Silvergull writes

Scribbles in the sand

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Bookings for the Conflux 6 Banquet close in 2 days!

Bookings for the Conflux 6 Banquet close in 2 days! And there won’t be another banquet til 2011. Pre-dinner drinks and nibbles will be set in 1945 – the first Mardi Gras after the war. Cocktails and Jazz set the scene! Then for the dinner we move back in time to the culinary delights of the 1880s.

The setting is the private home by the great hostess Severine Sallier in northern Louisiana. The Conflux theme for this year is Secrets – and there are plenty of secrets buried in the Bayou.

Come in costume – as a the creature from the black lagoon, a vampire, a pirate, a ghost, or as a southern belle out of Gone with the Wind. Come in the year’s hottest new fashion – a bustle. Or drag out your scandalous corset.

Come in your Dad or Mum’s 1945 suit.

Or just come as yourself. Just don’t miss out on the fun.

The Banquet will be held on Saturday evening on 3 October, at the Marque Hotel Canberra, commencing 7pm with pre-dinner drinks.

Tickets are $52 per person. Let us know if you want vegetarian, gluten free or other food. You’ll find the booking form and contact details on the Conflux Website at http://www.conflux.org.au.

Song for young lovers

On Saturday, we held a party for a much loved young couple who are starting out together.

A new poem has been dedicated to them.

Conflux Virtual Mini-Con Sunday 3oth August 2009

This year’s Conflux Virtual Mini-Con will be held on Sunday 3oth August 2009.  The program (like most programs it is a moving feast – so note that things might change) is:

9am to 9.30am – Welcome, introduction and Conflux generally.

9.30 to 10.30am Liz Argall

10.30 to 11.30am Gillian Polack

11.30 to 12.30pm Richard Harland

12.30 to 1.30pm Jim Minz (10.30pm Saturday US time)

1.30 to 2.30pm Maxine McArthur

2.30 to 3.30pm Bruce R Gillespie

3.30 to 4.30pm Cat Sparks

4.30 to 5pm – Closure Gillian Polack and Stuart Herring

Of course, there will be other interesting forum.  Join us online at http://conflux.org.au.

Story Competition closes end of July

Time is running out to enter this year’s short story competition.

Stories must be on the theme of the convention – “Secrets”.  They must be a maximum of 2000 words and contain a speculative element. Otherwise, the sky is the limit. Stories that fail in any of these elements will be judged ineligible.

Entries will only be accepted April 1 to July 31, 2009. Stories may be emailed to storycomp@conflux.org.au

You must be a Conflux 6 member to enter, entry after membership is free. The winner will be chosen by a panel of three authors.

The winning story will be edited by Conflux GoH Jim Minz for publication in the Convention Magazine. So here is your opportunity to work with an experienced editor!

Two runners-up will also appear in the Convention magazine. All winners will receive a surprise package of books and a certificate.

Purring Centre

Hello everyone.

This is my first post in a little while.

I’ve gone back to work – yay! though not full time yet.

I just uploaded a new poem, quite cute, that bit me out of nowhere, like all good poems & kitty cats should.  It’s sitting under Poems about Feelings,  just waiting for a visit from a friend.

Hope you enjoy.

Robin Davidson, Theatre Maker

Robin Davidson is a director, performer, writer and teacher of theatre and performance. He works mostly in Commedia dell’Arte, clown, playback theatre, forum theatre, poetry and community theatre.

Check out his website at www.robindavidson.co-operista.com

Locked out of Whedon’s Dollhouse

Watch DOLLHOUSE Week starts Monday 27 April.  I’d like to join in, but I can’t because I live in Australia, and I am consequently excluded.  If I buy US DVDs they may not work on my player. In the www age, you’d think copyright laws coud be a bit more global with less time lag.

I loved Joss Whedon’s Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Serenity and Dr Horrible.  I don’t know if I like Dollhouse yet, but I’d like to find out.

Strange Beauty

Strange Beauty is the title of the new speculative fiction novel I started writing in January in Lazette Gifford’s Forward Motion Writers’ Community.

FM Writers has numerous discussion forums and crit boards.

I joined FM Writers 2009 2yn writing group, along with a couple of hundred other people.  We aim to write our own novels in two years, as part of a large, supportive, closed  crit group.  We write assignments to write each week and comment on each others’ threads.

Of course people will drop out over the next 2 years, but in the meantime, I’m having fun.

The pacing is good for me, as I don’t have to write in a mad rush and my typing continues to be painfully slow. Unfortunately this remains the staus quo as the nerve damage in my left arm continues to heal.

Two Poems for Mitzie

I had a loving little cat, whom I still miss.

I wrote these two poems when she died, then  lost them.
They finally surfaced last year and it made me cry again to read them.

I’ve posted them under ‘Love Poems’.

Mitzie died on Christmas Eve, 6 years ago.  I wonder where the time has gone.

My Writer’s Cave

I’ve had builders in my house, adding 2 much needed extra rooms. But my writing desk doesn’t look right – or feel right – in its new home. More work and money to spend before I am comfortable working there – unfortunately. So I have my laptop on a fold up desk in the living room. And my papers are breeding on table tops.

I checked out Paige Cuccaro (http://www.paigecuccaro.com/html/the_cave.html) again. Seeking inspiration in the pictures of writer’s caves. But I haven’t found my key image yet. You know – the thought, the image that you build a room around. It will come to me – I guess.