Les

I heard from Caz a while ago that Les has been re-admitted to Ipswich Hospital. No details yet but will forward them on as soon as I hear.

Dave

SUFFOLK READING FESTIVAL BROADCASTS

We hear that Les is back at home now though which is good news. Waiting to hear how is getting on.

SUFFOLK READING FESTIVAL BROADCASTS THIS WEEK
Weds 15 Apr 1900-1930 
FXR - Felixstowe Radio 107.5fm or via the internet 
Program 63 
Sword of the Kings by Tony Shearman  
Floating in the Wind by Tony Shearman
Mates by Richard Payne
Performers: Beryl Sabel, Ryan Guilder, Brian England, Angela Silburn, Peter Guilder, Alan Dix, David Miller, Sheila Martin.

Fri 17 Apr 1230 - 1300
Ipswich Community Radio (ICR) 105.7 FM or via the internet
Program 56
The Sword of the Kings by Tony Shearman
The Road Hill House Murder by David Morrison (Theme by Sarah Jane Scouten)
The trouble with Scruff by Beryl Sabel
What is the sun?/ Special Occasions by Jack Wilkinson
Performers: Giles Meehan, Ryan Guilder, Tony Shearman, David Miller,
Sheila Martin, Stella Day, Debbie Coveney, Alan Dix, Alison Miller, Beryl Sabel,
Robin Saunders.

Hope you enjoy them 

Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on Tuesday 7 April 2015 

Present: Dave, Beryl, Liliane, Richard, Suzy, Dick, Barry, Mairéad, Cathy

Apologies: Tony, Jane, Caz.

Items of interest:

Sunday paper review for Radio Suffolk:

Richard told the group that he’d enjoyed reviewing the Sunday papers on Radio Suffolk recently, despite the extremely early start.  Barry is also keen to be involved, so Dave gave him contact details etc, and will also notify Radio Suffolk himself about Barry’s interest.

Three Scribblers get into print!

Dick has had a poem published. A while ago, someone who knows Dick’s talent as a poet asked him to write a poem for them. However, it wasn’t until Dick had agreed to their request that he discovered the theme was ‘refuse collection’! Undaunted, he produced ‘The Bin Man Cometh’, which was recently published in the magazine ‘Tips for Poets’, published by Wendy Webb.  We’re all hoping he’ll bring a copy of the poem in for our enjoyment!

Barry’s was the ‘Star letter’ in the May edition of Writing Magazine. 

Richard has had two letters printed in The Guardian in a space of four days.

Les:

Currently on Debenham Ward at Ipswich Hospital, but may be transferred back to Felixstowe in next few days – no real decision yet. Sure he’ll appreciate more visits wherever he is.

Ruth’s book launch:

One more reminder that our own Ruth Dugdall is launching her new book, ‘Humber Boy B’ at Felixstowe Library at 7pm this Saturday, 11th April – let’s see how many of us can go along and support her.

Homework pieces, on the topic of ‘Horticulture’:

A truly difficult theme, we all agreed, but one which brought forth really interesting work.

Barry: My normal day – no synopsis available

Dick: Secret Garden – prose

Lord Ridley, wealthy textile merchant, acquiesces to his wife’s request to have the bland gardens of their massive estate redesigned. The important and costly landscape artist hired to do the work is unable answer Lady Ridley’s questions about the final design for the gardens, as he doesn’t actually know himself!

          Acute Horticultural Blues – poem

The woes of a retired man who finds that despite reading appropriate books and following   

            horticultural guidelines, gardening is not the relaxing hobby it is purported to be,thus  

            he is diagnosed by his doctor as suffering from Acute Horticultural Blues.

Dave: Needing attention

Whatever happened when Lady Arabella ran naked through the shrubbery chased by the whooping head gardener? Whatever happened after father began an affair with Arabella in the woods? They were alleged suicides with rat poison. Arabella turned her charms my way so would rat poison be the death of me?

Richard: Horticulture

A truck driver is interviewed about his life on the road and how he ends up with a suspended sentence while driving for Norfolk Horticulture. Interviewer loses objectivity and joins the driving profession as a result.

Suzy: The history of horticulture

An explanation (????) of the creation of growing plants and thus, horticulture,         showing that there is no contradiction between the Big Bang theory and Darwin's Theory of Evolution.

Cathy: It were magic

Elderly Molly recounts her childhood move to Suffolk during the 1930s depression when   her family came to work at a horticultural co-operative at Newbourne, and tells how, when the rest of her family returned to their Norfolk roots after only a few years, she remained in Suffolk, eventually marrying an Italian prisoner of war.

Liliane: A future in horticulture

Grandfather Eddy runs a Garden Centre, together with his youngest daughter and husband. There are two grandsons who already have a future in horticulture mapped out - well, at least their grandfather hopes they will continue the business.

Mairead: The day horticulture died – no synopsis available

Beryl: The horticultwist

A mother takes her disabled daughter out regularly in her wheelchair to enjoy the flowers in the park. The child has difficulties with speech, and when she decides that she would like to take up horticulture when she grows up, the closest she can come to pronouncing ‘horticulturist’ is ‘horticultwist’.

Our next meeting is on 21^st April, when the homework is a 1000 word historical piece, based in a period of our own choosing. 

Cathy

Horticultural meeting...

A difficult topic it may have seemed but the Scribblers all came up with interesting and thought provoking angles on the subject of horticulture. Once again a good meeting was enjoyed by those who attended.

Our next gathering is on Tuesday 21st April for 1,000 words on history. The choice of period is your own be it from pre history up to almost the present time. This has been an interesting topic in the past and has sometimes involved a little bit of research... it all makes the meeting so interesting.

Until then,

Keep Scribbling!!!

Tonight - and Writing Raw...

Well tonight sees our meeting on the homework theme of Horticulture at the Library. Start time is 7.30 as usual. Hope to see you there.

This Saturday evening Ruth will be at the Library for the launch of her new book 'Humber Boy B' which is surely going to be as good as all her other novels.

News about Les... I understand he is now on Debenham Ward at Ipswich Hospital. Visiting times are from 3 until 8 pm daily.

Keep Scribbling!!!

Dave

The April Edition of WritingRaw.com is NOW online! Stop in and discover a new voice today… Help spread the word and share this with anyone who enjoys the written word. We are looking for submissions for the May issue – fiction of all styles, poetry, essays and other assorted writings, and book promotions. Here is April’s Table of Contents:

FICTION

·         A Flawed Man by Carissa Chesanek: Locked up inside the state penitentiary for a crime he didn't commit, David is left with no one to trust, including his lawyer and best friend Mike who may be hiding secrets of his own. With no one by his side, David's fearful he'll never be set free, leaving him to take drastic matters into his own hands.

·         Alter Ego Meets Soulmate by Jennifer Jo Fay: A woman blogger who begins to go to a lighthouse and she gets locked in by a killer and discovers two bodies. She fears he will come back for her.

·         Cigarette Money by Joe Romano: Out of work and almost out of cigarettes, a man goes to extremes to feed his addiction and his family.

·         Confirmed by Brian Hartman: Dave Riggler, a handicapped teenager, goes on a Catholic school retreat. He has a single question, with profound implications, on his mind. 'What about Christie?'

·         Face of War by Joseph Grant: It takes 20 years to build an identity and only 3.5 seconds to destroy it. Such was the case for Sgt. Pedro Gonzalez running supply transports in southern Afghanistan when a roadside bomb obliterated much of his face. Now with his war over and a new face, Pedro Gonzalez is finding the peace he fought for is sometimes just as difficult as the war he barely survived.

·         Frances Cochran Dead Too Long by Tom Sheehan: Twenty-four hours after the mutilated body of attractive Frances Cochran, nineteen year old bookkeeper was found in a thicket near the Salem-Lynn-Swampscott line police were seeking the driver of a '34 or '35 Chevy with yellow trimmings. It took an ex-Marine and a cop for 45 years to get to the murderer and his long range intentions.

·         Mack’s Winter by Dorman Nelson: Mack's Winter follows a young man's journey into manhood. Mack is no different than all the young men going west. He is the stranger, the intruder and how he handles himself will allow him to survive and learn from new experiences. But will he?

·         Ginger Rogers Once Played Tennis in North Vancouver by John Joyce: It is a fictional story based on fact. All references about Ginger Rogers and George Gershwin are true.

·         Running From the Law by Leah Mueller: A semi-autobiographical tale of thwarted love and marijuana entrepreneurship, set against the backdrop of early 1980's Chicago. The characters are all running from a variety of terrors, both internal and external, without ever arriving at a specific destination.

·         Sleeping Dogs by Dan Boylan: A village cop finds a woman dead in her bed and an admission of causing the death of a soldier which she has managed to keep secret. He realizes that if he reports the death little will be served except a disinterment, autopsy, inquest and great deal of court work for a legion of lawyers. He decides to keep her secret and destroys her confession. Make sure you read part 2.

·         Statute Of Limitations by Bob Smith: What happens when you discover a childhood friend has grown up to be weird, the kind of teenaged nerd who makes an easy target for bullies? Is there a Statute of Limitations on friendship?

·         The Most Wonderful: Time of the Year by Stephen J Lord: A Christmas wish.

·         Trench Boots by Larry Duncan: In February of 1920, Joseph Barrett is discharged from United States Army with little more than a pocket full of train vouchers and the pack on his back. Still in uniform, he spends the day wandering the streets of Baltimore, a city more foreign to him now than the far flung rubble of Europe. After boarding the train that will take him through the first leg of his journey back home, he meets Harlow Chase, a charismatic salesman who may be trying to sell Joseph more than a new pair of shoes.

·         Upstate by Iris N. Schwartz: It is 1971, and, in a New York State hotel, a young girl meets a Vietnam vet with whom she has much in common.

SERIAL FICTION

·         The Vegan Witch's Toad by Sherrie Theriault: Chapter 2

·         Through A Child’s Eyes by R.E. Heinrich: Chapter 1

POETRY

·         Accommodations or, Advice for the Disingenuous by Craig Kurtz

·         And So Death by Tom Montag

·         Baby, Be My Babel by James Walton

·         Banjo Traces by Thomas Michael McDade

·         Chitter-Chatter by Poornima Laxmeshwar

·         Dear Brother by Brían William Mannion

·         In and Out by Dean Meredith

·         Next Stop! by Juliette Beswick Pokletar

·         She Is A Suffragette by Strider Marcus Jones

·         The Big Let-Down by John Grey

·         The Cameleer by Brandon Marlon

·         The Grave by Sandy Elizabeth Nutter

·         Vanguard by Lorraine Voss

·         Water Covers Rock by David C. Schwartz

ASSORTED

·         Author Interview: Yolanda Christian by Nalini Priyadarshni

·         Cafe Con Oscar by Erika Gisela Abad Merced

·         Let's Swim to Eel Pie Island by John Joyce

·         Sandwiches by G David Schwartz

·         The Souq by Elaine Rosenberg Miller

·         Thoughts on an Independent Scotland by Brian Judge

REVIEWS

·         Between the Sheets - This month, Ditch and Weeb review: Everything Matters! by Ron Currie Jr.

·         Crosshairs by Thomas J. Berry: Reviewed by AllBooks Review

·         Room by Emma Donoghue: Reviewed by Weeb

·         The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton” Reviewed by Weeb

CRACKED RIB: Rib's little neck of the woods here on WritingRaw. Discover her unique stream of conscious thoughts, helpful Rib Tips about anything and everything, and Words From Rib - her poetry. Don't EVER look for Kardashian news in her column!

Our next meeting

Wishing a Happy Easter to you all.

Caz has been informed that Les was sent from Felixstowe Hospital to Ipswich A&E today so when we hear more we will let you know. Apparently there is no doctor on duty at Felixstowe over the bank holiday weekend...

Ruth's new book has been published, called Humber Boy B it will surely surpass her other brilliant works.

Ruth

Her new book

Our next meeting is on Tuesday 7th April at 7.30pm. The subject for homework was set as 'Horticulture' and we ask for up to a thousand words on or appertaining to the subject... can't wait to hear your stories.

Until Tuesday in the Room at the Top...

Keep Scribbling!!!

Items of interest

BATTERED MOONS POETRY COMPETITION 2015

The sixth Battered Moons Poetry Competition will be open from 16th March 2015 to all UK residents aged 18 or over and accepts poems on any topic and style of up to 40 lines. Guest judge Pascale Petit and Cristina Navazo-Eguía Newton will both read all the poems.

The 3 winners and 4 commended poets will be invited to read their poems at the Poetry Swindon Festival on Saturday 3rd October 2015, when Pascale Petit will present the prizes and read from her own work. Winning and commended poems will appear in the Battered Moons pamphlet and website.

First prize, £700; second, £200; third, £100, plus four commendations of £25 each. Entry fee: £5 for the first poem and £3.5 thereafter. Closing date for entries is 30th June 2015. On-line and postal entries accepted. For further information and to enter online, visit http://batteredmoons.com .

Part of Poetry Swindon Festival. Supported by Arts Council England.

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Submit your 140 character story and have it performed by a professional 
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Also, Free logline submissions. The Writing Festival network averages 
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Great way to get your story out: http://www.wildsound.ca/logline.html 


Submit your Film, Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem anytime to the 
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Subject : New Release - StoryWorks, A Handbook for Leaders, Writers and Speakers

I am working on a title publishing 29th May 2015.  I would like to give you some information on it and invite you to request a review copy for possible review.  As always, we prefer to send PDF as it is immediate and reduces our carbon footprint. Please do let me know.

StoryWorks is a practical handbook on how to tell stories. Includes stories and creative exercises to inspire, inform and entertain.

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STORYWORKS by by Jane Bailey Bain  ISBN: 978-1-78279-986-3 (Paperback) £11.99 $19.95 EISBN: 978-1-78279-987-0 (eBook) £4.99 $7.99

Inspirational leaders know the power of story.

Top coaches use words as a tool for personal transformation.

Great speakers and writers realize the importance of narrative.

Do you have a new idea? A good proposal? A great product? The best way to sell it is by telling a story. This book shows you how to do that effectively.

It is a practical handbook on how to tell stories, and ranges from classic tools like the ‘Rule of Threes’ to the new mnemonic ‘Five Finger Technique’. There are stories and creative exercises to expand your narrative repertoire.

If you’re a leader who wants to communicate well, a professional keen to improve your speaking skills, a manager with a team to motivate or a writer looking for more ideas – you’ll find resources here to inspire, to inform and to entertain. 

Whether you have one minute to impress at an interview or the keynote speech at a conference, this book will help you tell better stories.

‘StoryWorks’ demonstrates the sheer power of storytelling. The power to influence and persuade. The power to sell or change a point of view. ‘StoryWorks’ is an invaluable handbook which will help you master a few simple techniques and become an impactful speaker whether you are addressing two or three people or two or three hundred. Jeff Grout, Business Speaker & Executive Consultant, listed in the ‘100 Best Business Speakers in Britain’.

Author Blog: http://janebaileybain.com/

Author: Jane Bailey Bain is an author, speaker and executive coach. She studied Psychology at Oxford University and Anthropology at the London School of Economics. Jane trained as a business consultant with IBM and worked for several years on development projects in Africa and Asia. During this time she became interested in stories and how we use them in everyday life. Jane currently runs courses on Speaking, Writing, Story Structure and Presentation Skills in West London.  LifeWorks was published by O Books 2012, and is about stories and how we use them to make sense of our lives.

Do let me know if this title is of interest to you.

Best Wishes

Maria Barry

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