Exeter Writers

Exeter Writers had a stall at the St Michael's Book Fair last Saturday (26th November).  If you went along you may have bumped into (from left to right); Elizabeth Ducie, Cathie Hartigan, Margaret James and Lynne McVernon.

If you pick up a copy of this week’s ‘My Weekly’, you’ll find a Christmas story by Exeter Writer, Angela Wooldridge (page 83 ;) ). Angela says;  “I’d had a previous story turned down, but the editor, Karen Byrom, was good enough to include some feedback. She also mentioned what sort of stories she was currently looking for. This prompted my Christmas themed story which was accepted (and yes, it did mean that I had to start thinking about Christmas in August!). Taking advice and paying attention to the guidelines hasn’t failed me yet!”

Exeter Writer, Elizabeth Ducie, will be talking at St Thomas Library, Exeter on Thursday 3rd November. Come along and chat as she talks about her years of travel which have provided so much inspiration for her novels.

Members of Exeter Writers are taking part in the upcoming Plymouth Literature Festival. Cathie Hartigan and Elizabeth Ducie will be speaking as part of Writers Talk , with the West of England Authors   on Saturday 22nd Oct at 1.30pm.   Elizabeth will then be hosting a Women Writers Panel  at 3pm  where Sophie Duffy will be joined by   Teresa Driscoll, Babs Horton and Carla Vermaat. All events are free and take place in the Plymouth Athenaeum. Wednesday 2nd November at 7.30pm, Richard Handy takes us on a journey through history to reveal the facts about secret weapons in the early 1930s and the rise of the Nazi state – the dangerous technologies, the industrial espionage, stolen secrets and the global financing of super weapons that inspired his rollicking spy thriller , The Reich Device .

The Exeter Writers Short Story Competition 201 7 is   OPEN FOR ENTRIES ! First prize £500 Second prize £250 Third prize £100 Plus a prize for writers in Devon of £100 Closing date 2 8 th February 201 7   Click here for further information.   Good luck - we're looking forward to reading your entries! 

A few years ago I saw a snippet of a documentary on relationships. It was a snippet because my daughter was very young, I was the main parent, and for years rarely saw a whole programme in one sitting. In this documentary a very elegant older woman was talking about inviting her husband’s lover to come and live with them in a bid to hold their relationship together. That was it. That was all I saw. This didn’t sound like desperation on the woman’s part to keep a husband to herself, but more a recognition that they were older, and the thought of ending a long relationship and everything that would come with it would simply be too much.

EW member, Elizabeth Ducie, is having a very busy summer. In the past six weeks, she's launched not one, not two, but three new books.