News and a reminder that the Next Meeting is On Tuesday 7th June.

Dave writes.....



First though I am pleased to be able to tell you that Ruth has finally taken delivery of her historical novel "The James Version, by R.E.Dugdall". Costing £6.99 Ruth hopes to be along on Tuesday night when she will have copies available for sale..



News of a Writers Workshop :



Short circuit II



Writing short stories for the magazine market. Jump over the agent and connect with the publisher



Ever thought about getting your work published in magazines? The magazine market provides one of the few remaining avenues for writers to send their work direct to a publisher. This workshop will focus on writing short
stories for the magazine market, look at the types of magazines that publish short fiction as well as how to submit your work. Practical exercises touching on the different styles of short fiction will give participants the
chance to experiment with their writing. As part of the day participants will receive feedback on the work they produce.



Linda Leatherbarrow is three times winner of the London Writers Competition. In 2001 she won the Bridport Prize and an Asham Award. Her stories have been widely published in magazines including Ambit, Cosmopolitan and Mslexia, in anthologies such as Even the Ants Have Names, Harlot Red, and The Nerve, and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Her short story collection Essential Kit is published by The Maia Press.



Saturday 25 June, York Room, Central Library, Ilford IG1 1EA. £10/£6 Concessions. Number of places available: 12



To book a place call 020 7735 3111 or you can book online at our website www.spreadtheword.org.uk




A reminder that our next meeting of the Scribblers will be at 7.30pm on Tuesday 7th June in the Felixstowe Library. The homework theme is "CYCLING". Hope to see you there with stories to tell!



News of Jack has filtered through from Caz who says:



We are back home again from Addenbrooke's and Jack is fine, just tired as you would expect. Jack has done really well having the chemotherapy with no side effects but I had better not shout that too loud.



We don't have to go back again until the 14th June, when Jack will have the next course of Chemotherapy so hope to spend the weekend taking Jack out for some fun. He loves Pleasurewood Hills so has asked his Dad if we can take a friend. We will of course as long as Jack stays well.



Again we would like to say 'thank you' once again for the continued support from all our Scribbler friends and would like to take this opportunity of saying it means so much that you are all there for us.



Will keep in touch and perhaps get some homework done if we have the time, as we may end up back in Ipswich Hospital for a while we'll just have to hope not.



Lots of love please pass this on to all our friends.



Caz, Karl and Jack xxx



Other news:



Having this evening tried to log on to the author site the following message has appeared:



"Account for domain author.co.uk has been suspended." One wonders if the site has closed for good or if this is just another blip in its recent troubled history.



A message from our friend Jan,



Whilst trawling through writing competition sites earlier when I went onto the entry form page online for both Middlesex University Press Literary Prize 2005 and Legend Award, the detection system we have installed on our pc, offered a severe malicious virus warning so be warned!





Keep Scribbling!





Dave