Subject: Felixstowe Scribblers Report of Meeting 16th August.

Felixstowe Scribblers Report of Meeting 16th August 2005

Apologies

were received from Sue on a caravan holiday whilst Judy is probably still trekking in Norway and Diane will likely be on Table Top mountain in South Africa when we sit down for our social!

In

attendance were

Kate, Alex, Peter, Liliane, Ruth, Lisa, Jack, Scott, Les, Morag, Tony, Gordon, Bill, Christine, Ann, Dick, Belinda, Rachel, Geoff, Caz, Mavis and Dave.

It was nice to see Jack at the meeting having just returned from another session of chemotherapy at Addenbrooks just a few hours earlier. Must mention his Mum Caz too, who was struggling all night with a bad back.

A SURPRISE

Welcome guests to the early part of the meeting were the 'brains' behind Felixstowe TV and the mini-series we - the Scribblers - created. Giles, the newly appointed production manager, accompanied Chris and Dot - or was it the other way about? Chris showed the film of the almost completed first episode - complete with our Tony and Jacky (Giles mother) running down Bent Hill. Three of the writers, Tony, Dick and Dave have parts whilst Ken is an extra and his son Damien, one of the men in black.

A very short clip that can still be viewed

http://www.felixstowetv.co.uk/miniserial/

Giles has formulated a shooting schedule and I would suggest if anyone would like to be extras that they phone or email Giles as soon as possible***************contact details removed*********** Alternatively contact Chris Gosling at controlroom@felixstowetv.co.uk

MEETING FORMAT The meeting ran very well this evening despite the Felixstowe TV 'extra' with everyone having time to be read and receive some feedback. The meeting finished, if I am not mistaken, spot on 10.00pm.

ADDED DIMENSION TO THE SCRIBBLERS

After every meeting Alex and Tony meet up at the Alex on the seafront. The last couple of times they have been joined by half a dozen Scribblers for an informal and enjoyable chat, not to say a good old cup of tea or coffee, or even a drop of the old fall down liquid. The invitation to meet up is open to everyone after meetings. It really rounds off the evening nicely. Great idea of Alex's….

TALKING OF ALEX

Alex tells us that the new web site should be uploaded in two or three day's time. The site will be felixstowe scribblers.com [I think] so keep an eye out for the new site. We have some ideas to make this a prime site for local writers. Don't forget too that Jan's Online Jotters will be part of the site too.

ONLINE JOTTERS INVITATIONS You should have received your invitation to join by now. I believe this will be a tremendous asset for the Scribblers and will certainly draw members in from outside the area - and internationally too. You can join by emailing

yours truly at Onlinejotters@yahoo.co.uk

BELINDA AND GEOFF

Belinda announced at the meeting that they will now be staying for an extra month in Suffolk and so Belinda hopes to be at two more meetings before embarking on their big journey home. They'd better be quick because there has been an invitation for us Brits to emigrate to Oz as they need a bit of help running the place including training up their rugby and cricket teams and even to keep some of our forebears in check! Whoops, sorry Belinda and Geoff!

THE FAREWELL SOCIAL Belinda

and Geoff's farewell social will go ahead as planned. It has been booked for next Tuesday, 23rd August at the Grosvenor in Ranelagh Road, Felixstowe. Please note the time differs slightly from that in the last Report. We will meet at 7.30pm for 8.00pm

Suffice to say there will be several members going along to the social. So far they include Rachel, Morag, Liliane and daughter, Scott and his better half, Ken, Tony, Dick and Pearl, Kate, Ellen, Alex, Bill and Maureen, Les and Joan, Caz and Jack, Gordon and Rexie, Dave and of course our guests of honour, Belinda and Geoff. If I have missed anyone out I apologise, but Caz has the list… Anyone else who would like to join us should either email Caz (preferably) at

cazwilkinson@ntlworld.com or Dave at scribblers@ntlworld.com

OTHER NEW Former Scribbler Georgina Wroe is now editor of a new gardening glossy "Grow Your Own (Fresh Food From Your Garden). She invites readers' letters along with the star letter receiving a £50 Kings Seeds Voucher.
If you haven't seen a copy then I am assured they are available at all good newsagents. Further details from Grow Your Own, email hayley.webster@aceville.co.uk

SCOTT

Scott has informed us that he is now able to attend all Scribblers meetings and not miss out chunks of the year. Great news for us!

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

A Committee meeting has been called for Tuesday 30^th August at 7.30 at Caz's. Hopefully committee members will be able to attend. Any items for the agenda should be sent to Dave scribblers@ntlworld.com

as soon as possible.

HELP PLEASE Does anyone please know of a good second hand local computer shop where I can purchase a cheap temporary monitor for my computer?

And so to the readings!

The long pieces were read out by Scott and Morag - Scott providing a fearsome tale of Baa Baa Black Beard, shall we say a sheepish kind of pirate? Morag read the prologue from her latest novel "Muddy Boots & Mishaps" which is now on sale as an e-book at

www.littlelemur.com

The came the 500 word masterpieces - how can one remember all the information and talent that our group regularly provides?

Kate began with some beautiful words in her poem "Amen" followed by her "Pirates" homework. Tony followed with "The Long Road North" another true tale of tragedy in the pop world, before Ruth read out part of the second chapter of her new novel which has to be completed and sent to an Agent by the start of September. To ensure she meets this target Ruth is writing 2,000 words a day! That's some going and - best of luck with the Agent! Lisa wrote a lovely piece again. Based on young mums and their children 'Pirates of Putney' had a great twist in the tail! Les really was a 'Pirate King' of the boards whilst both Ann and Mavis provided vastly different tales entitled 'Pirates'. Ann's slipped nicely into a theme she has for an historically based novel that provided her with the opportunity for some exciting research. Mavis has found how the homework themes have helped to improve her writing skills along with a range of completely new subject material.

Liliane

shocked us all this time with 'I Fell in Love With A Space Pirate' - probably for the first time leaving her family a long way behind as she shot up amongst the stars. Belinda followed that with 'Double Edged Sword' that covered a completely new style including astral projection - perhaps the start of a long story or even a novel. Rachel continues to provide beautifully crafted poetic words this time with 'Pirates'.

Jack

gained the first applause of the evening when he read out his poem 'A Pirate Through and Through' in which he had everyone joining in the verse! Christine shared her 'Sailors Song' whilst Peter read out 'Winged Pirates' from the bird life in his garden.

Caz

reminded the more 'mature' writers amongst us of the days of 'Pirate Radio' stations like Caroline and Radio London, whilst Bill provided an intriguing physiological tale of 'Captain Morgan's Rum Do'

Only Gordon could drum up another wonderful X rated story 'Rough Passage for Little Noddy' for the younger hearted amongst us! Dick came up with a real modern day drama in his pirate story 'Thames Trauma' whilst Alex admitted that his homework had been pirated away!

Bringing up the rear, Dave ably assisted by Dick, provided a dialogue 'Pirates' based on the two rustic old characters Bill and Bert who feature in Felixstowe TV's mini-serial.

A tremendous evening's entertainment with the writing improving so very noticeably from meeting to meeting. It has been said before and I make no excuses for repeating it - every meeting is a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
Thankyou Scribblers!

THE NEXT HOMEWORK

The new homework assignment has been chosen by Gordon and is 'Nasty Shock' with Kate and Dick nominated for the 1,500 word open themed work while the rest of us are tied to a strict maximum of 500 words for the themed homework.

Our next Felixstowe Scribblers meeting is in THREE weeks time on Tuesday 6^th September at the usual 7.30pm start time. Before that will be our Social at the Grosvenor on Tuesday 23^rd August at 7.30 then on the 30^th the Committee will be meeting to discuss many important issues.

Until Tuesday,

Keep Scribbling!

Dave.

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There are no ads this time, instead here's something amusing
that Margareta has forwarded to us from Salzburg. In keeping with the
homework theme it is entitled:

Playing Long John Silver

A man went into the pet shop. "I am playing Long John Silver in the local amateur dramatic societies version of
Treasure Island and need a parrot to sit on my shoulder." he said.

"I don't have any parrots at the moment, but for playing theatre I think you could rather use a stuffed parrot, just as realistic and easily controlled."

"Are you sure a stuffed parrot would be OK? " Asked the customer " I do want this performance to be as realistic as possible."

"I am sure a stuffed parrot would be fine." said the pet shop owner " I have one at home. I'll bring it in, and if you come back on Thursday you can have it ".

" Sorry " said the customer " I can't make it on Thursday. That's the day I'm having my leg cut off."