‘Michael J. Malone. Our very own star of crime. Good introduction?’ ‘There must be a body. Early. The deader the better.’ The notes I took… Read More »Michael J Malone, Crime Writing – 11th September, 2013
Write Away By George, what fun we had. People travelled from the four corners of the earth (ok, Girvan, Mauchline, Kilmaurs and Troon but it… Read More »First Night – 4th September, 2013
When I volunteered to write the blog for the Last Night of the AWC Summer Tour, I thought it would be easy. Rattled off in… Read More »Summer Meeting – 21st August, 2013
I now have a new word for my rejections (thanks Janice!) – my back catalogue! So when Ross, the organiser of Rab Wilson’s workshop… Read More »Rab Wilson at Burns Monument Centre
[box type=”shadow”]During the year we have nine competitions that all club members can enter. These are listed here. Some club competitions are similar to S.A.W.… Read More »Club competitions
[box type=”shadow”] Style Tips by Ann Burnett Avoid clichés like the plague! Do not use hackneyed phrases like ‘at this point in time’, ‘like a… Read More »Spit and Polish
There are certain demands editors place on writers as regards the presentation of a manuscript and these we have to follow. More importantly, however is… Read More »Presentation
There is a definite gastronomic theme to the previous blog reports, so I thought I’d better keep up the tradition. Yesterday evening’s bill… Read More »Summer Meeting – 31st July, 2013
RECIPE FOR A LITERARY COCKTAIL Ingredients • 1 dram of drama, with ‘legal’ spices• 2 slices of social history, marinated for hundreds of years• 1… Read More »Summer Meeting 17th July, 2013
This morning I woke up laughing; I’d been dreaming about Maggie’s false teeth. Intrigued? No more than we were. Last night’s readaround was a feast… Read More »Summer Meeting – 3rd July, 2013
Ayr Writers Club Summer Tour Summer just wouldn’t be summer without a visit to the ice cream parlour, where the range of flavours has everyone… Read More »Summer Meeting 19th June, 2013
We arrived one-by-one at the designated time, huddling together for warmth while we waited for the last stragglers to arrive* and listening to the rain… Read More »Treasures Workshop – 15th June, 2013