Meeting 9th Sept 09

Hi everyone, as usual we had a robust meeting with lots of laughs and interesting things. Brags of the day included Robyn making a fabulous dvd of her photos and Terry must be the fastest homework writer in the club he did it all in half an hour.

Word of the day Joe gave us a quote Life is a fatal adventure. Cathy the word tangible Dave Acrostic a poem using the first letter of the line like we did with Dave C last week Meretricious a relationship that is not what it seems like a man walking out with a prostitute she is not his girl friend. Something that is not what it appears. Dale Mendacious and adj. lieing or untruthful conduct of a liar. Terry. Synonym similar to a word being used something similar And also Syncretism to reconcile two opposite views

Terry is thinking of setting up a Blog site for the group, still to find out how to do it.

We then read out our homework. Joe read out Dogs are Company using the sentences she gave us all last week

Dale read from her current work which included some of the sentences too, we feel like we are listening to a serial it is very good

Helene read out two short poems One called Fur and the other Pain. Both were entertaining and funny

Chathy short story called the Doorman. We felt it showed you can make a story out of anything well done Cathy.

David R. Perfect Match. Short story very colourful.

Wendy. Poem called Being accepted, Our own Pam Ayres we now feel very good.

Robyn Piece from her current work.

Terry. Poem called Ode to Pommy Joe. A story in poetry which he does so well.

Exercise set by Robyn who came unprepared and like a true trooper whisked one out of thin air.

The 30^th of Sept. is our fifth week in the month and we like to do something more entertaining. After several suggestions it was decided we will have lunch at Robyn’s then watch a DVD and have a discussion on how well or not it was written. Bring a plate to share for lunch. Starts at 11.30am Robyns place.

Quick Write the group all supplied a word and then we wrote a short piece including all the words which were. TERRORIST. COMPLAIN. EFFIVESANT. STIMULAS. DECIDE. ALWAYS. NEVER THE LESS. LOVE. THE.ROBUST.

This provided a range of topics we are a talented bunch.

We were delighted to welcome Lynne Winslade on a flying visit to us and we invited her to our lunch on the 30^th.

Homework: Joe. A man comes home and finds his door open….continue this into a short story.

Mandy brought a Synopsis on a novel she has written and asked for the group to go over it and help with suggestions. Please find attached and see if you could work it into something more interesting these are just the facts but has to catch an editors interest. HELP!! I think it was easier to write the story than the synopsis.