Thatcham Writers are a group of budding novelists who meet in a local pub on a
monthly basis for brainstorming sessions and a few drinks. Or should that be
lots of drinks and bit of banter.
Basically we attended an evening class in the Autumn of 2001 at the Kennet
School, Thatcham. Inspired by our teacher - Deborah Bosley - we decided to
continue meeting after the ten week course ended. There is a core of about five
people and we meet on a monthly basis to discuss our writing projects and their
progress as well as general writing issues. Sometimes it's just good to talk
about writing with people who are interested instead of boring the ar*e off our
friends and loved ones! Each month we set a simple exercise - the results of
which are sometimes pasted on the website.
Members include:
Stephen Bingham
David Brown
Ian Burton
Lynda Chater
Lisa Hinsley
Anita Loughrey
Pat Pycraft
Geoff Rush
Tom Urwin
Tony Wallbank
We're a very enthusiastic mixed bunch with multifarious ideas and imaginations
and we'd all like to give up the day job so that we can write, write, write.
The
Thatcham Writers are members of NAWG (National Association of Writers' Groups) www.nawg.co.uk
WRITING ACHIEVEMENTS:
Geoff's story was one of the thirty-nine manuscripts, that were
chosen out of thousands of entries to appear in the Bluechrome Anthology 2003.
The paperback collection is entitled, Anthology 2003 - ISBN 0-9543796-1-6. It is
available from the www.bluechrome.co.uk
site as well as other major online stores such as Amazon, or traditional high
street bookshops like W H Smiths and Waterstones. The price is £9.99 and all the
proceeds go to the Bristol MS Society.
Anita writes teacher resources. She has also had stories published in Take a Break Fiction Feast, Best
and several small press magazines and articles in the Newbury Weekly News' Out and About Magazine,
Writer's Forum, the
Exmoor Review, the Exmoor Magazine, Dorset Magazine and Tradition. You can read
some of her articles at: www.actionfarm.com/NewburyWeeklyNews.htm
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