Tonight's meeting

A fairly healthy gathering tonight including two new faces, although not everyone had anything to read out!

There are hearty congratulations for Sandy who has now obtained her diploma for Literary and Creative Writing!

Those offerings that were read out provided some enthralling stories and poetry making this, yet again, another evening of great entertainment.

Don't forget that if you'd like to join our group then simply email Barry at barry.darnell@ntlworld.com or Dave at scribblers@btinternet.com or simply come along to one of our meetings.

Talking of meetings, our next one will be held on Tuesday 21st August with a four letter creative writing exercise.

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Our next meeting

Those three weeks since our last meeting seemed to have shot by in no time at all. Now with the Olympics having taken so much attention over the last week and a bit, I am totally exhausted by running the marathon, competing in the heptathlon, cycling in the Velodrome and getting crocked at hockey!

So I hope you will join me at Scribblers tomorrow (Tuesday 7th August) for a slightly more relaxed evening than screaming deserved support for Jessica Ennis and Mo Farrah.

Let's hope you will not be the feature of the homework assignment - 1,000 words on 'Missing Person'!

See you in The Room at the Top, Felixstowe Library, at 7.30pm.

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Riverside Writers News.

It is always interesting to hear from other writing groups throughout the country and today we have received the following:

 (Circular newsletter from Riverside Writers)

The next meeting of Riverside Writers will take place on August 20th, at 7.30pm, at West Kirby Library. The writing theme for that month's project is The Seventh Summer. You are encouraged to write a poem or short story on this theme, but if you'd prefer to do something else that's fine too.

Submissions for our forthcoming ebook anthology, Seaside Stories, are still coming in. There is room for a few more contributions, so if anyone would still like to participate - whether you regularly attend meetings or not - then feel free. The submission guidelines are on the website. The deadline will be extended until September 1st.

A few people have contributed already but have forgotten to add their mini biography. If this is you, please forward one when you get chance.

On September 6th, the Friends of West Kirby Library will be holding a Clubs & Societies open day, between 10.30-12.30am and 2pm-4pm. Volunteers are needed to help run Riverside Writers' table. All help will be appreciated! So far, we have Tim and Nigel, who will be able to be there.

A quick reminder that we have a new website now: if you have anything you'd like to share on the website feel free to email it to me.

Also, I've been expanding my series of author interviews on Hubpages. You can see examples of these here:http://adelecosgrovebray.hubpages.com/ If you would like to participate in one of these, email me.

See you all on the 20th!

Kind regards,

Adele.

Riverside Writers Website

Adele Cosgrove-Bray's Website 

Surpassing a viewing target

It almost slipped by unnoticed but our weblog has very recently topped the 20,000 views! That is amazing and something completely unexpected when we had to start this blog after technical difficulties stopped us posting in our original one.

So thank you to everyone from here in the UK and to all those visits from around our shrinking world.

We hope that the content on the site will inspire you to...

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Fast Track Fiction

INFORMATION FOR WRITING COMMUNITIES: E-publisher offers new writers a fast route to stardom

Fiction Fast-Track: first winner published, second round now open for entries     ApostropheBooks.com recently launched Fiction Fast-Track, a unique new talent competition with a twist: it's the readers who vote which e-books gets published.   The global e-publishing company, which was set up earlier this year and adds a new e-book to its list every ten days, is hungry to publish more outstanding fiction.   The winner of the first round has just been published: The King of Spain by first-time writerRobert Ford. Robert Ford, winner of the first round of Fiction Fast-Track Main backer and bestselling author Martyn Forrester said: "We know there is great new fiction out there, it's just that conventional publishers can no longer afford to shoulder the risk. For far too many years now, the unknown fiction writer has stood little chance of getting a look-in.   "That's why we're setting out to change the landscape. We're going to find and publish a new author every two months and sell their work through Amazon, iTunes, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and more than 130 other digital retailers worldwide. All this - and we will split every penny from the title's sales 50/50.”   Communications manager Louise Downham added: “Because we like making things interesting at Apostrophe Books, we're not going to decide who we publish - our readers and website and Facebook visitors are.   "The leaderboard shows which books have been judged the best by our readers, who will have read the first chapter and given a star rating. It is updated in real time, so you could change its order just by reading and rating a book.”   To enter, would-be authors must submit a complete novel or collection of short stories,though only the first 2,500 words will be put to the vote. Readers can vote and comment on the Fiction Fast-Track website atwww.apostrophebooks.com/fictionfasttrack and every two months the winning entry will be published alongside Apostrophe's existing critically-acclaimed authors. Apostrophe is also happy to help get the books into print. “If a conventional publisher loves a winner's e-book and wants to award them a hardback contract, then we will be delighted,” explains Martyn. “In fact we'll be doing all we can to get our winners into print." Fiction Fast-Track e-books will join the 15 titles already published by Apostrophe Books (www.apostrophebooks.com/books), across a wide range of genres: Nick Cook’s breath-taking thrillers Aggressor and Angel, Archangel; Sue Margolis’s hilarious chick-lit novelsApocalipstick and Sisteria; Jonathan Margolis’s fascinating non-fiction A Brief History of Tomorrow and revealing biography Uri Geller: Magician or Mystic; Roger Mortimer’s dramatic children’s series The Mouse Kingdom Trilogy; Bob Maddams’s moving memoirLights, Camera, Jemuru: Adventures of a Film-maker in Ethiopia; Cris Freddi’s dark collection of animal short stories for adults Pork; Christopher Robbins’ astonishing account of America's secret war in Laos, The Ravens, and revealing biography of Nazi-hunter Michel Thomas The Test of Courage; and celebrity showbusiness agent Michael Whitehall’s quirky memoir Shark Infested Waters: Tales of an Actors’ Agent.   For more information, visit www.apostrophebooks.com or the ApostropheBooks.com Twitterwww.twitter.com/apostrophebooks and Facebookwww.facebook.com/apostrophebooksltd pages.

THE AESTHETICA CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION: ONE MONTH TO GO!

It’s now only one month until the deadline for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition! Here in the Aesthetica offices, we’re getting very excited, and we’ve had some great entries so far from across the globe – but time is running out! If  writers at Felixstowe Scribblers want to take part in this fantastic event, and share their work with an international audience, visit www.aestheticamagazine.com/creativewriting to enter today! And to keep up with the latest news, why not follow us on Facebook or Twitter, and share this message with your followers: –

1 month to go to enter the Creative Writing Competition @aestheticamag! Submit your #fiction & #poetry today!http://goo.gl/U3VsT

The Aesthetica Creative Writing Competiton is a celebration of excellence and innovation in new writing. Hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, the international arts and culture publication, it is a fantastic opportunity for writers to bring their work to international attention, with previous finalists going on to achieve further success in international competitions, publication, and coverage in major literary magazines and supplements.

There are two categories for entry, Poetry and Short Fiction, and a selection of fantastic prizes including:

• £500 prize money – Poetry winner
• £500 prize money – Short Fiction winner
• Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual
• Complimentary copy of the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual
• A selection of books from our competition partners

Submissions previously published elsewhere are eligible for entry.

The entry fee is £10 and allows you to enter two works into any one category. But don’t forget – the closing date is 31 August 2012!

I do hope that you and your writers at Felixstowe Scribblers will be interested in entering the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition, and I look forward to reading your work.

Helena Culliney

Aesthetica Magazine

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Canaan-Star Publishing

BECOME A PUBLISHED WRITER!

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We are offering writers the chance to become published authors, with UK / Europe, USA / Canada & Australia distribution of their books.

Your book will be available for purchase from Amazon and can be ordered from most book retail shops as well as an ebook.

You pay us NOTHING! We want our writers to self-publish with pride. But your book has to be up to the challenge to meet our standards.

So, if you have your story all written and want to see yourself in print with worldwide distribution, then visit: www.canaan-star.co.uk