Writers Group Meeting 8-12-10
Attending:
Terry McLaffery
JO Ball
Geraldine Barton
Cathy Rose
Mandy Byrne
Wendy Williams
David Cargill
Brags.
Jo was given the all clear on her health much to our delight.
David C managed despite the floods to get to Dubbo and back.
Geraldine got a gold medal in a triathlon for her age group.
Rose mowed her grass despite it being very long and all the rain.
Mandy finished her short novel The Peace Makers 33,150 words it is a fantacy and I wanted to do it in one month and managed it. I hope to put it on E books.
Wendy going to the Nowra Players tonight.
Terry. Brag for the group. On the Blog we have been viewed by over 6oo people in different countries. So if you view our blog and would like to come along and join our mad group you are very welcome.
Word of the Day.
David. Lachrymose means crying feeling weepy.
Geraldine.Misericord. Shelving projection under a seat that is in a choir stall serving to help support the person when they stand up to support them.
Cath. Harbinger. Annoucing the coming of someone or something good or bad news usually bad.
Mandy .Tartuffe is a person who hypercritically pretends to be deeply pious.
Wendy. Bamboozle to hoodwink to blind fold someone so they didn't know what was going on and the word came from that.
Terry. Fliers are pilots or something that flies. Flyer is an adventure or trial an experiment. So different words which sound the same A synonym.
Homework.
Mandy. A Book by any other Cover.. A short story of 780 word.
Cath. Unbelievable. Short story.
David. Bullshit. Short write.About being a security guard at Andrew and Kate's engagement. Very good funny.
Terry. A Poem Yer. Funny poem. A man who spread his seed but didn't wait to reap the rewards.
Wendy. A Good Nights Work. A poem about Santa Claus doing the rounds.and a burglar following him and stealing it all.
Geraldine loves writing about anything and everything things she observed around her. A new member we hope will enjoy our mad ways and want to join us.
Terry read some poems he wrote on the train really interesting and funny.
Terry did a brilliant one on Walking to read on the Blog.
WALKING. By Terry.
Humans walk while standing up, two legs instead of four
You'd think that'd be it, but no there's plenty more
Despite the commonality of humans far and wide
It's not the act of walking but the way we take each stride
Some people take gienormous steps, while others take them short
Then there's Olympic walking, a funny gaited sport
Hercules Poirot that "D" of fame, shuffles all around
While Mr Dillon's Chester
Little children's first time out can be pretty topsy turvy
While alcohol can cause a walk with path is very curvy
Skiers walk along like ducks, soldiers do it proudly
Pregnant women lay right back, rioters do it loudly
And so it seems just walking is more than what you see
Your step will very greatly, it's the gait that is the key
But despite the different ways we walk when we go to buy the paper
Be thankful that you've got the legs to do this walking caper
Jo gave us an exercise on rhyming words it was very difficult we were given words and had to find words that rhymed with them. For us that don't do poetry it was very hard. Find four words I challenge you to rhyme with Sunrise
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Exercise we did the scrabble word game. Jo won with a score of 24.
Homework
'At that moment I should have left'
