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Severn Valley Authors has been meeting on Tuesdays since its
inception but now in the first radical change in our format (we’re nothing if
we’re not flexible) we’re considering changing to Monday evenings. Our next
meeting will be on Monday 8th June at Rob’s with Jayne submitting.
Will we end up agreeing with the BTs? Watch this space.
Our ranks were depleted once again with Linda being en-route
back from a break in Lisbon and Chris having work commitments. We whizzed
through news, focusing mostly on Izzie’s success with her blog. She’s been
commissioned to write more pieces. She’s way ahead of the rest of us when it
comes to earnings from writing. Rob appeared on a panel of three novelists at a
Readers Event in Dudley which was very enjoyable.
Annie read two pieces of work. We all thought that The Big
Little Book of Opposites was a brilliant and original idea. The group commented
favourably on the sillier rhyme choices: "As hot as mosquitos’ burritos; as cold
as midges’ fridges", but felt that the more sensible choices: "As prickly as
Porcupine’s spines", would not appeal to children as much.
We were also treated to the prequel to Polly
Poodle’s Pamperina where we learned how Polly came to own a beauty salon for
pooches. Annie is acting on advice from another writing group that specialises
in writing for children who have suggested that she needs the first Polly book
to have a story arc that ends with Polly opening her shop. This group can see
the sense of this but feels that one of Annie’s strengths - and her greatest
appeal to children - is her anarchic writing. We like and admire her zany ideas
and feel that the storyline straitjacket is cramping her natural style. There
were lots of positives in terms of the way she has created a backstory for
Polly but we’d like to see more mayhem!
See you next Monday!
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