February 18,
2007
Gung hei faat choy! Congratulations
and be prosperous in the year of the Pig. Even if you are a Ram.
Well, Hemingway was a no-show,
but there were nine of us anyway Thursday night to honour The Muse,
and St. Valentine, and of course, The Pig. And Susan brought us
fortune cookies to celebrate.
Robin had revised his short-short
that’s on our website as “Saint And Sinner”, with a biting twist
at the end. It is now a little longer and called “Saintly Valentine”,
with the required positive ending for a Valentine’s story. He
also read his poem “St. Valentine’s Day Adjusted” which originated
from our group poem. This one was really funny even though the
narrator didn’t get the girl.
Bob had brought a 500 peso
bank note from Argentina to show us. Someone had given it to him
a while back, and he wasn’t sure if it was real or not. And
Susan brought a geo-coin to show us. It had co-ordinates stamped
on it.
Bob read some more from his
history of the jewellery business. He told us of Swedish Jewellers
Ltd., a retailer on the North Shore. It was a business in which
the second wife took over the store in Park Royal South after the couple’s
divorce and was quite successful. She also designed some inovative
jewellery. The business was eventually sold in 1996.
Unfortunately, Lynette felt
herself starting to fade, and left the meeting early. We hope
she has recovered her strength and stamina.
Jean read to us her own rendition
of our group poem. Just amazing what has been accomplished with
it. She also told us she is working at plotting her story, the
one she had started reading previously.
Margaret read some more from
the Peabody collection. Now we see that Rev. Peabody and Rev.
Peacock are going to work together to remove the ghosts from the castle.
Susan read further about Barley
Lick, in first person. This chapter shows him the next morning
seeing Phyllis get in the helicopter with Newton, taking his place.
So he decides to catch up on his geo-cacheing for the contest.
He takes Stanley to Hi-Knoll Park, where they find a cache full of Kinder
toys. Barley takes a little troll, and leaves a Japanese cat.
I was lending Margaret a book on Short Story Writing, in which I had hi-lited tips that had caught my eye. From the book I read a list of tips to use to check your story when you have finished it. They were reminders of what the editor part of you should look at before submitting a story.
The next meeting will be here
at my place Thursday, February 22nd at 7:00 p.m. Hope
to see you then. Keep writing in the meantime.
Lisa