I'm a retired civil servant in Surrey, UK and long-time blogger. These days I'm spending more time writing stories and doing other creative stuff
Our Annual General Meeting took place on 10 March. Besides the regular formal business there was a discussion of proposed changes to the Constitution.
See the attached documents for details of the proceedings.
The traditional Address to a Haggis for Burns Night. I recommend MacSween’s haggis.
Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!
Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang ‘s my arm.
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My latest list of writing competitions. These are only the ones I might possibly enter myself, so I’m afraid there’s nothing for poets or memoirists.
Some suggested resolutions. Mine is to submit more (some) stuff.
My personal list of writing competitions with deadlines in January (sorry, no poetry ones).
A good time was had by all at our traditional Christmas ‘do’ in the function room of the Spread Eagle. We enjoyed a buffet ably organised by Elspeth and a quiz masterminded by Mike, with a Secret Santa exchange of gifts. Members read a selection of festive prose and shared news of their latest projects.
Merry Christmas!
Roopa has prepared a special tribute issue devoted to Michael Round – accessible from our Magazine page.
Members may like to see my list of writing competitions coming up in December.
Elmore Leonard’s ten rules of writing.
We’re concerned these days about AI writing fiction and generating (or stealing) art. I thought you might be amused to see what ChatGPT thinks a typical meeting looks like…
One or two details not quite right. Why have all the men got beards?
Croydon Writers 