Members of Erskine Writers were delighted to attend the
annual Scottish Association of Writers Conference at the weekend, although our
numbers were a little decreased. The wonderful Westerwood Hotel did us proud
again, with an endless supply of meals, tea and coffee, as well as delicious
fruit drinks and cakes at coffee time.
There was a very good range of workshops and adjudications
with something for everyone no matter what our writing interest, including
novels, short stories, articles, poetry, inspiration, YA, children’s. Our
after-dinner speaker this year was the funny and approachable Helen Lederer who
kept us well entertained.
Amongst the competitions, our own Cathie Devitt was
commended in the Pitlochry Crime Novel. Well done to Cathie! Myra Duffy and
Victoria Gemmell were both adjudicators this year and delivered excellent
critiques in their categories, as well as each running a workshop over the
weekend. One of our members, Pete Marrison, carved the beautiful trophy shown on the front of the programme! Myra was also on the Dragon’s Pen Panel, for which the trophy was awarded, so our club was well
represented.
Roll on next year when we hope to have even more members
attending.
Rosemary
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