RCS Anderson

I’m not a regular member of the Ayr Writers’ Club. No matter how welcome I am made to feel, for me, deciding when it is… Read More »Success Night at the Mercure

To be or not to be, that is the question. Is it nobler to attend Ayr Writers’ Club for the weekly meeting or to attend… Read More »Feedback Evening 20th April 2016

David McLaughlan treated us to a wonderful talk on Inspiration. As the man who writes both the Francis Gay column in the Sunday Post and… Read More »Inspiration from Francis Gay aka David McLaughlan

If you want to know about e-publishing ask Catherine Lang. Former Educational Editor with Blackie & Son, Catherine gave an informative and inspiring workshop on… Read More »“Out in the Ether” An e-publishing workshop by Catherine Lang

Easter holidays or a lingering SAW hangover, whatever the reason, the gathering was less substantial than usual. For the hard core who attended it proved… Read More »Stimulating Spring Evening

On the appointed Friday evening, two teams arrived in Cumbernauld. Tension was in the air as each prepared to face the challenge the weekend would… Read More »We went to SAW: we conquered (With apologies to Caesar)

Is it presumptuous, or over confident to plan such a night before the Scottish Association of Writers’ competitions have even been entered? Certainly not when… Read More »SAW Success Night 23rd March 2016

Maist folk fin it awfu hard tae talk aboot theirsels withoot soonin like a richt blaw, but Jimmy Begg, the doctor and writer, disnae come… Read More »Dr James Begg on Writing in Scots

Zoe Strachan, well known to many club members from her contribution to the success of East Ayrshire’s Imprint Festival, gave us her insights into creating,… Read More »Crafting short stories with Zoe Strachan

You might think that club members’ recent successes with published articles, especially in Scottish Memories, would make a workshop on Article Writing and Research superfluous.… Read More »Article Writing with Sheila Grant & Nigel Ward

Radio is better than TV – the pictures are so much clearer. As always, a workshop led by Helena Sheridan is full of tips-of-the-trade, hands-on… Read More »Helena Sheridan’s workshop – writing for radio

When I was asked to write the blog, I couldn’t scribble my notes fast enough as our guest speaker, Marc Pye gave insights into the… Read More »Marc Pye at Speaker’s Night 24th February 2016