For our second meeting of 2012 saw another great turn out with nine people turning up. This was probably down to the fact that poet Jane McKie came along to present a short workshop focusing on the words and metaphors people use in their work (a full post on her workshop will be posted shortly!) We also saw the arrival of two new members Bill and Ionwen.
The news from tonight’s meeting was:
- On Thursday night Ironstone are having a Burn’s Nicht @ Waterstones to celebrate Burns Night that is on Wednesday.
- Also Quill are involved in a Burn’s Night Ceilidh on Saturday night (28/01/2012). Tickets are £25.
- There was a quick reminder that the Reader’s Digest 100 short story competition is closing on the 31st of January.
- Mslexia have just opened a new short story competition which closes on the 18th of March.
- Finally, Elspeth Murray is doing a workshop to celebrate Livingston’s 50th birthday on the 24th of March.
Sediment & Ancestor/Descendant – two poems from Barbara. The first was about a cup of tea with the second one being about family resemblances.
For Audrey – a short story by Anne. On a dark and stormy night a group of Bohemian women sit around the fire drinking wine and discuss a local ghost story.
Powerful – an autobiographical poem by Mary about her Dad.
Kibera - a poem from Ionwen about the main shanty town in Nairobi, Kenya.
Leopard Print High Heels – two short 100 words short stories about the topic of prostitution told from two different perspectives.
