Meeting 28th Oct 2009
Welcome back Mandy
In attendance were: Melissa, Dale, Mandy, Mary, Robyn, David C, Terry, Cath and Helene.
Once again a good meeting with much laughter and with just a smattering of literary genius.
Brag session:
Terry went to the FAW course in town on Crime Writing. He said he found it quite informative and imparted his knowledge throughout our meeting.
Cath said she had nothing to brag about but I’m sure given a few moments she could have come up with something.
Mandy said she read a book. So what, you say but Mandy said it was of a type she’d not read before. It was aimed at younger people with lots of expletives and in their idiom. Well done Mandy for persevering, although I think she said she couldn’t put it down once she got started.
Helene went to Canberra. Had a grandchild fix but also indulged in the arts by visiting the McCubbin display as well as Monet and cast her eyes on Blue Poles. I hope she genuflected. It cost us enough for such behaviour.
Melissa did a stint as a teacher at the local TAFE informing women who want to go back into the work force on how to set up resumes on the computer.
Dale was excited about having to do a book review on her favourite poet. Unfortunately she didn’t say who this poet is. Perhaps we’ll find out when the book is available to the public. I think there is a lot of hush hush here. Sounds like a plot for a novel, ‘Who Stole the Poems?’
Mandy wanted to know how do you get drunk without drinking as she had done a winery crawl. Really Mandy.!!!
Robyn. In my notes I’ve said Robyn knows a woman but I’m damned if I can remember what the significance of this is. I know some women too but don’t need to brag about it.
David C is off to Manly Leagues to be a roadie for the Dynamic Duo. He says with a little coercion he may get up on stage. I’d like to be a fly.
Mary went to Sydney to see Michael Parkinson. She and Rollin used their $2.50 tickets on trains and buses. Also took advantage of the free open Opera House tour.
Words of the day
Terry—muse—spirit that gives inspiration
Cath—miasma—polluting exhalations
Helene—antiquing—(not sure of spelling); making love to an old/older person, throwing flour into someone’s face while they’re asleep and watching the results. ‘strange’
Melissa—codswallop—nonsense
Dale--deracinate—tear out by the roots, expunge
Mandy ???
Mary—chauffeur—from the French to stoke the fire.
Davis—plagiarism—the act of literary theft.
Homework or readings
Melissa none
Dale read more of her novel
Mandy ‘Just one of those days’ well written as always
Mary Murphy’s Law
Robyn none
David awoken from a dream of Kylie, damn shame matey
Terry everything was going wrong, a poem
Cath a surprise
It was decided that our Christmas ‘do’ will be on the Friday 4th Dec at the St Georges Basin Country Club. A 6.30 pm start. Writers only…as partners feel out of the loop when we all get together. All writers welcome, old and new. Let Terry know if you can make it. Not sure if we have to book a table or not matey, so I’ll leave that up to you. O.K?
Terry furthered his crime course knowledge with our exercise. I didn’t copy down all the words we came up with but the deal was to find words that go from ‘calm to ‘horror with 10 points in between. Sometimes our vocab was wanting. Something to work on I feel.
Another point he made was to find plots from just putting a man in one car and a woman in the other. We came up with some quite, innovative ideas. Car accidents, towing, drag racing, liaisons and general murder and mayhem
Mandy brought along some scrumptious scones, recipe below:
300ml lemonade 300ml cream 3 to 4 cups S/R flour Handful of sultanas if desired. I would think chopped dates would be good to.
Mix well by hand. Shape and cook in, I think, hot oven for 10 t0 15 minutes. Ask Mandy for the fine details. All I can say is they were delicious.
Once again a good meeting was had by all.
Homework… Skeleton in the closet. Yours or someone else's. Maybe it's you.
Write about that person in a time of your choosing and include some or all of the following.
Name, physical description, why yhey are the family secret/joke, the way they speak, why you identify with them, remember them, and how the person affects/affected you.
Next week Facilitator is Melissa Exercise by Mandy Homework by Dale
Happy writing and I’ll see you in Dec. Mary