Transmissions this week

The following should be broadcast this week 

Felixstowe radio 107.5 fm/internet  weds 21.00-21.30 
Program 29 
Sword of the Kings ch 9 
Book - Su, Brackets - Becci, Sam Wunnells - David, 
Zcshiddte ver Brainnze - Brian, Encompi Tant - Martin, 
Eimer Deville - Sheila, Enor Muss - Robin 
Government Inspector Act 5      Anna - Ann, Mayor - Alan, 
Judge/Luka's wife - Sheila, Charities - Angela, Postmaster - 
David, Korobkin - Brian, Korobkin's wife/Marya - Alison,
Bobchinsky - Pete, 
Dobchinsky - Robin, Luka - Tony 
A cage for your perfect life - Susie (written by Susie Halsey 

ICR 105.7 fm/ internet fri 12.30-1300 
Program 21 
Sword of the Kings ch 7 
Book - Richard, Brackets - Becci, Shoop O'Lish - Martin, Allirog - Robin, 
Pescia Inatime - Alison, Allirog's father - Pete, 

Government Inspector Act 3 
Dobchinsky - Robin, Anna - Anne, Marya - Alison, Osip - Tony, 
Mishka - Sheila, Khlestakov - Brian Mayor - Alan, Charities - 
Angela Torment (the Awakening) - Pete 
I've decided I think - Les (written by Les Smith) 
My friend Dewberry - Tony (written by Les Smith) 

Programs 1 - 20 can be heard at Mixcloud/suffolkreadingfestival 

Never a truer word...

Our Next Meeting

Well the Book Festival is well and truly over, our quite successful 'Meet the Scribblers and Lost Sock Event' is behind us now, the anthologies are printed and will be available for sale at the meeting on Tuesday priced at just £5.

Yes our next meeting is on Tuesday 1st July in The Room at the Top starting at 7.30pm. The homework theme this time is SEA, so the usual word count will apply.

Hope to see you there...

Keep Scribbling!!!

Available today

Our new Anthology is now available and will be launched at the Meet the Scribblers event at the Library today.

There are stories and poems from 21 different Scribblers
and at just £5 is a real bargain buy.

Start time for the ticketed event at the Library is 5.00pm.

Meet The Scribblers and The Lost Sock

It's today... just a few tickets left at  present - and will be available at the Library.

Start time 5pm - you will need to be there about 10 minutes before as library doors will be closed at 5pm.

Remember, the tickets are FREE...!

The Felixstowe Book Festival is today and tomorrow so please support the events.

Meet The Scribblers Tickets available at Felixstowe Library

Saturday is approaching at speed... soon you will be able to meet the Scribblers at the Library and watch their film 'The Lost Sock'.

The event takes place this Saturday (28th) from 5pm until 7pm in The Room at the Top. 

Tickets are limited but are free of charge so please contact the Library to book yours. 

Look forward to meeting you on Saturday!

The Word Runs Through It

As I'm writing this on a train, I remember back to a few editions ago where we had an article or two on writers working their craft on trains.  It does have its good points I admit. Not many interruptions and the changing landscape can spark a few ideas.  

Along with a mixture of articles to pique your interest, our guest contributor Bruce Harris gives more suggestions on where ideas can come from.

Also,The Word... will be taking a bit of a summer break with the next edition coming out on the 22nd of July.

GUEST POST
What To Write About? 6 Places To Get Story Writing Ideas So you want to write but some times you get stuck on what to write about.  If your imagination isn't kicking in, Bruce gives a small but useful list of places you can go to get ideas.  Check it out and start getting inspired.  Have you already tried any of them?
Read the Full Post & Leave a Comment
LITERARY ROUNDUP
Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize Winners Announced This prize's aim is to promote "writers who really deserve the attention of a wide number of readers" and has recently announced its eight winners.  See who they are and discover new authors.

The 2014 PEN/Pinter Prize Goes To...Salman Rushdie
Salmon Rushdie was very moved to receive the award named after his friend Harold Pinter.  Pinter's widow said that Harold much admired Rushdie's work even before he met him.  Sounds like a perfect choice. 

The Creative Competitor 7 Day Creative Writing Challenge 

With a 1st prize of £250 and a closing date of the 5th of July, The Creative Competitor will email you a writing challenge once you sign up.  There is no set word count, with the emphasis being on imagination and the quality of writing.  

Flash 500: Novel Opening Chapter & Synopsis Competition
This annual competition which closes on the 31st of October, accepts opening chapters of up to 3,000 words with a one page novel synopsis.  The 1st prize is £500.

FAVOURITE READS
Bleak House by Charles Dickens Having recently been involved in a legal dispute over a property that lasted for almost 10 years, it's no wonder the short hand for it was Bleak House.   Charles Dickens does not pull his punches as he highlights the misery that the indifference of the Victorian legal system causes to the lives of all those who are unfortunate enough to become involved in the Jarndyce and Jarndyce dispute. Dark, threatening, funny and full of complex characters, Bleak House made Dickens reputation.

Also visit our selection of favourite books and tell us your top choices. 

INTERESTING TIDBITS

One-Hit Wonder Novelists - Who Are They? Some writers have written many books that people keep on reading over the ages while others are just known for one book.  Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird"is a perfect example of an author who wrote a well-known and controversial book, never to be heard from again.  Can you guess 6 others?

Unconventional Marketing Ploy Used to Sell Books 

First editions of Haruki Murakami's latest novel, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" will come with stickers designed by five Japanese artists.  Tsukuru means "to build" or "to make" so it follows that the purpose of the stickers is to "encourage the reader to decorate the novel themselves".  Stickers in adult fiction may not be the norm, but they do seem to gain a lot of press coverage. 

Decorate Your Walls with Digital Library Wallpaper 

If you have an empty wall space in your home that you want to jazz up a bit, here's an idea that's quicker than filling an actual bookcase - create your very own digital library wallpaper.  With an online tool, buyers can choose the bookcase design and books.  Once the wallpaper is up, they can then scan and download each book using their phone or tablet.  An interesting concept with the drawback that you can't add any more books after the wallpaper is bought. 

"No One Reads Poetry Any More" - Really? The Poetry Archive Shows Otherwise
With 350 poets and 200,000 unique monthly visitors on this site, The Poetry Archive is a wonderful place to go and listen to your favourite poets or discover new ones.  It has recordings of "historic" and "contemporary" poets along with introductions, biographies and other educational tools to ensure that poets' voices don't get lost.  After their recent relaunch, visitors can now download practically everything on the site.  

NEWS PICKS

Homeless Man Reviews and Sells Books on the Street Instead of Begging How many times have you walked by a homeless person with a look of pity, disdain or worse still, looked right through them like they weren't even there.   Well, I'll guarantee that you'll take notice of this homeless South African man.  Philani goes to a different corner every day with his constantly changing library and sets up an improvised literary discussion group and bookshop.  He raises money by reviewing his books to anyone who will listen and then sells them.

Film Adaptation of Philip Roth's "American Pastoral" to Star Ewan McGregor 

Since the book won the Pulitzer Prize, the film adaptation was whispered to be not long in coming.   So many years later, it's now going to happen with filming beginning in 2015.  Ewan McGregor will play the lead role as Swede Levov, continuing his trend of working in adaptations of major American works of literature.  Roth's other novels that have been made into films have only gotten mixed success which makes one wonder if this will be have a more rewarding result.  

The Biggest Find in Spanish Literature 

Pablo Neruda has been deemed "the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language".  Now we can enjoy even more of his poems after 20 unpublished ones were found in his manuscripts that were kept in Chile at the Pablo Neruda foundation. They are of "extraordinary quality" and range from love poems to ones about everyday objects.  News of the discovery comes as a Chilean judge orders new tests on Neruda's body which was exhumed last April to determine if he had been murdered by the Pinochet regime.  The poems will be published later this year in Latin America and in 2015 in Spain.

Sir Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" Officially in the Public Domain
Doyle's heirs had insisted that a license was required on the whole Sherlock Holmes character and were successful in getting it granted until a lawsuit was filed against the Doyle estate.  A 7th circuit judge ruled that there is no basis or law for extending a copyright after its expiration especially if it means a "nearly perpetual copyright".  

INTERACTION 

submitted Writing & Writing Challenges
We're very happy to announce that we have a  story submitted by Paul Williams for this month's writing challenge.     Time: Entry #1 - The Clock She said the present was special, that it was much more than it looked.  To me it was special because it was given when she had no money.  Was it for my 18th or 21st?  I can't quite remember.  However it was one of those significant times, a supposedly awe-inspiring life changing moment. "Now you're a man, start acting like one.  Finish that pint and I'll get you another". All the significant times before were only truly great if you couldn't remember them; if your mind had become blurred by drink and some gloriously stupid act had been performed.  Something to look back on, for old friends to warm themselves by in later, more stressful times.
Please give Paul your support by leaving feedback.

Feedback to previous writing submission and challenges are always appreciated by the writers. 

Leave your comments for any or all of the writing submissions here. 

Leave your comments for  past writing challenges here. 

 If you'd like to submit your own writing, you can always do so here. 

Virtual Readers' Group
Have you read our book for this month "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey? Tell us what you thought about it.  If you know anyone who belongs to a reading group that would be interested in profiling it on our site, please direct them here.
YOUR WORDS
Special thanks to Bruce Harris for his post: "What To Write About? 6 Places To Get Story Writing Ideas"    If you'd like to contribute an article or write a book review, please visit "Add Your Words".

SIGNING OFF WITH: Theodore Roosevelt 

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Felixstowe and Ipswich Radio schedules

Felixstowe radio 107.5 fm/internet  weds 21.00-21.30
Program 28
Sword of the Kings ch 9
Book - Su, Brackets - Becci, Sam Wunnells - David, Timothy Whiteboots -Alan 
Zcshiddte ver Brainnze - Brian Eimer Deville - Sheila
Government Inspector Act 5   Anna - Ann, Mayor - Alan, Merchants - Angela/Tony, 

Judge - Sheila, 
Charities - Angela, Guests - Alison, Brian, Robin
The Rebel - Robin (written by Beryl Sabel)
Light - Angela (written by Jack Wilkinson)

ICR 105.7 fm/ internet fri 12.30-1300
Program 20
Sword of the Kings ch 6
Book - Becci, Brackets - Pete, Eimer Deville - Sheila, Sam Wunnells - David 
Cherry Blossom - Angela, Dr. Armin Trubbell - Alan, Lophia Soren - Debbie C
Government Inspector Act 2
Khlestakov - Brian, Waitress - Angie, Mayor - Alan, Bobchinsky - Pete, 
Dobchinsky - Robin
The Present - Angela (written by Beryl Sabel)

Programs 1 - 19 can be heard at Mixcloud/suffolkreadingfestival

Swoon Reads

Published in May 2015: Velvet by Temple West!

Are you ready for another round of Swoon Reads book announcements? We're so pumped to share the first book on our second list with you: Velvet by Temple West.

In this paranormal romance, aspiring designer Caitlin is less than trilled about starting a new school, moving in with her aunt, and life in general. That all changes when her bad-boy neighbor Adrian saves her from a terrifying supernatural force. It turns out Adrian isn't just super-hot— he's supernatural! When Adrian becomes Caitlin's self-appointed bodyguard, the two pretend to date to throw off suspicion. Trouble is, Caitlin begins to fall for Adrian for real, but a half-demon vampire can never love a human...

Temple West was was born in Phoenix, raised in Seattle, and educated in LA. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinematic Production. She likes to describe herself as a nerdster (70% nerd, 30% blue-haired hipster), and spends too much time on Twitter as @ByTempleWest , where she mostly re-posts Doctor Who and Firefly crossover memes while writing funny things about being a YA paranormal romance author/hermit. Temple currently lives in Seattle, WA.

Meet the Scribblers and discover ‘The Lost Sock’

Below is the advert for our event that appears on the Felixstowe Book Festival website. As you can see it shows the main event as the film ‘The Lost Sock’

This is an all ticket event and places are limited so, scribblers, if you want to come along then please contact me as soon as possible at scribblers@btinternet.com.

The event will also double as our anthology book launch. A decision has been made that the anthologies will sell for £5 each. It may seem quite cheaply priced but we are hoping they will be good sellers. Perhaps you will be prepared to sell some on our behalf.

Saturday 28th June from 5pm until 7pm at Felixstowe Library

Meet the Scribblers and discover ‘The Lost Sock’

Here is your opportunity to find out about Felixstowe Scribblers and the creative work they do. Join them to watch the first ever full length feature film to be completely conceived, created, filmed and edited in Felixstowe using local actors, locations and extras! Felixstowe Scribblers rose to the challenge to write eleven short episodes of a soap opera for the fledgling Felixstowe TV. Each Scribbler provided ideas that were incorporated into the script. ‘The Lost Sock’ had a massive Internet following which led to the series being produced as a film and premièred on the big screen at the Spa Pavilion.

Contact scribblers@btinternet.com for your tickets. Tickets are free.

Meeting Report for 17th June 2014.

Felixstowe Scribblers Meeting Report for 17th June 2014.

In attendance: Les, Dick, Rani, Liliane, Tom, Tony, Barry, Cathy, Susie H, Bruce, Ali, Aidan, Richard, Caz and Dave.

Apologies were received from Derek, Carolyn, Beryl, Jane and Martin.

Welcome back.

It was nice that Aidan could attend Scribblers again and also that Rani was able to make one of her few visits from London.

Email problems.

Since BT Yahoo email accounts have been transferred to the new BT email account, countless problems have arisen making the use of my two main profiles extremely frustrating. When sending emails from the scribblers account they will show the primary account name - viz Dave Feakes -  until BT can find a solution for the problem! 

The Anthology.
The update on the Anthology is that the proof has been received and looks fine so the go-ahead has been given to Gipping Press for them to begin the print run.

The short story that was to be read in conjunction with the Book Festival advertising was cancelled by Felixstowe Radio on the day of the event. Unfortunately this has not been rescheduled.

The Book Festival:

We understand that the seating capacity of 30 has been reduced to 20 for our Meet the Scribblers event that will show the film “The Lost Sock.” Tickets are free but when asked who wanted to attend the show half of those present would not be available.

Although trying to obtain the tickets so that those who wish to come along will be able to see the film, it is becoming another logistical headache.

Any Scribblers who would like to come along to see the film please contact Dave who will have tickets available. If you wish to bring your spouse or partner along then again, please let Dave know.

Email scribblers@btinernet.com

Please remember the event is on Saturday 28^th June in the Library starting at 5pm. As the doors will be closed promptly at 5pm please arrive a few minutes early.

An offer was made by the Book Festival organiser, Meg Reid, for Scribblers to have reduced price tickets at the Library on Sunday (29^th) at 3.30 when a Polish writer and a poet will talk about their work and what it means to be a contemporary Polish writer. Again please email Dave at scribblers@btinernet.com

Our Picturesque Evening.

This evening was another ‘different’ evening. It was our photographic creative writing event which meant everyone bringing in a photograph (or two), selecting one from the down faced photos and then creating a story, or in one case a poem, inspired by the image in front of them.

There were photos of puppies, lobster pots, family pictures, glass window roundels, rivers, narrow lanes and many more besides.

Some writers don’t enjoy working in front of colleagues especially with a little bit of pressure to complete their task. Tonight, with the unlikeliest of images for inspiration, was another excellent and successful meeting with a really high standard of diverse stories produced in just twenty-five minutes writing time. This report does not contain any individual reports of the work produced. It just goes to show you should have been there to hear the stories!

A great evening - perhaps one day someone - Tony? - will record a 'live' meeting such as this and share the eclectic works with a wider audience. Food for thought!

Our next meeting...

...is on 1st July when the homework assignment is to write up to 1,000 words on "Sea". Such an ideal topic for a seaside resort perhaps!

(It might be prudent to mention that there is no compulsion to write on the chosen subject so never feel obliged to do it. Any of your work is always acceptable providing it falls within the given word limit.)

Before that please remember our own event at the Library on 28^th June when we hope you will support us.

Hope to see you at both our event and our next Scribblers meeting.

Until then,

Keep Scribbling!!!

Picturesque meeting...

Sometimes the thought occurs that many writers have a fear of working in front of colleagues when under a little bit of pressure to complete their task.

It is reassuring that the fifteen members at Scribblers tonight proved it to be untrue for with fifteen different photographs each writer selected one from the face down selection and... goodness... what a high standard of diverse stories were produced in twenty-five minutes writing time.

Every story, and even one poem, provided excellent scenarios from photos of puppies, lobster pots, family pictures, glass window roundels, rivers, narrow lanes and many more beside.

A great evening - perhaps one day someone will record a 'live' meeting such as this and share the eclectic works with a wider audience.

Our next meeting is on 1st July when the homework theme will be to write up to 1,000 words on "Sea". Ideal for a seaside resort perhaps!

Before that don't forget the Meet the Scribblers event as part of the Felixstowe Book Festival  here in the Library on Saturday 28th June at 5pm. Free tickets need to be booked as only limited numbers are available.

Let Dave know your requirements at scribblers@btinternet.com

Keep Scribbling!!!

Tony and Felixstowe Radio schedule

The following should be broadcast this week 
Felixstowe radio 107.5 fm/internet weds 21.00-21.30 
Program 27 Sword of the Kings ch 9 
Book - Su, Brackets - Becci, Sam Wunnells - David, Timothy Whiteboots -  
Alan 
Government Inspector Act 4 Marya - Alison, Khlestakov - Brian, Anna -  
Ann, Mayor - Alan, Osip/The Postilion - Tony All the sunsets - Robin  
(written by Martin Ward) 
Animal Weapons - Alan (written by Jack Wilkinson) 
Going to see Frank and Sue - Debbie C (written by Jack Wilkinson) 

ICR 105.7 fm/ internet fri 12.30-1300 
Program 19 Sword of the Kings ch 6 
Book - Becci, Brackets - Pete, Eimer Deville - Sheila, Zschiddte ver  
Brainnze - Brian, Sam Wunnells - David 
Shoop O'lish - Martin, Cherry Blossom - Angie, Dr. Armin Trubbell - Alan 
Government Inspector Act 2 
Khlestakov - Brian, Osip - Tony, Waitress - Angie, Mayor - Alan 
Life and Living - Robin (written by Suzi Griffiths) 
Remembrance day - Richard (written by Richard Bradshaw) 

Programs 1 - 18 can be heard at Mixcloud/suffolkreadingfestival 

Hope you enjoy them 

All the best Tony 

Our Next Meeting

Just a reminder about next week’s meeting at The Room at the Top. It will be a creative writing exercise based on a photograph or postcard. If you would all like to bring one along then we can select our choice for the evening. The last photographic exercises we held were a lot of fun, coupled with some really great imaginative writing. So hope you can come along. The meeting takes place on Tuesday 17^th June with its usual start time at 7.30pm.

We have just heard from our friend Angela Petch who has some good news. She says:

“Found out I have been shortlisted for an on-line flash fiction competition.

You can vote but don’t feel you have to. The judges stress it isn’t a personality competition!

Fellow writers, it is a fun concept - and free to enter! Rare these days. Only rules are it has to be less than 500 words - hyphenated words count as 2....so, be careful of that. And you have to incorporate the 3 designated words into the story....the stories I have read on their site are quite wacky - so it is a chance to let your imagination rip!

“Feedback would be very welcome - but why don’t you have a go? The site is www.mashstories.com Go to home page and scroll down under the competition heading and click on short listed stories. Angela xx”

Hope to see everyone on Tuesday so until then...

Keep Scribbling!!! 

POET AND STORYTELLER

I will be reading a selection of my own homespun light hearted  tales and poems at the New Wolsey Studio theatre this coming Saturday (14th) 2.30pm It would be lovely to see some other scribblers there. The tickets are £8.50p but if you quote FOLK25 you can get 2 for the price of 1.

Perhaps you would be kind enough to let your members know..

Very best wishes and keep writing,

Doreen Reed
Poet and Storyteller
Norfolk www.doreenreedpoet.com

Meeting Report for 3rd June 2014.

In attendance: Tony, Richard, Susie H, Liliane, Jane, Les, Beryl, Dick, Martin, Dave and two new faces, Ali and Bruce.

Apologies were received from Derek, Aidan, Carolyn, Tom, Suzy G, Barry and Caz.

Welcome.

We welcomed Ali and Bruce to the meeting. Ali enjoys writing and interestingly is related to the famous round the world sailor, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. Bruce is a highly accomplished writer having creative writing courses behind him, written two novels, stories and plays. Both are looking to join a writing group and hopefully they will have enjoyed their first visit to Scribblers.

It was nice to see Susie back with us once again after moving home.

The Anthology.

The anthology draft was delivered to Gipping Press last Friday with a few more pages than originally requested – meaning that the price has been increased by something like £6.

Having finally had contact with Felixstowe Radio, a short story will be read on Friday to link up with the Book Festival advertising. As Beryl is not available Fridays, then Dave has volunteered to step in.

The Book Festival:

We have been asked to read a short story in conjunction with The Book Festival advert which will be broadcast on Felixstowe Radio. Originally Beryl was to read one on our behalf but is not available for the specified time so that task will fall

More stories please!

All the entries from the Bill Budner competition have been passed to Tony for possible future broadcast in one of the slots on Felixstowe and ICR radio stations. 

Our Weblog.

I am not certain what has happened but I am both pleased and astonished that the number of hits on the weblog for last month, May, reached a staggering 2,254 posts beating our previous haigh figure set in March 2012 of 1,779. Are we popular or what?

Presentation.

Beryl was to have made a small presentation to Caz for her efforts in obtaining funding and also for making a donation to our funds. Unfortunately Caz was unable to be with us tonight and, as Beryl will be absent next time, the gift will be delivered in the next day or two.

Now the Mining Town stories.

Beryl: Coalville: 
Never volunteer. Everyone in the army knows that. But Tom, my husband, volunteered to train as a cook in North London he was told, near our home. It was a fabrication, the course was in Glasgow. He was posted to Leicestershire and with the blitz under way we rented a place near to where Tom was stationed. That’s how we ended up in Coalville a bleak mining town that came into existence in the 19^thcentury with the discovery of coal. Our landlady’s daughter used to let me hold baby Georgie. His palms were black with grime but I was told to leave them as it meant he would go down the mines like his father and grandfather before him.

Tony: The Great Kidney Stone Mining Disaster: 
Another of Tony’s creations that begins with the mine manager, Arthur ‘Scarface’ Ligg having just employed the famous bounty hunter, Egawes Dabknits who might need assistance. Sam asked why they were referred to as treacle mines as ore was normally hard. It transpired that Lake Sidekarpark was formed during the Great Tachoclysm from what was a volcano and much of the ore that was first found was still in a molten state and, like treacle, it stuck.

Susie H: Mining Town: Closely cluttered cottages propping each other up, sagging roofs, dripping gutters, stinging pain of icy blasts. A ghost town with its boarded up shops and silent streets. The hard granite faced town looks down to its past. Rich veins are spent, mineral lords snatched their wealth then plundered elsewhere. Cornwall’s white glistening silica beaches, formed from mining operations, Once home to aching malnourished bodies the mining town has new nourished inhabitants living under the iconic blue sky and Cornish sun. The pain of history washes into the sea.  

Liliane: The Last Bottle: 
The last bottle of whiskey in the deserted mining town stood in front of him on the table. After the mine closed down the place became a ghost town, everyone dying or deserting. When old Sam died, old Mikey buried him; no-one would come looking for him. Mikey, the last survivor, wanted to escape the hellhole but there was no petrol for his rusting vehicle, no transport, only the encroaching desert. He was finished. Taking a last look at the crumbling town, Mikey cradled the last bottle in his arms and walked into the vast emptiness beyond.   

Jane: The Real Fantasy: 
Tom got the idea from a film; write down your top three fantasies and swop them with your partner. Your sex life would be re-ignited. Lying in bed Tom gave Linda paper and pencil to write her list but she wasn’t in the mood, her mind as blank as the paper. In the morning when Tom went off to football, Linda promised to write her list then but struggled for ideas. When she heard Tom come home she quickly wrote down ‘whipped cream’. It would be messy, she’d have to change the sheets but if they did it often enough the cholesterol would get him!  

Martin: Voices from the Heartland: 
Having set the homework theme, Martin produced one of his most powerful works based on the mid-eighties Miners Strike and the confrontation and brutality of the enforcing powers. Always a strong writer, his vivid words were probably the best of the night.

Richard: Angry Mining Town (poem) and Geography Lesson (poem): 
Richard has found strength in his poetry, both his contributions strong in description and telling the story of the pits. From his first poem; ‘Rewards for the rewarded, but not for the miners; Toiling beneath manicured, tuxedo country.’ In his second a fog of geography tells the loss of our British mines replaced with coal by cheap labour, cheap lives in South Africa, or Chile, or China or other unpronounceable places.

Les: Mount Olive: 
Henry looked at his equipment, rope, nylon clothes line, two dozen six inch nails and a claw hammer. A quarter of cough sweets, an extra jumper, two pairs of sock and his wellies. Ready to climb Mount Olive, it was better than being with that boring lot from the coach. Off he went, equipment in a Tesco bag. He realised the summit was a long way up and rested halfway only to see the mirage of Mrs Brocklebank walking down, then encountered jeering schoolchildren. Finally achieving the impossible he reached the summit. Later Henry limped back into the hotel only for Mrs Brocklebank to state ‘It’s a lovely view from the top isn’t it?’

Dick: Deadwood South Dakota: 
The story of Emily Lucas the wife of Abraham of Deadwood’s Quiet Waters General Store. Overlooked by the Black Hills, this was sacred Sioux land. In 1874 someone discovered gold in those hills. As prospective miners arrived so the Abraham’s charged them exorbitant prices for their needs. They had arrived in the mining town and invested in wood and carpenters to build their store from which they sold everything apart from booze. The town was riddled with harlots and drunks, gamblers, miners and gunslingers so a town marshall was employed to bring law and order - James Butler Hickock, better known as Wild Bill Hickock.

Dave: Forgotten History: 
Family history is a strange thing, it leads you to places where you never dreamed of going. A unfamiliar name on the family tree led to a Yorkshire Mining Town where an explosion claimed 23 lives, including George whose widow Maude, died ten months later of a broken heart.

Our next meeting is in TWO WEEKS time on Tuesday 17th June which will be the special creative writing session on a photograph or postcard. Please bring your own choice along if you wish, then one will be chosen for us to write about. Should be fun!

Hope to see everyone next time, so

Keep Scribbling!

In memory of our Jack

So I've already mentioned it a few times vaguely, but I can now properly announce that my original musical adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" will be performed in concert at Jerwood Dance House, Dance East in Ipswich on the 31st January 2015 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm under my brand new theatre company "Wide Eye Productions" - all the proceeds will be going towards "Jack's 21st" and it's safe to say that I'm BLOODY EXCITED! PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SINGING MY SONGS AHHHHH!!! Tickets going on sale soon,     Wade Ablitt.

Our meeting

With seven call-offs through holidays etc., it was expected that our numbers would be significantly down on usual levels. The fact is that we had twelve present including two new faces and once again the evening was a fruitful affair.

The subject matter 'Mining Town' was a decidedly hard challenge yet the Scribblers once again showed their prowess and provided both true and creative accounts that made for another very interesting evening's entertainment.

Our next meeting will be our photographic homework which is really a creative writing session. Members are asked to bring along a photograph or postcard with one being chosen as the subject for the evening. The meeting takes place on Tuesday 17th June.

Until then,

Keep Scribbling!!!

TONIGHT

Our meeting this evening starts at 7.30pm in The Room at the Top. The homework assignment was set for up to 1,000 words on "Mining Town". Some feel this is quite a challenge for our part of mine-less Suffolk. It's all about being creative so here's hoping for another selection of great stories! 

Don't forget this is not a compulsory element to our meeting. If you prefer to share other work then that is fine just as long as the word count remains at 1,000 words or less.

Hope to see you there tonight.

Keep Scribbling!!!