Erskine Writers

 Tuesday 6th January

The first meeting of the new year showed an attendance which was decimated by the ills of the season with apologies being received from, amongst others, Sandra M, Rob, Joan, john M, Joyce, Jackie and Linda. Order of the day was the announcement of the results of the Memoire Writing Competition adjudicated by Roger Glass which were as follows:

First was Rob with ‘Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye’, followed by Brian and ‘Wilderness’ and in third place was Sandra R’s ‘The Photograph’. highly commended were Irene with ‘Nineteen’ and Hilary’s ‘The Times are a-changing’ and Joan’s ‘The End’ was commended. Rodge provided very good critiques for all entries plus a general handout with advice for all the group.

Next week will be our book reviews and hopefully the gremlins will have vanished giving us a better (in both senses of the word) turn out. Just a quick reminder that the short piece of humorous writing (400 words) for our next competition are to be with Morag by midnight on Tuesday 13th January and also any SAW entries are to be sent in by 11th January.

Rob