Ayr Writers got two for the price of one on Wednesday with workshops from Nigel Ward and Fiona Atchison. They were both so informative, I… Read More »How To Write A Book Review And Why You Should Enter Competitions – 15 September 2021
September has arrived. Summer is over (according to the Met Office), meaning kids are back at school, dusk comes that little bit earlier each day,… Read More »A little bit of admin, experience and expectation, a large smorgasbord of success: AWC Opening Night – 8 September 2021
As we enjoyed the last rays of summer, the final Readaround squeezed yet more eclectic creativity from those coming to the screen. Unfortunately, I forgot… Read More »Stereo Views of the Final Summer Readaround – 25 August 2021
Nigel welcomed nine of us to the penultimate Readaround of the summer. Asking each of the participants to choose an author’s name, he defined the… Read More »The Other Booker Prize List – Summer Readaround – 11 August 2021
What is the collective noun for a group of detectives? Answers please on a postcard, as they used to say. Anyway, we had a group… Read More »Under Investigation at the Summer Readaround – 28 July 2021
June 2021 was drawing to a close, which meant the third of our AWC Summer Read-Around Sessions was also fast approaching. Writing-wise, I had a… Read More »An Unexpected Ladies’ Night With Just A Touch Of Chaos… Summer Readaround – 30 June 2021
Like any self-respecting biscuit tin, our second summer readaround had a great variety of tasty and very moreish treats to get our teeth into and… Read More »Mushrooms, Mountains, Mischief and Much More – Summer Readaround – 16 June 2021
The first AWC Summer Readaround evening was held on Wednesday 2 June 2021 courtesy of Carolyn, who had us adopting the personas of famous writers for… Read More »Orbits, ornithology, and orienteering: Summer Readaround – 2 June 2021
On this final club night of the session, we gathered to celebrate just some of the club successes. Matt Richardson kicked off with his 2nd… Read More »Enjoying the Fruits: AWC Success Night – 28 April 2021
What a great evening! Robbie Gordon, actor, director, and ‘facilitator,’ took time out of his busy schedule to give Ayr Writers’ Club an insight into… Read More »Theatre for Everyone, with Robbie Gordon – 21 April 2021
I’m a bit worried. Gill Sherry’s excellent advice at her workshop was: articles aimed for general magazines should be engaging, informative, well researched, passionate and… Read More »Write from your Heart – Gill Sherry’s ‘Writing for Magazines’ Workshop – 7 April 2021
I’m still reeling. I’m wondering where on earth to start. I know, Susan would have emphatically told me to start in Irvine because that, she… Read More »From heroes and heroines to infinity and beyond: writing for the mass-market with Susan Wilson – 31 March 2021