We have some news to share from Scribes member Richard Barber whose short story “Visiting” has just been published in Midnight Echo IV. It may be the magazine of the Australian Horror Writer’s Association but never fear, they’ll post it to you if you ask nicely enough and you can also buy an electronic version. Couldn’t be easier eh!
Richard also recently made the short-list of Brit Writers 2010 but unfortunately didn't make it to the final, we're all mighty proud of him.
Recent sessions of Derby Scribes have been devoted to getting an oft talked about Scribes idea off the ground, a shared world free for all Scribes members to use and set stories in.
There has been lots of fun in sessions that have been less structured than normal and thus far we have a floating castle-like library tethered by a mighty chain above a small townstead. Large spider like creatures tear up and down the chain and in the depths of the library proper is a room that allows the 'reader' to step into the story.
Being that this is a library the many genres allow us scope to write any type of story we like.
The upcoming session (2nd August 2010) will also be devoted to hammering down specifics and listening to initial drafts of stories that explore the world then we will be back to a regular schedule for a while to give the world time to percolate.
Come join us at the library next session and have a hand in creating the world.
The session on the 17th May 2010 will be presented by Richard Barber and will be on the subject of Editing.
The session will be held in the Derby Central Library meeting room as normal and Richard asks that, if you are attending, you bring along a short (3000 words) piece along that you can use for the sessions excercises.
There will be a few sample stories for those that don't have anything to bring but to get the most out of the session it is recommended to bring a piece of your own work to use.
Hi Scribes folks,
Sorry for the delay between the meeting and this being sent out but I had to make sure members who had been assigned sessions were fine to do them on the days allocated.
Although attendees to the AGM last Monday were thin on the ground we did our best to work through issues raised by other members in advance.
Below I've listed things planned and actioned, if anything you raised isn't specifically mentioned then chances are it was bought up but we decided it needed further discussion with more people around.
Scribes will be held at the Wardwick Tavern in town tomorow (Monday the 5th April) and will be an AGM style session focused on garnering feedback from Scribes members and planning out the session schedule for the rest of the year.
I have changed a few dates in the Scribes calendar and thought it best to post here also.
April 5th 2010 is the first Monday of April but it is also easter, as such we will be holding the meeting in a venue yet to be decided (most likely a pub in the City Centre). The session itself will be light on actual writing but will be a chance for us to plan and take feedback for the year ahead.
This is your chance to influence Scribes, to request specific sessions and help drive us to be a better group.
More info on the venue as the time approaches.
Secondly, for those wishing to contribute to the Scribes Anthology this year the deadline for FIRST DRAFTS is now 19th April 2010, this session will be used to go over our submissions and to get feedback from other members on them where needed.
That's all for now, any questions send us an E-Mail : derbyscribes@googlemail.com
