I hope you are all still keeping well especially our members who have remained rather quiet during the lockdown period. I know times have been tough and, in some ways, remain so for the foreseeable future. Life, it is said, is on the road to recovery. Let us hope so.
For the Felixstowe Scribblers and our other local group, the Orwell Writers, our group meetings are still in the laps of the Gods. What with social distancing and Government restrictions on meetings it is unlikely we will be able to meet up again until September or even October. We can but wait and see.
Efforts have been made throughout the lockdown period to give everyone an opportunity to continue writing and even share their work in the same way that they would for a proper face-to-face meeting. Instead, prompts have been issued to enable continued participation both by posting regular stories on the weblog for display of just one week, whilst Justin suggested and began a WhatsApp group for weekly short 100 word stories (now increased to 200 and named 'Manic Monday'.) Two opportunities to continue creating your own stories in the Felixstowe Scribblers way.
The good news from the die hard committee and a number of members has been the creation of the new website, the Scribblers Repository which already contains over 70 stories I believe. The stories are made up of all those submitted to this weblog during the lockdown period. It continues to be updated although stories should now be sent to Liz, the editor of the Repository.
It is not really necessary to remind you that the Repository is for all our paid up members for whom Liz has provided a password to enable you to read and comment on any story posted there. It is a real asset to us, especially during the continuing lockdown restrictions, and I ask members to visit it, read a story or two and be inspired to share one or two of your own. It is a great resource, but, unlike the weblog which is free, the Repository has a running cost so I ask, please, for your support.
The current prompt for Manic Monday's story is "Ships in the Night." Deadline 27 July 2020
Repository stories: Asks if you can write a Myth or Legend story? Deadline Tuesday 4 August 2020.
The prompts will always appear at the top of the Weblog.
Until we meet again, please stay safe and:-
Keep scribbling!!!
