Monday 10 August 2020

ONLINE ACTIVITY:

ZOOM SESSION from 7:30pm:

'It Shouldn't Happen To A Vet' 

James Herriot recounted wonderful tales regarding his career as a vet. Can you tell us in 500 words about an incident that happened in your working life; funny, extraordinary, confusing, embarrassing?  With your consent, we will be delighted to upload onto our website after... 

Please Email Helen and Ian if you would like to read your tale during the meeting. 

ONLINE ACTIVITY:

ZOOM SESSION from 7:30pm:

Manuscript Night

Are you working on a novel, non-fiction, biography, autobiography, poem, article? Manuscript night is the perfect way to present your latest work and receive excellent critiques from fellow group writers. We are limiting submissions to 1000 words (perhaps a few more if you need them)...

Please Email Helen and Ian if you would like to read your manuscript during the meeting.    

ONLINE ACTIVITY:

ZOOM SESSION from 7:30pm: 

Evening activity - to be confirmed.

Plus...

Light-hearted limerick Competition! 

(Many thanks to Jan for this suggestion)

(To be judged as our 'Flash Fiction' and 'Poetry' competitions)

Each limerick should be about a well known person but without mentioning them by name. Your limerick would also have to be absolutely “clean” and non-offensive in any other way! 

Limericks have an established form comprising of one stanza of five lines. The first, second and fifth lines should rhyme; and third and fourth lines (usually shorter in length) will have a different rhyme. (AABBA). The use of syllables is crucial to the rhythm of the limerick. 

There are plenty of good examples of limericks online. Edward Lear is fondly remembered for championing the limerick form via his Book of Nonsense (1846); and of course, Spike Milligan was very skilled at humorously getting them right and wrong!  Wikipedia also has a guide. 

Go on - have a go! It's super fun! 

Entries to the limerick competition need to be Emailed to Helen and Ian by 7pm on Monday 24 August. No extensions, sorry. Judging will then be open until Noon on Friday 28 August. Results will be released on the evening of Monday 31 August. 

No meeting owing to the Bank Holiday.

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KEEP YOUR BOOK REVIEWS COMING!

It's never too late to submit a book review...

Please click here to see our selection of Book Reviews

Please Email your book review to Ian - ianwelland@hotmail.co.uk 

KEEP YOUR TRAVELOGUES COMING!

Click here to see our Travelogues Page

500 words,.. 

• on somewhere you have been for a day, a weekend, or a holiday in the UK or abroad; 
• what you enjoyed about it, 
• why you would recommend it, 
• maybe anecdotes about the place, 
• could you recommend a book that mentions this place?

Or: 

• Or you might put a slant on instead of a place you went to and didn't like; 
• why didn't you like this place? 
• what were your expectations? 

If you would like to Email a photo to accompany your travelogue, this can be uploaded alongside your travelogue.

Please Email your 'Travelogues' to Helen and Ian as usual - thank you to those who have already done so.