Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on
03 December 2019
Present:
Dave, Liliane, David, Carole,
Georgina, Martin, Jim, Steven, Liz, Jane H, Kay, Jane B, Tony, Arlette, Beryl,
Cathy, Rani, Suzy.
Apologies:
Steve, Anne, Derek, Justin, Gerry,
Tom
Business:
We welcomed the return of Suzy,
currently visiting from Cornwall
Dave congratulated Kay on winning the
Mairead Reidy trophy at OWL last week.
Christmas cards – agreed not to do
cards within the group
Writeathon – nearing completion
Theft of coffee etc from our box.
Until we come up with a better solution, Georgina will bring in supplies for
each meeting rather than leave them at the library. She is also going to sort
and replenish mug stock.
Weblog – Georgina will take it on –
our thanks to her for this kind offer. Group had considered using Twitter as a
social media tool but decided that unless we need to actively recruit new
members, there is no point.
Derek’s partner Sue recently had a
stroke, so Derek will be remaining in Yorkshire for the foreseeable future to
care for her. We wish her a speedy recovery.
Tony reminded us that Felixstowe
Radio is planning to repeat the Suffolk Reading Festival on Thursdays at 6.15.
Listen out for some of our work/readers!
Readings of homework: – theme ‘She
touched his arm’.
It was interesting to see the variety
of stories this inspired. Whether very short, or up to the maximum word count,
there was something for everyone to enjoy.
Martyn – 750 words – Reputation
Stephen – no title
Carole – St Jude
Jane H – 605 – Underground
Beryl – 747 – Getting lucky
Rani – part of her ongoing work
Jane – 738 words – Rosie and Colin, a
part of her ongoing work.
Suzy – 296 words
Tony – 734 – Fortress at the end of
the world
Kay – 405 – Homecoming
Georgina – 747 – The love you give
David – 277 – She touched his arm
Dave – 750 – It happened on the tube
Jim – 698 – The river
Arlette – no title
Liliane – We call it the asylum
Carole also read her winning poem
‘Microwave oven’, which has recently been published in the Suffolk Poetry
Society magazine. Congratulations to her for this success.
Next meeting: 17 December, when
we will be listening to readings of the very short homework stories, then
enjoying socialising over a few festive nibbles. Each member to bring a SMALL
amount of food for the festivities – we don’t want piles of leftovers! Homework
theme – choose between (or incorporate both) ‘Shadows of the past’, and ‘Who
ate all the biscuits?’
Keep Scribbling!!!
