Greetings scribes, a lively meeting with plenty of banter and laughs with some interesting stories and poems. Present: John Goodwin, Rich Palmer, Helen Ratcliffe, Jennie Rook, Bob Barker, Sue Megeniss, Paul Trebiss, Mary Duffy, Maurice Holloway and guest member Liz Coyne. John welcomed Liz an asked her to introduce herself. She is new to writing but has been in publishing on the business\advertising side. Liz likes writing poetry but is willing to take on other projects. Currently she is taking a writing course run by Andrea Busfield where she met John & Mary. She said enjoyed our meeting and will be attending next week. Readings: Mary Analysis of 'Morning song' w
Greetings scribes, another good attendance and lots of interesting stories from the writing prompt, 'There's no place like home'. Present: John Goodwin, Rich Palmer, Helen Ratcliffe, Michael White, Jenny Rook, June Megeniss, Nikki Burroughs, Caroline Harman-Smith, Svetlana Garshina, Paul Trebiss, Mary Duffy. John opened the meeting with an insight into book reviews by U.K Authors opening pages competition. The entry fee was £5 and £18 for a professional review of the Synopsis and first3000 words of your novel. The Report consisted of scores out of ten on the following topics: Setting Character Traits Character Goals Plot Theme Presentation Writing Title Synopsis Actual scores and comments ar
Greetings scribes, what an excellent attendance. Present: John Goodwin, Rich Palmer, David Greensmith, Paul Trebiss, Jennie Rook, Ann Joyce, Beryl Lowe, June Megeniss, Mary Duffy, Nikki Burrows, Helen Ratcliffe and guest speaker Andrea Busfield. At John’s request our guest to introduce herself: Andrea began her career as a junior with 'The Western Gazette', Somerset, a newspaper I have read many times over the years as my son lives in Yeovil. She later became Deputy News Editor of the 'Sun' and ' News of the world' papers and also worked for 'NATO' traveling to many countries around the world including Afghanistan which formed the background for her two novels that were very successful. Andr
Present: Michael White, David Greensmith, June Megennis, Helen Ratcliffe, Paul Trebiss, Svetlana Garshina, Ann Joyce, Beril Lowe, John Goodwin, Mary Duffy. Greetings Scribes, A big Thanks to June for taking notes on this session. A good response from last weeks prompt “Tales from the Riverbank.” led to a variety of approaches. Readings: Mike. Terry’s River boat Life. (Living on a Canal Boat) David The Coming of the Wizards. (George Stanley in Africa 1870s) Paul. Alone but not lonely. (A riverside Walk) Anne Flowers from the Riverbank) (Set in Vietnam) After the coffee break Beryl brought us up
