Has anyone seen Linda? Did we even know
what week it was? Had the four members that turned up for the meeting got it
wrong? We blame Linda’s absence on Tony and decide that in future,
SVA members are to be monitored on performance, attendance and quality of cake.
Luckily Annie was able to confirm that Linda had not succumbed to any
misfortune and had only forgotten the date.
Back to business…
Annie continues to work on her children’s
short stories; we hope to read a revamped version at the next meeting. Meanwhile
Izzie is just back from a short break in Pembrokeshire, where she’s been
reviewing a popular holiday destination. Rob has tickets available for his book
launch on 13th March at St George’s Hall and at time of writing this post, his
books should have arrived – exciting news indeed. Tony continues to astound
fellow members of the group, with a dissertation on the go as well as full-time
work - it’s incredible that he finds the time to sleep, let alone write anything
and enter short story competitions.
Tony submitted a short story, ‘One of the
Few,’ for the group to critique. While we were bemused by McKenzie’s acceptance
of the time traveller and thought that the horrors of war could be added to,
general consensus was - a deceptively simple story creating
great intrigue throughout. The title was especially clever as it linked to
Churchill’s famous wartime speech from 1940 and this created a sense of relief
for the main character. After suggested revisions and praise for the story,
Tony went on to explain that this was written for children and a previous short
story using the same characters had been published in Aquila Magazine.
And so, after an interesting meeting we
arranged to meet at Izzie’s on 10th February, with Annie to submit.
Please can everyone remind Linda.
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