aloud. Put your name in the hat and, when your name pops out, enjoy your five minutes of fame/infamy. Between each batch of half a dozen readers, we'll break to chat and refresh our cups.
No booking required. Free entry. Spectators more than welcome. Tell your friends.
From Ed@IpsWritersCafe
PS If you can't make it this time, don't worry. This *could* become a monthly event if rumours are to be believed.
Readings of work:
The theme for this homework, courtesy of Jane, was ‘The Barbecue’. Almost all of us admitted to finding it very difficult to write to the theme. The struggle was worth it though – without exception the pieces we heard were beautifully executed, gripping, and novel in their approach to the subject. Perhaps we should always have difficult topics!
Dave: Overdone
Imagine the massive explosion, the pall of thick black smoke and the flames from the nearby Industrial Unit. The terror and shock of residents evacuated to a church hall where Gloria sussed it was her inept husband’s attempt to surprise the family with his first ever barbecue...
Di: The barbecue
Liliane: We’ll have a barbecue
Dick: What’s in a name
Cathy: An invitation
Preparations to attend a family barbecue reveal the destructive results of remaining in an abusive relationship
Jane: The lucky ones
Richard: The barbecue
Beryl: Honour
Mairead: A classic barbecue in Felixstowe
Next meeting
Our next meeting, on 16 August, will be the Jack Wilkinson trophy evening – details can be found at http://scribblers2010.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-jack-wilkinson-memorial-trophy.html
