16 December 2015

Record of meeting 16 December 2015



The writers

Juan, Wendy, Cath, Pauline, Helene, Lynn, David C, Di and welcome back to Elizabeth.

The words of the day

Waspish = petulant

Brusque = abrupt, harsh
Epoch = era, point in time
Logophile = lover of words
Erudite = learned or scholarly
Maudlin = sad, morose, sentimental
Halcyon = calm, tranquil, prosperous
Déjà vu = from French, literally "already seen", strong sensation of a previous event or experience. 

Writing from words of the day
The logophiles grabbed the words of the day and in 10 minutes produced an erudite range of stories -Tom sneered as he delivered my lunch, Walking in the rain, A letter to my dad, I thought it would be different, Looking back, The smile returned, My grandson and The good old days.

Reading of homework
Eight diligent writers read homework as follows - Magical Christmas memories from Helene, The face never forgotten by Juan, When did Christmas change from Lynn, The happiest Christmas – 1973 from Di, The spider that saved Christmas from David C, Pommies with sunburn on Christmas day – sung by Pauline, Christmas shopping alone by Cath and Xmas who needs it by Wendy.

February 2016 Forensic month
Juan raised for discussion his offer to make forensic presentations to the group.
1.      The group agreed to make February 2016 forensic month.
2.     Writers to bring forensic/crime type words for word of the day
3.     Use the forensic topic for our quick write exercise
4.     Crime theme homework

Anthology for 2016
We agreed to work towards publishing an Anthology in 2016.

First meeting for 2016
6 January 2016

Homework
A new beginning  






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