BLOG FOR BAY AND BASIN WRITERS

18TH MAY 2011

ATTENDING: David Rudder. David Cargill, Jo Ball. Malissa Ehrhardt. Terry Mac. Leonie Worthy. Di Hamer. Cath Rose. Wendy Williams. Mandy Byrne. Geoff Bolton.

News from the table. Terry explained what the word Gruin meant. It is selling by advertizing.

Leonie Bragged about writing an entry for the Shoalhaven Contest.

Cath was told by email she had 2000000dollars which was a scam.

Wendy went to Camberra and complained about the cold there.

Mandy.Published on line and did the groups anthology and has taken orders for 6 of them.

David is still acting as father confessor to a chap he met down at the pool and kept us in stitches with the tales he is told, all in confidence of course.

David Cargill has concerns about his brother who has cancer, good he can share with us his worries.

Jo went to see the dinosaur museum in Camberra and really enjoyed.

Melissa is doing very well with her song writing and came in the runners up.

Word of the Day.

Terry.Carwhitchet this is a hoaxing question a piece of Jabberwocky that does sound very unusual. A bit like a Dickons word

Terry.Misanthropist  Distrust of human beings.

Terry.Clique used to be used by french printers for stereotype.

Leonie.Carrion. Carcass of a dead animal.

Geoff.Cohort. a collection of objects or people who have something in common.

Di. Peregrinate. To wander or travel from place to place.

Cath.Esoteric You can't understand what a person is talking about such as secrets passed along in code.

Wendy. Skullduggery To practice deception or jiggery pokery..

 Mandy  Too many words to talk about. Logorrhea and excess of words.

David R. Proclivity a tendency to choose or do something regularly. Inclination or fondness to lean towards.

David C. Pique. A fit of pique stirred up or provoked your interest in something.

Also a stiff ribbed cotton fabric.

Homework. A rejection letter written to a famous person that later became a best seller.

 Terry wrote his to Tolkien  about Lord of the Rings.

Leonie. Read a story Mrs. White. Very discriptive.

Di Wrote about Jane Austin. Pride and Prejudice   Would be authentic if sent in the 18th Century but seemed funny to us now.

Cath. Her letter was to Margaret Mitchell for Gone with the Wind.

Wendy. Letter to Pam Ayers about her poetry.

Mandy. Letter to Cathrine Cookson. The publisher grove ling for his mistake.

David he wrote to Agatha Christie. He rejected her book and decimated her characters. and plot. He also wrote one to Mandy Byrne about her book Sing a Song of Tuppence. Very funny and we all enjoyed it.

David Cargill.  El Bib. To who ever wrote the bible stories. They sound too improbable to be published. by Pontus Pilot.

Jo didn't do a story. She did a review on Ray Martin's book instead.

 Competitions. Shoalhaven Literary awards close on the 27th May.

Exercise for the Day. Carwhitches.

Nonsensical writing to see who can do it best. We all made the cake so it didn't need cooking.

Quick Write. Write about your first pet.

Homework We took a load of books and using their title we had to write a story using the titles. The iron Snakes. The crimson Palace. Pearls. Winter Song. Scenes from the Sex War. Homeland. Houses without doors. Haunted Tree.

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