Minutes of the meeting 24January 2019 Venue Neos Sports Club, Pegeia.

Greetings scribes: An excellent turnout resulting in a lively meeting with lots of interesting stories on the topic of 'Gone but not forgotten'. We also welcomed new member Helen Ratcliffe.

Present: John Goodwin, Rich Palmer, Beryl Lowe, Caroline Harman-Smith, Derek Whittle, Paul Trebiss, Pat Wilson, Maurice Holloway, Svetlana Garshina, Michael White, June Megeniss and guest/new member Helen Ratcliffe.

Helen introduced herself as a past writer of poetry and short stories but has not done anything for a while and wishes to rejuvenate her interest in writing.

John handed out details of 'What is a blog'. (Copy posted in our tutorials page)

Readings:

Derek Article Fifty years on.

Caroline Article Always with me.

Svetlana Article An hour before the trip.

Rich Article Mind over matter

Maurice Article Pipe dreams.

Coffee break 11,0,am to 11.15.am

Pat Article Table Manners

Michael Article English motorcycles.

June Article John Geoph gone but not forgotten.

John Article Age of innocence, gone but not forgotten.

Rich Poem Gone but not forgotten.

Svetlana Article A humble hero.

This week’s writing prompt: A NEW PROJECT: Write a character study of neighbours in an estate in Cyprus in in preparation for a Soap type series. 500 to 1000 words in first person, past tense. Examples and full brief can be found in the “forum” page. Click the diagram for for a quick link.

Thanks to all who attended, next meeting 31\01\19 at Neos. Happy writing.