THE RAM’S HEAD REVIEW

Aug. 12, 2007

Thursday night saw Bob, Ellie, Gemma and myself here to honour The Muse. Margaret was still not well, Amanda’s schedule just too full, and a prospective new member also fell ill. Something going around?

Bob is going great guns with his rewrite, finally enjoying the actual writing. Said he was writing till 9:00 p.m. the evening before, and that’s a first. Bob wrote that in the jewllery business his Dad had said that you have to keep your mouth shut. Unfortunately, his mother had told a client’s wife they were making a gorgeous ring for her, but the ring was for the client’s girlfriend. So then they had to hurry and make another ring for the wife. While Bob went to work in the office, his brother Alfred had left to work elsewhere until 1950, when he came back and went into sales, travelling by car as far east as Winnipeg. There was a union strike in Dec. 1950, which lasted 9 months. It was a lot of work to rebuild afterward. In 1954, hematite (Alaska Black Diamond) became a popular seller. It was imported from Germany. And we heard that the size of engagement rings was very important.

Ellie described the interior of the jewelsmith’s house and workshop. Skiver, the dwarf, tells him to let Tassie get them refreshments, and then becomes upset that she isn’t there. She’s been gone 6 days. The jewelsmith tells him Tor is following her, but as her guardian, the dwarf is still horrified. They each have a brandy, and Skiver tells the jewelsmith that the Wasau people have begun to move. They are nomads.

I read my letter to the editor that was published in The Vancouver Sun on Friday, Aug. 10th. Then I read Chapter 38 in my novel, which sees Cam and Tanner and Miles looking for Fiona. Tanner goes to check out the excavation area, while Cam and Miles head to the office. Passing Dan on the road, Cam tells Miles to follow him while he goes to check the office. He finds the door unlocked, the back patio door open, but no sign of his mother, until he leaves and finds her keys on the ground. He doesn’t hear any noise from the shed because the dog next door is barking. He then runs off to find Tanner.

Gemma read the beginning of a short story that she wants to further develop. It had a very powerful beginning, with an injured woman in an elevator, remembering how she had unknowingly married a drug dealer. Of course, we all wanted to hear a lot more detail to this story, and offered suggestions for character development. We really want to hear this story completed.

Next meeting here at my place, Thursday, August 16th at 7:00 p.m. Hope to see you then with your sacred text in hand. May The Muse be with in the meantime.

Lisa