Anna is on the Excel for Charity Wall of Honour.
Excel for Charity is an international writing competitions series run by Eastern Light EPM International raising money for charities whilst rewarding creative excellence with cash prizes and literary honour.
Well done Anna!!!!
You can find out more about Excel by clicking on this link: Excell Charity Wall of Honour
See the winning poem here: Anna Meryt
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Monday, 10 October 2011
Eliza Jane Goes at a recent book signing
Liz, one of the Greenacre Writer Members, recently visited Moray and Nairn to attend a book signing.
You can find out more about her novels by clicking on this link: Eliza Jane Goes Ahead
Fantastic stuff Liz, keep on writing.
You can find out more about her novels by clicking on this link: Eliza Jane Goes Ahead
Fantastic stuff Liz, keep on writing.
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Congratulations to Lindsay Bamfield
Congratulations Lindsay on your recent monologue published in Mslexia (51) p.46. It was a very moving piece and you got the voice of the child perfectly. Well done.
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Short Story Workshop
Greenacre Writers invite you to a Creative Writer’s Afternoon:
Short Story Workshop
Saturday 12th November 2011 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Chislehurst Avenue, Finchley, London N12
The workshop will introduce you to the skills needed to think and write a short story – suitable for beginners. The aim of the afternoon is to meet fellow creative writers, to work on creative writing exercises, and share your work to receive supportive feedback and ideas in a friendly and stimulating environment.
There will be a small charge to include refreshments:
Members £5; Non-members £10
(Cheques payable to: Greenacre Writers - cancellation available up until 7 days before the event)
For further information or to reserve a place contact: greenacrewriters@gmail.com
Short Story Workshop
Saturday 12th November 2011 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Chislehurst Avenue, Finchley, London N12
The workshop will introduce you to the skills needed to think and write a short story – suitable for beginners. The aim of the afternoon is to meet fellow creative writers, to work on creative writing exercises, and share your work to receive supportive feedback and ideas in a friendly and stimulating environment.
There will be a small charge to include refreshments:
Members £5; Non-members £10
(Cheques payable to: Greenacre Writers - cancellation available up until 7 days before the event)
For further information or to reserve a place contact: greenacrewriters@gmail.com
Monday, 19 September 2011
Are you writing a novel?
Are you writing a novel? Would you like to meet fellow writers and get some feedback about your work?
Greenacre Writers have a second 'Finish That Novel' that runs monthy on Monday evenings at 7.00pm (the 3rd Monday of the month) The group will run on similar lines to our existing group, and is for those who are already working on novels (not just planning one!).
Please let us know if you are interested.
For those who are not already in a GW group we do request you send in a sample of writing.
E:mail: greenacrewriters@gmail.com
Greenacre Writers have a second 'Finish That Novel' that runs monthy on Monday evenings at 7.00pm (the 3rd Monday of the month) The group will run on similar lines to our existing group, and is for those who are already working on novels (not just planning one!).
Please let us know if you are interested.
For those who are not already in a GW group we do request you send in a sample of writing.
E:mail: greenacrewriters@gmail.com
Friday, 12 August 2011
A Little Success
We'd like to congratulate Lindsay Bamfield, one of the Greenacre Writers, who has just won Authonomy's The Pitch Writing Competition. The competition was launched last month for authonomy authors. The premise? Pitch your novels – Authonomy selected the strongest pitch and the author will receive personal writing advice from bestselling women’s fiction author, Claudia Carroll, based on the first 20,000 words of that novel. After lots of toing and froing, Claudia and the authonomy team managed to whittle down to 5 finalists, and after some more whittling, one overall winner and four runners up were chosen.
We’re delighted to announce that the winning pitch was Do Not Exceed Fifty, by Lindsay Bamfield.
Here’s what Claudia had to say about making the decision: I had a great time reading through all the pitches, and I have to tell you, selecting a 'favourite' really was an incredibly tough job! The standard was unbelievably high and after a LOT of deliberation, I narrowed it down to two; then spent the weekend mulling it all over in my mind. Anyway, at the end of the day, I really thought there was one absolute stand-out and that was DO NOT EXCEED FIFTY by Lindsay Bamfield. The criteria I used to make the final choice was, which pitch would immediately make me want to run out and buy the book? And Lindsay's pitch was not only fresh and totally original, but also I thought totally unlike anything else that's out there at the moment.
Do Not Exceed Fifty - Pitch
It’s not thirty-something chick-lit, or forty-something mummy-lit. This is grown-up fifty-something, thinking-more-about-menopause-lit. Meno-lit has arrived.
Independent as she is, Xanthe, 50, divorced with an empty nest, would quite like to have someone special in her life, and more to the point someone who thinks she’s special. But it’s no good sitting patiently waiting for gorgeous, single, fifty-something men to turn up like buses, she has to go out and hunt. Which is why Xanthe discovers the horrors of speed dating, dining clubs and Internet dating sites. At least something good comes out of it - she meets Maggie, and they can compare and share the ups and downs of life and dating at fifty. Older women still have it, but flaunting it is just that bit harder.
Aimed at young-hearted older women who are fed up with ageism, and bored of reading about ditsy young things or the trials and tribulations of women who think they are the first to raise teenagers, this novel is for women who want heroines of their own age who don’t have it all. Funny and wry, Do Not Exceed Fifty follows Xanthe on her dating quest, discarding hopeless cases: men who want women to cook for them; men with moustaches and men who have only just left home as she goes.
Congratulations Lindsay.
We’re delighted to announce that the winning pitch was Do Not Exceed Fifty, by Lindsay Bamfield.
Here’s what Claudia had to say about making the decision: I had a great time reading through all the pitches, and I have to tell you, selecting a 'favourite' really was an incredibly tough job! The standard was unbelievably high and after a LOT of deliberation, I narrowed it down to two; then spent the weekend mulling it all over in my mind. Anyway, at the end of the day, I really thought there was one absolute stand-out and that was DO NOT EXCEED FIFTY by Lindsay Bamfield. The criteria I used to make the final choice was, which pitch would immediately make me want to run out and buy the book? And Lindsay's pitch was not only fresh and totally original, but also I thought totally unlike anything else that's out there at the moment.
Do Not Exceed Fifty - Pitch
It’s not thirty-something chick-lit, or forty-something mummy-lit. This is grown-up fifty-something, thinking-more-about-menopause-lit. Meno-lit has arrived.
Independent as she is, Xanthe, 50, divorced with an empty nest, would quite like to have someone special in her life, and more to the point someone who thinks she’s special. But it’s no good sitting patiently waiting for gorgeous, single, fifty-something men to turn up like buses, she has to go out and hunt. Which is why Xanthe discovers the horrors of speed dating, dining clubs and Internet dating sites. At least something good comes out of it - she meets Maggie, and they can compare and share the ups and downs of life and dating at fifty. Older women still have it, but flaunting it is just that bit harder.
Aimed at young-hearted older women who are fed up with ageism, and bored of reading about ditsy young things or the trials and tribulations of women who think they are the first to raise teenagers, this novel is for women who want heroines of their own age who don’t have it all. Funny and wry, Do Not Exceed Fifty follows Xanthe on her dating quest, discarding hopeless cases: men who want women to cook for them; men with moustaches and men who have only just left home as she goes.
Congratulations Lindsay.
Saturday, 2 July 2011
Memoir and Autobiography Club
Greenacre Writers are planning a Memoir & Autobiography Club to
commence Tuesday 26th July. It will run alternate months on Tuesday evenings at 7.00pm (the 4th Tuesday of the month) The group is for those who are already working on memoir or autobiography.
Membership is £10 per year and will be on a 'first come, first in' basis!
So please let us know if you are interested.
For those who are not already in a GW group we do request you send in
a sample of writing.
Email: greenacrewriters@gmail.com
commence Tuesday 26th July. It will run alternate months on Tuesday evenings at 7.00pm (the 4th Tuesday of the month) The group is for those who are already working on memoir or autobiography.
Membership is £10 per year and will be on a 'first come, first in' basis!
So please let us know if you are interested.
For those who are not already in a GW group we do request you send in
a sample of writing.
Email: greenacrewriters@gmail.com
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