SPILT INK CLUB
An Original Evening Members of the Hastings branch of the Spilt Ink Club met in the Girls' Friendly Society room on Tuesdav evening for the monthly gathering. Ab though the membership of this club is not y.it large, those who belong are very enthusiastic, and definite improvement : noticeable in the original work - 1 l.v keen would-be writers. Mrs. Drummond presided. Varied contributions—poems, stories and urti" , ''s —••.ere rend by Mesdames Drunmond. Bates, Curlett, Miss D. AVillier.is and Messrs. Cox, Burnside and Price. An extract from the Australian AVriter.s’ A’car Book, dealing with com mon faults of women writers, proved both interesting and instructive. Murder stories provided a pleasant thrill. As usual each person contributed a basket, making an appetising supper, and while this was enjoyed conversation on the subject of writing continued briskly. Another entertaining meeting is anticipated in March, for each member undertakes to write a story of not more than l()0() words. Each story is to be derived from ideas following the sentence, “The postman handed a letter to . . Many amusing and original contributions are expected as a result.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 77, 14 March 1935, Page 10
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