Present; Jo, David C, Eva, Kath, David R, Helene, Mandy, Vala, Terry, Wendy
Brags
Jo bought a whales rib and other things to show and share.
David C now has a new side fence.
Eva has almost finished a short horror story.
David R has completed another 30 verses on his grandfather poem.
Mandy has done another 5 to 6,000 words on her alien story. Mandy went with a friend to buy a new second hand car.
Terry has a new car a Skoda superb - looks good too.
Wendy went to Canberra last week on the Neriga Road it took 2 hours and 20 minutes.
Words of the day
David C – 1 Recreant – cowardly: 2 Miscreant – depraved villainous, wretch
Eva –1 Fuliginous – cloudy. 2 Evanescent – vanishing, fading away.
Cath – Chicanery – trickery or deception
David R –1 Miasma – invasive odour: 2 Pelf – money obtained in a dishonest way
Helene – ebullition – the state or process of boiling and a sudden violent outpouring of emotions
Mandy – 1 Verisimilitude – appearing to be true or real, resemblance to truth. 2 Ruthless – show no compassion or pity
Terry - Pique – to stir up and ill feelings between parties
Jo – evaginate - to turn inside out
Wendy 1 Cachinnation – a loud exclamation or garawf 2 Flummoxed – confused
Homework - The last time
David R -a very astute poem about members of the group
Cath – about her mother
David C – love and death
Eva – Teddy bears picnic and lost remote control
Jo – people meeting in strange places
Wendy – I’m not fat
Terry – a nonsense poem
Mandy – Santa Clause
Helene – galoshes
Exercises
We discussed English based and Australian words eg digger, remittance man, bonza, yobbo, jackeroo, sanger, snags. Terry suggested that for clarity fiction writers should use Anglo Saxon words which are simpler than Latinate based words.
We used each letter of the alphabet to list emotions.
Homework
I just got back mate
Christmas lunch – 12:30 pm Thursday 2 December 2010 Black and White Restaurant
