Blog for 2nd March 11
Attending
Terry Knowlen. Trish Rock. (New member) Cath Rose. Jo Ball. David Rudder. Mandy Byrne Wendy Williams. Eva Brown.
Brags. \Mandy is doing a final proof reading to her romance story with a view to sending it off. Fingers crossed.
Wendy is off to a Mini Expo with her car club.
Trish. Went to a conference and has some interesting notes on how to send your publishers and will bring it next week. She is also involved in writing a story for a book of inspiration with her work and how to motivate herself. She has been a very busy lady.
Eva nothing much happening she is doing a certificate on Aged Care to break into that field of work.
Terry our new member, nothing happening except she has taken the great step of joining our group to stimulate herself. Welcome to the Mad House Terry.
Cathy. Her word of the day supplied by Wendy last week helped her be the clever one in her church group. We all thought it would never be used. To prove us wrong she found she was the only one who knew the meaning of the word.
Jo. She is training her house spider to come back when she takes him outside, he comes back. Trust Jo to have an unusual pet.
Dave. Read out a poem done in a different formate to his usual style. Senses. thought provoking and well written.
Daves Poem.
Senses.
To see, to smell, to touch and hear,
Are Gifts we take for granted,
The loss of any sense we fear,
Would leave us disenchanted
The sense of taste of food we eat,
Excites, the appetite, and palate,
The nectar of a food that's Sweet,
Adds colour life's palette.
The sense of touch can be erotic,
And send shivers down the spine,
Winging us to places quite exotic,
Sensual thoughts, smooth and divine.
The sense of sight lights up the world,
And eliminates the dark.
Our eyes open like a flat unfurled,
A fire, from a tiny spark.
The sense of hearing reveals the sounds,
From whisper to a roar,
Of all the noise from our surrounds,
Through our ears, come to the fore.
Our senses are great gifts we're given,
To light up our lives with joy,
And none of us should be forgiven,
If we can, we don't deploy.
Word of the Day.
Jo. Stultify. To render foolish. Snivel. To show emotion. Jo also gave us the word Ululation and have no idea what it means.
Cath. Fecund. Fertile fruitful. Impregnate.
Eva. Vilification. Character assignation. Aspersion which is verabal dispay of anger or vilification. To slander.
Wendy. Pootle. To wander or ramble down the road. Old English word still used in the midlands.
Lambaste. To thrash or beat or scold another in anger.
Dave. Cacophony a harsh discord mixture of sounds. A din a racket.
Homework. The story of Cinderella written from the Step Mothers point of view.
Mandy. Did it and called it From her point of view.
Wendy. Did a poem called Bottoms. Very funny as usual.
Eva. Lady Tremain. A short story. Based on Cinderella.
Cath. Agatha's Comeuppance. Short Story about the subject.
Jo. The trouble with Cinderella was….Short stoy on the theme Cinderella..
Dave The story in Prose about Cinderella.
Break for Afternoon Tea.
Exercise of the Day.
We used the word of the day and made up a short poem or story using the words we brought in for the meeting. Several good poems and short pieces, we are a clever lot.
Quick write using the letter P for every word. Good laugh.
Homework. A man came and knocked on the door, he said you are a beneficiary of a will. Write a short story about it.
Meeting ended at 4pm.
02 March 2011
23 February 2011
Feb 23rd Feb 11
Feb 23rd Feb 11
Attending Jo Ball. Geoff Boulton. Terry McClaffetty. Dave Rudder. Wendy Williams. Cath Rose. Mandy Bynre. Dave Cargill .
Brag of the Week.
Geoff. Had a letter printed in the newspaper re: the closure of Bookstores. What will happen to book shops? times are a changing.
Terry. His wife who is adopted is going to met her half brothers for the first time soon.
Very excited about finding family.
Mandy Zeek her dog fell off a cliff chasing rabbits and survived without injuries.
Jo had on going problems getting an appointment for an edoscopy they keep putting her back.
Word of the Day.
Geoff Picaresque . A story about adventures of a hero fictional. Also can mean roaming around.
Terry. Risible. Comic or funny laughable.
Dave. Inexorable. Impossible to stop or prevent. Nothing could be done to stop something happening.
Wendy. Rhetoric. The art of speaking or writing effectible
Cath. Reconcile. Restore friendship after a quarrel You can bring things to balance when you reconcile.To induce someone to accept a matter they are against.
Antediluvian. Of time before Noah's ark. Completely out of Date.
Dave C. Liquefaction What often happens when an earth quake happens mixing water and dirty and forces it to the surface. To meld.
Jo. Hippocampus. A part of the brian also the name of several small fishes as it looks like a horse.
Terry talked about the phase Dead as a door nail. Nothing can be deader than a door nail for some reason.
He also spoke of Blackmail look it up on the World wide Web very interesting.
When you use ellipses the three dots are often refused by editors preferring a dash.
It can also be an oval shape.
Homework.
Geoff. Restraint. A short story on the theme of the homework Macabre or Murder..
He read only part of a short story we all are waiting for the next instalment. Well done Geoff.
Terry did not do his homework. Well!!!
David Rudder. More Macabre Moments. Done in poetry form. Very good and funny.
Wendy. Completely her own style. I am Scared. Very well done as usual.
Cath. Caught. A fishing trip that deals in drugs.
Mandy wrote the beginning of a murder story about a limbless corpse.
Jo. She came to Him. A murder story.
Jo also wrote a poem. To be a Fish out of Water. A funny poem about a fish.
Exercise. Terry presented several different hooks in short stories. How important it is to hook your reader in the first paragraph.
The exercise was to do with Comma's. How to use them and where to put them we all enjoyed knowing where we should have put the comma.
Homework. Write a story from Cinderella's Step mothers point of view.
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16 February 2011
Record of meeting 16 February 2011
Present: Jo, Terry, Helene, Mandy, Wendy, Eva, David R, David C and Cath.
News: Terry failed his audition for Letters and numbers. Helene went to Dales book launch. Mandy has two and a half dogs at present and lost a kilo. Wendy went to the Rugby Union and saw a portable toilet blow over. Eva has enrolled in a Certificate 3 in Aged Care. Cath cleaned out a spare room and made it into a music room for Rudd her grandson. David R has lost 20 kilos in the last year, a penguin swam with him this week and he has two male whip birds in his back garden. David C has been looking for a cheap printer and found a new one for $50.
Words -Terry – sardonic - bitterly contemptuous, quarantine – from Italian quaranta forty. Helene – skewiff - a Northern Irish word meaning crooked, out of line, or not straight. Wendy – borboygmus – a stomach rumble. Eva – machinations - lay or devise plots. Cath – iterate – to repeat. David R - pell-mell – confused rush or confused manner. David C – scot-free excused from payment, without having to pay. Jo – lour – gloomy scowling and threatening words. Glabrous – adj smooth free from hair.
Competitions - Jo bought info about a poetry competition in Ipswich. Terry has sent an email out containing the details.
Homework readings
Wendy - an ode to cheese. Cath – let the moment pass her by. David R – momentous moments. David C – more of Charlie the police officer. Jo – A moment in time. Terry - the silver ghost. Helene – Live in the moment. Mandy – A moment in time.
Exercise – we had lots of fun and laughter playing Celebrity heads
Quick write – a hook for a macabre story – we wrote about libraries, detectives, fishing, scary nights and bodies with missing parts.
Homework due 23 February 2011 – finish the macabre story you started from the quick write or write a macabre story including a hook in the first paragraph.
News: Terry failed his audition for Letters and numbers. Helene went to Dales book launch. Mandy has two and a half dogs at present and lost a kilo. Wendy went to the Rugby Union and saw a portable toilet blow over. Eva has enrolled in a Certificate 3 in Aged Care. Cath cleaned out a spare room and made it into a music room for Rudd her grandson. David R has lost 20 kilos in the last year, a penguin swam with him this week and he has two male whip birds in his back garden. David C has been looking for a cheap printer and found a new one for $50.
Words -Terry – sardonic - bitterly contemptuous, quarantine – from Italian quaranta forty. Helene – skewiff - a Northern Irish word meaning crooked, out of line, or not straight. Wendy – borboygmus – a stomach rumble. Eva – machinations - lay or devise plots. Cath – iterate – to repeat. David R - pell-mell – confused rush or confused manner. David C – scot-free excused from payment, without having to pay. Jo – lour – gloomy scowling and threatening words. Glabrous – adj smooth free from hair.
Competitions - Jo bought info about a poetry competition in Ipswich. Terry has sent an email out containing the details.
Homework readings
Wendy - an ode to cheese. Cath – let the moment pass her by. David R – momentous moments. David C – more of Charlie the police officer. Jo – A moment in time. Terry - the silver ghost. Helene – Live in the moment. Mandy – A moment in time.
Exercise – we had lots of fun and laughter playing Celebrity heads
Quick write – a hook for a macabre story – we wrote about libraries, detectives, fishing, scary nights and bodies with missing parts.
Homework due 23 February 2011 – finish the macabre story you started from the quick write or write a macabre story including a hook in the first paragraph.
09 February 2011
Attending. Vala Hanns. Robyn Kellner. Trish Rock Geoff Bolton . Jo Ball. Dave Cargill . Mandy Byrne. Terry McLafferty .Cathy Rose.
Brags from the Group.
Dave is taking his poems written by Banjo Patterson found in a deceased estate to Canberra
Terry. Going to Sydney
Trish. Became Assertive and feels good about it.
Geoff. Pointed out that a journalist used the wrong queue instead of cue, it stood out so much he had to write in about it.
Mandy. Decided to be assertive with some problems and felt better for putting it out for all to talk about.
Cathy Her ride on mower is now working.
Jo put forward some competitions for us to enter.
Word of the Day.
Dave. Recalcitrant someone who is very stubborn.
Terry. Extirpate. To remove or completely destroy.
Robyn. Trichinosis. A disease from worms found in meat Also a Pricker one who pricks.
Cath. Paucity. A smallness of number .
Geoff. Epistemology. Study of learning or books. Philosophy of knowledge.
Vala. Prevaricate Evade the truth. To Lie to speak untruths.
Tricia. Prestidigitation. Slight of hand or conjuring. Juggle things.
Homework. The chemist nervously said. I don't know what he was given but your brothers prescription that he took this morning is still here, and he is not asnwerring his phone.
David. Read another instalment on his story that he is writing. This part he called. For now Detective Charlie Yu. Developing into an interesting novel.
Jo. Where is Andy. An interesting story about murder and mayhem.
Terry. A Poem about some pills.
Trish. The Chemist Said. A short story based on the set theme. Well done and thought provoking.
Cathy. Short Story on the set theme.
Mandy. A short story called The Right Pills.
Vala. A Poem called Chemist Dilemma. Written in prose funny and well done.
Exercise.
Study the Gavel and block and write about it. Describe it, what is it used for why and how it was made and from what. Some very interesting stories about the gavel.
Geoff brought in his published books. Called Twin-Set and Pearls.
Don't forget on Saturday 12th to go to Dale's book launch at Huskisson Community Centre between 4.6pm
Homeword. Live in the Moment.
02 February 2011
record of meeting 2 February 2011
Present: Jo, David R, Robyn, Terry, Cath, Helene, Wendy, Mandy, Geoff, David C and welcome to Trish
Brags
Terry found an old work colleague through “The Open Road” publication and found that they have lots in common. Robyn’s husband Joe had a pulmonary embolism on his lungs last week but is OK now. David R has been away on his property at Jerrong and read a poem he wrote about being out there. Jo had a problem with the RTA because of her doctor’s mistake and her new doctor has fixed it. David C went to a garage sale and bought knee pads and cleaned out under his house, he has no problems with his new knees. Geoff who is interested in Japanese writers brought books by Japanese authors to pass around and share. Trish gave up her former life and set up an Internet business and writes two blogs every week on nail technology. Mandy has bought a new lounge suite after 22 years. Mandy thanked Terry and Robyn for edits to her novel. Wendy bought 178 books on a CD for her e-reader for $1 all classics. Helene shared the book she is reading “Save your brain”. Cathy likes this hot weather.
Words of the day
Jo - infra – a prefix meaning below. David C- lucubration – writing by candlelight reminds Geoff of lugubrious. Geoff – his pet hate is how advertisers who turn a verb into a noun eg spend. Trish asked if people have blogs her blog is www.nailsalonsuccesscoach.com, and Geoff’s blog is geoffbolton.net Wendy – lubricious – slippery or lewd. Cath – aplomb – with dignity and self confidence. Terry – indefatigable – not tired. Robyn – read an intriguing quote from “the Ruined map” provided by Geoff. David R – histrionic meaning dramatic representation, theatricals and hyperbole meaning obvious exaggeration.
Homework
Cath – Boy it’s hot. Terry - déjà vu. Robyn – No time for a boyfriend. David R – Car history. Jo – min min lights. David C – Charlie the detective in Redfern. Mandy – Stretching the friendship. Wendy – Getting there. Helene – Not a good place.
Exercise - The brain health quiz had mixed reactions to the concepts and results.
Homework due 9 February 2011 – use these words and ideas to write a short story, poem or chapter to your novel
The chemist nervously said, I don’t know what he was given but the prescription your brother took away this morning is still here. He is not answering his phone.
Highlighted event - 25 March 6 pm Poetry River reading at the Arts Centre
Competition – Original one hour radio play on any subject to the 12 th Annual Radio Playwriting Competition UK. Entries close 31 March 2011. Entry forms available at www.bbcworldservice.com/radioplay and from British Council offices.
Brags
Terry found an old work colleague through “The Open Road” publication and found that they have lots in common. Robyn’s husband Joe had a pulmonary embolism on his lungs last week but is OK now. David R has been away on his property at Jerrong and read a poem he wrote about being out there. Jo had a problem with the RTA because of her doctor’s mistake and her new doctor has fixed it. David C went to a garage sale and bought knee pads and cleaned out under his house, he has no problems with his new knees. Geoff who is interested in Japanese writers brought books by Japanese authors to pass around and share. Trish gave up her former life and set up an Internet business and writes two blogs every week on nail technology. Mandy has bought a new lounge suite after 22 years. Mandy thanked Terry and Robyn for edits to her novel. Wendy bought 178 books on a CD for her e-reader for $1 all classics. Helene shared the book she is reading “Save your brain”. Cathy likes this hot weather.
Words of the day
Jo - infra – a prefix meaning below. David C- lucubration – writing by candlelight reminds Geoff of lugubrious. Geoff – his pet hate is how advertisers who turn a verb into a noun eg spend. Trish asked if people have blogs her blog is www.nailsalonsuccesscoach.com, and Geoff’s blog is geoffbolton.net Wendy – lubricious – slippery or lewd. Cath – aplomb – with dignity and self confidence. Terry – indefatigable – not tired. Robyn – read an intriguing quote from “the Ruined map” provided by Geoff. David R – histrionic meaning dramatic representation, theatricals and hyperbole meaning obvious exaggeration.
Homework
Cath – Boy it’s hot. Terry - déjà vu. Robyn – No time for a boyfriend. David R – Car history. Jo – min min lights. David C – Charlie the detective in Redfern. Mandy – Stretching the friendship. Wendy – Getting there. Helene – Not a good place.
Exercise - The brain health quiz had mixed reactions to the concepts and results.
Homework due 9 February 2011 – use these words and ideas to write a short story, poem or chapter to your novel
The chemist nervously said, I don’t know what he was given but the prescription your brother took away this morning is still here. He is not answering his phone.
Highlighted event - 25 March 6 pm Poetry River reading at the Arts Centre
Competition – Original one hour radio play on any subject to the 12 th Annual Radio Playwriting Competition UK. Entries close 31 March 2011. Entry forms available at www.bbcworldservice.com/radioplay and from British Council offices.
20 January 2011
Record of meeting 19 January 2011
Present: Jo, Terry, Robyn, Cathy, Geoff, Helene, Wendy, Mandy, David C.
Brags: Terry has bought himself a new PC an Apple Mac. Robyn is wearing her mothers beautiful princess sapphire and diamond ring. Geoff bought a magazine showing history of the local youth orchestra. Helene went to the beach on Sunday. Wendy has tickets to see the Waratahs in Nowra. Mandy has too many brags to list. David C is a grandfather again.
Words of the day
Terry - Jejune lacking nourishing qualities, dull, unsatisfying to the mind, boring.
Robyn – rigmarole – a load of non sense
Cathy - Acolyte – attendant in a church.
Geoff – sanction – against or for something
Helene – hiatus – a gap, rest, break
Wendy – primrose path – life of sensual pleasure
Mandy – bare and bear
David C – inconsequential – not following logically, consequential – as a result
Jo – sapid – savoury having flavour, Vapid – dull, not having flavour. Sanable –able to be cured. Hale and hail and tenterhooks.
David C brought a poem that may be from AB Patterson. He is researching further. Jo bought in an interesting metal challis she found many years ago. More updates on these items later.
No meeting next week 26 January 2011 as it is Australia day
Reading from homework
Terry – Common and refined
Cathy – Eavesdropping
Helene – I couldn’t help myself
Wendy – Overheard
Mandy – The laughing order
David C - As winter grows near and Picking up Johansson – start of a novel.
Jo – Being first
Exercises and quick writes
A number of members bought in 10 quick writes and 5 exercises each which were placed in a folder for future use. Mandy will bring in a box to hold the ideas for exercises, quick writes and homework.
Exercise today
We rewrote a favourite joke or fairy tale as a tragedy, a serious academic paper or music video.
Terry – the boy stood on the burning deck: Robyn – mixed fairy tales: Geoff - from the bus: Helene - Hansel and Gretel: Mandy – Jack and Jill: David C – Rolls Royce think of everything.
Homework due 2 February 2011 (no meeting on 26 February Australia Day)
This was not a good place to have my car break down.
Brags: Terry has bought himself a new PC an Apple Mac. Robyn is wearing her mothers beautiful princess sapphire and diamond ring. Geoff bought a magazine showing history of the local youth orchestra. Helene went to the beach on Sunday. Wendy has tickets to see the Waratahs in Nowra. Mandy has too many brags to list. David C is a grandfather again.
Words of the day
Terry - Jejune lacking nourishing qualities, dull, unsatisfying to the mind, boring.
Robyn – rigmarole – a load of non sense
Cathy - Acolyte – attendant in a church.
Geoff – sanction – against or for something
Helene – hiatus – a gap, rest, break
Wendy – primrose path – life of sensual pleasure
Mandy – bare and bear
David C – inconsequential – not following logically, consequential – as a result
Jo – sapid – savoury having flavour, Vapid – dull, not having flavour. Sanable –able to be cured. Hale and hail and tenterhooks.
David C brought a poem that may be from AB Patterson. He is researching further. Jo bought in an interesting metal challis she found many years ago. More updates on these items later.
No meeting next week 26 January 2011 as it is Australia day
Reading from homework
Terry – Common and refined
Cathy – Eavesdropping
Helene – I couldn’t help myself
Wendy – Overheard
Mandy – The laughing order
David C - As winter grows near and Picking up Johansson – start of a novel.
Jo – Being first
Exercises and quick writes
A number of members bought in 10 quick writes and 5 exercises each which were placed in a folder for future use. Mandy will bring in a box to hold the ideas for exercises, quick writes and homework.
Exercise today
We rewrote a favourite joke or fairy tale as a tragedy, a serious academic paper or music video.
Terry – the boy stood on the burning deck: Robyn – mixed fairy tales: Geoff - from the bus: Helene - Hansel and Gretel: Mandy – Jack and Jill: David C – Rolls Royce think of everything.
Homework due 2 February 2011 (no meeting on 26 February Australia Day)
This was not a good place to have my car break down.
13 January 2011
Record of meeting 12 January 2011
Present: Jo, Robyn, Cath, Vala, Helene, Wendy, Mandy, Terry and welcome to Geoff Bolton.
Brags: Mandy sold her caravan and had a wonderful Christmas including her ex-husband wearing a g string. Mandy is teaching her granddaughter to drive. Vala won enough to pay for four weeks on Lotto. Vala told us about her Turkish Christmas including smoking a Hokkah. Robyn had a last high tea in her mother’s family home in Revesby before it was sold. Jo saw her three grandsons and wished one of them happy birthday on the wrong day. Cath contacted an old friend on Facebook.
Words of the day
Geoff – educe – to bring out
Cath – shenanigans – high spirited or mischievous activity
Robyn – Charybdis or Kharybdis was a sea monster, once a beautiful nymph and the daughter of Poseidon and Gaia.
Wendy - vociferate – to cry our vehemently
Terry – howgozit – a graph kept during an airline flight
Fustian – pompous high sounding language
Jo – prorogue – to postpone or adjourn
Competition – write a one hour play with a prize of two thousand pounds details available from Cath.
Facebook - Helene to investigate setting up a page for the writers group on Facebook.
Homework
Mandy – Loving protection
Wendy – Golden years
Helene - Weakness
Geoff – Air to air
Cath – Help
Jo – Nonsense
Terry - Tears
Exercises
Each member to bring a list of five exercises next week to be used during 2011.
Project for the year
We will do the thriller course and write a thriller story.
Quick write
The stinking compost heap reminded me of a dead pig, my father, a homeless person etc
Homework due 19 January 2011
I couldn’t help hearing the conversation in the next café booth – use this as a trigger for a short story or poem.
Changes for next week
1. Everyone to bring in five exercises next week for use during 2011. Start searching your books, magazines and the net for ideas. The more creative people may wish to create their own exercises. This is not a writing exercise but something to expand the mind and develop new skills.
2. Each person to bring 10 topics for quick write and the homework to be used during 2011.
3. Brag section will be expanded to include - Sharing key information from a book I am reading. This is not a book review but sharing your learning.
4. Discussion on Bay and Basin group on Facebook.
Brags: Mandy sold her caravan and had a wonderful Christmas including her ex-husband wearing a g string. Mandy is teaching her granddaughter to drive. Vala won enough to pay for four weeks on Lotto. Vala told us about her Turkish Christmas including smoking a Hokkah. Robyn had a last high tea in her mother’s family home in Revesby before it was sold. Jo saw her three grandsons and wished one of them happy birthday on the wrong day. Cath contacted an old friend on Facebook.
Words of the day
Geoff – educe – to bring out
Cath – shenanigans – high spirited or mischievous activity
Robyn – Charybdis or Kharybdis was a sea monster, once a beautiful nymph and the daughter of Poseidon and Gaia.
Wendy - vociferate – to cry our vehemently
Terry – howgozit – a graph kept during an airline flight
Fustian – pompous high sounding language
Jo – prorogue – to postpone or adjourn
Competition – write a one hour play with a prize of two thousand pounds details available from Cath.
Facebook - Helene to investigate setting up a page for the writers group on Facebook.
Homework
Mandy – Loving protection
Wendy – Golden years
Helene - Weakness
Geoff – Air to air
Cath – Help
Jo – Nonsense
Terry - Tears
Exercises
Each member to bring a list of five exercises next week to be used during 2011.
Project for the year
We will do the thriller course and write a thriller story.
Quick write
The stinking compost heap reminded me of a dead pig, my father, a homeless person etc
Homework due 19 January 2011
I couldn’t help hearing the conversation in the next café booth – use this as a trigger for a short story or poem.
Changes for next week
1. Everyone to bring in five exercises next week for use during 2011. Start searching your books, magazines and the net for ideas. The more creative people may wish to create their own exercises. This is not a writing exercise but something to expand the mind and develop new skills.
2. Each person to bring 10 topics for quick write and the homework to be used during 2011.
3. Brag section will be expanded to include - Sharing key information from a book I am reading. This is not a book review but sharing your learning.
4. Discussion on Bay and Basin group on Facebook.
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