Minutes of Scribblers’
meeting Tuesday 17 October 2017
Present: Dick, Beryl, Jim,
Bridget, Liliane, Tony, Mairead, Dave.
Apologies: Anne, Steve, Cathy.
Business:
It was nice to welcome
Dick back to the fold this evening and also Mairead. Thanks again to Mairead
for bringing in the treats! Often overlooked, in the thank you stakes, we must
thank Liliane for her continued help with the library key.
Cathy is unwell at present
and couldn’t make the evening although her husband did deliver the Bill Budner
Trophy to us – long story as Steve, the holder, was unable to make the meeting
and had passed it on to Cathy. Oh boy, it never seems simple does it?
The anthology press releases were
delivered to the Ipswich Star and Radio Suffolk but, to my knowledge nothing
has come from them which is a shame. The good news for us is that there are
just five copies left on hand whilst we are still to check with Stillwater
books how many they hold. At least we have more than broken even!
Angela Petch one of our
former members wishes to be remembered to the Scribblers and has one of our
anthologies now winging its way to her. Her second novel, ‘Now and Then
Tuscany’ has received some excellent reviews. Well worth a read.
Thoughts for the AGM – is there
any kind of group project we can work on? It could be a really interesting
theme. Any thoughts? Also any thoughts on the structure of meetings, the
homework assignments or anything that might help with our enjoyment and writing
skills?
Meeting:
The Bill Budner Trophy was
up for grabs again. Thanks to Beryl and Dick for their great reading skills in conveying
the stories to us and helping to remember our much missed and departed
colleague Bill. Apart from the written words themselves their clear and precise
delivery added to the atmosphere of the evening.
In order of reading:
Margo’s World by
Liliane
Suffering by Dave
Fates Destroying Angel by Tony
Cape Cod by Jim
Sleeper by Dick
The Box (2nd
Draft) by Bridget
The Force by Beryl
These stories produced one
of the closest results in this competition. There was a mere four votes
separating the top from the bottom story which is quite remarkable. In the end
the result was a tie for second place between Bridget and Dick whilst the
winner on the night was again:
Tony! His story just
topped the chart and more than that it was his fifth time winning the trophy
since it began in 2007.
Next meeting:
This is in THREE weeks
time on Tuesday 7th November, when we hold our annual
GHOST/HALLOWEEN evening with spooky tales of up to 1,000 scary words...
Just a note that I may be
unable to attend as my wife should have had her knee replacement operation so
my duties may lay elsewhere for a while.
Keep Scribbling!!!
Dave.
