Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on 6
November 2018
Present: Beryl, Bridget,
Georgina, Liz, Derek, Tony, Hazel, Steve, Anne, Kay, Jane, Gerry and Dave.
Apologies: Liliane, Cathy and Jim.
Business:
There was a surprise appearance this
evening of Jane. It seems many a long month since she last attended but, she
says, she couldn’t miss Mairead’s meeting. It was also nice to see Gerry again.
The evening proved to be popular with thirteen in attendance and those who couldn’t
attend really missed a fantastic evening of the spookiest creative writing.
With Cathy unwell - get better soon Cathy
- Beryl undertook to read all the entries. It was a shame that Anne was unable
to enter her computer let her down. Jim has just had his cataract operation so
hopefully we will see him next time. Liliane has just arrived back in
Felixstowe after a month ‘Down Under’ so hope to see her next time.
Beryl is hoping that her novel will
eventually be published later this week. Fingers crossed everyone!
Dave reported an unearthly influence
over the weblog. He has been trying to post details of Mairead’s competition as
a new ‘page’. Whilst the title shows up, the content does not! Trying to
alleviate this he tried posting in the side bar but nothing would show at all.
In his weird and wonderful way, he just asks Mairead to let him get on with
updating the weblog. Please!
Talking of the weblog there have been
problems uploading images from both camera and phone. After the last eleven
weeks, time has been in short supply but hopefully things will improve soon so everything
can be updated.
Competition:
We seem to say the same words after
every competition, and often after every meeting. The standard of our work
increases dramatically. Take this evening for example. Our meeting in memory of
our dearly missed Mairead.
Any one of
the official entries could have won the Crystal Ball tonight but, after a
lengthy spell of Beryl's expert delivery, Tony once again became
the adjudicator and provided the result of our voting.
With Cathy missing
Beryl buckled down to reading all the entries! What a hero! Not only that but
she read an extra story when one of Dave's older works, Ticking Clock, slipped
into the entry pile in error! Whoops! That one was ejected of course.
So to the
results:
In third
place, "The Smell of Coffee" submitted by Bridget who
kindly donated the Crystal Ball.
Runner-up,
"From the Deep" was by Georgina, our newest recruit, who was also
runner-up in The Bill Budner Competition.
The worthy
winner, "Three Books" was written by Derek, another of our most prolific
writers.
Congratulations
to Derek on his superb story and to Georgina and Bridget.
The other
fabulous entries, in reading order, were:
London
House by Steve
Dame
Fortune by Gerry
Le Passage by Dave
Special
Delivery by Liz
Flat Tyre by Kay
Food! by Tony
Night
Terrors by Jane
Doodlebug by Beryl
The Night
of Broomhorses by Hazel
Every
writer produced a fantastic story of ghostly and spooky happenings that Mairead
would have loved. Everyone must be congratulated for making the evening a very
special and memorable one to honour her memory.
Thanks also
go to Beryl, not only for the reading, but also having collected the library
key earlier. Thanks also to Liz and Anne for providing the goodies in the same
way that Mairead used to.
Next
meeting:
This will
be held on Tuesday 20 November when we hold our AGM when annual subscriptions
should be paid. The cost will remain at £30 again this year. (Cheques payable
please to Felixstowe Scribblers.) If you have any suggestions for the AGM
agenda then please let Dave know by email.. The AGM will hopefully be over in
good time which should provide an opportunity for a short flash fiction
session.
