Tonight's meeting...

Another good attendance this evening and, as you will guess, there was a plethora of some really excellent stories that amused and excited everyone.

That we had a new member arrive and quickly settle in added to the enjoyment of the evening.

Tony is expecting his book launch to be in May so watch this space.

 On the subject of books, don't forget that Ruth's new novel is due out at the end of this month. 

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday 17 April when the theme of the evening will be 'Tales from the past.' It is a personal choice to decide on the period of you wish to write about. It can be creative fiction or fact. The choice is yours. As always, if this doesn't suit you then please feel free to bring along another piece of work, always remembering the maximum limit of 1,000 words.

The meeting starts at 7.30pm. Please be prompt as the door will be locked at that time. Currently the bell doesn't seem to be working but will be reported to the Library again.  

Until next time...

Keep Scribbling!!!

A Writers' Retreat...

We received this from one of our former members, Angela Petch, who has a short story in the People's Friend Special. It has a local flavour to it too.

Angela is also hosting a Writers' Retreat in her Tuscany home....

She says:

It will soon be time for us to return to Italy. May 1st in fact.

Two things:

1. I have a short story in The People's Friend Special at the moment and I wrote it as a slightly spooky story - about Freston Tower. So it's a local topic and might be of interest. 

 2. I am running a writers' retreat from September 11th to 18th in our place in Tuscany. I have an experienced tutor and author on board for the morning sessions and I wondered if any of the Scribblers might be tempted. The cost of £650 includes everything except flights. Tuition each morning, food and lodgings (except for two evening meals out and snacks on the outings we plan.)

I'll attach information about it all.

Anybody interested can mail me.

Thanks for spreading the word for me and good luck and fun with all of your writing endeavours.

Angela Petch

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Angela-Petch/e/B00GSN511Q

My Books: https://tinyurl.com/ya9mfrpb and https://tinyurl.com/y7alduqc 

https://angelapetchsblogsite.wordpress.com

Our next meeting.

Happy Easter to everyone. Hope you have a good one!

Our next meeting is on Tuesday (3rd April) when the homework assignment is to write up to 1,000 words on "The best laid plans..." Life experiences could well help your creativity! Remember, if the subject is not to your taste you are quite welcome to bring along work on any topic providing it falls within the 1,000 word limit.

Rumour has it that we may see another of our former members return to the fold... Wonder who it is?

Until Tuesday,

Keep Scribbling!!!

Meeting Report

Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on 20 March 2018

Present: Liliane, Dave, Bridget, Mairead, Cathy, Beryl, Di C, Tony, Anne, Liz, Kay.

Apologies: Derek.

Business:

Tony told the group that his book is due to be published soon, and he hopes to have a launch and signing event at the library in May.

Sweet treats – thanks to Mairead for these.

Flash fiction exercise:

With such a good turnout, we decided to get straight on with the flash fiction, to give plenty of time for reading out of our efforts later in the meeting. The theme was ‘Heartache’, and we had thirty minutes to write. Even thirty minutes wasn’t enough for everyone – three members (who shall remain nameless!) were still scribbling away thirty five minutes in – clearly they were inspired!

All that effort required a restorative coffee or tea, and a quick chocolate fix, then it was on to the readings. There was a tremendous variety of work, and each story was complete in itself, something that isn’t always easy to achieve when working within a time limit. We heard tales of lost friendship, family tragedy, lost and thwarted love, tadpoles killed by PVA glue(?!?) – and lots more.

As Dave said after the readings, we really are a pretty talented bunch.

Overall a very enjoyable evening.

Next meeting: This will be on 3 April, when the homework theme is ‘The best laid plans.’

Short Story Competition.

The Royal Society of Literature’s V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize for unpublished stories is now open for entries. There is a prize of £1,000, and the winning entry will be published in Prospect onlick if you enterne and in the RSL Review. Stories must be written in English and between 2,000 and 4,000 words. Entrants must be resident in the UK, Republic of Ireland or the Commonwealth. This year’s judges are: Tibor Fischer, Irenosen Okojie and Leone Ross. More information and entry details can be found on the RSL’s Submittable site: https://theroyalsocietyofliterature.submittable.com/submit. The closing date for entries is Friday 29 June 2018.

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An excellent evening's creativity!

What a fantastic turnout for this evening's flash fiction event.

The prompt was drawn as 'Heartache' and this caused one or two headaches! Once the ideas came to mind then began the endless creativity that produced some enthralling work. Another successful evening at Scribblers!

Our next meeting is on Tuesday 3rd April when the homework assignment is to write up to 1,000 words on "The Best Laid Plans."

Until next time,

Keep Scribbling!!!

Belated thanks.

Belated thanks to Mairead for organising our Dinner last Tuesday at the Orwell Hotel.

It turned into a very nice evening with good service, good food and good company!

Once again, thankyou Mairead,

from

Dave and the Scribblers.