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Jimmy 1984

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About Jimmy 1984

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  • Birthday 09/02/1984

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  • Location
    heeley
  • Interests
    books, writing, sport, music, drinking
  • Occupation
    apprenticeship advisor
  1. I know what you mean Sarah. I haven't got a facebook, twitter or website set up. I did once have a facebook account, but at the time I was on a Masters in Creative writing course at Manchester Met and found I was spending more time reading facebook than doing any work - it was a distraction so I got rid of it. Not sure I can really set one up again, I'll feel like a bit of a loser having to re add people... I am going to set up a website though definitely think that is the way forward. Well done for getting your short story published!! I was thinking of setting up a blog for the writing group by the way, I have been told its quite easy, attach it onto the bank street website so anyone can see the work being critiqued and what people are saying...scary but good..
  2. Hi guys, Sarah D - sorry, I have been trying to send you a PM but for some reason it is not allowing me to do it - so far we have 3 people - if you were to take the plunge we would have 4!! I'm happy with this - always going to be difficult for the first month and when my flyer person gets back to me with the goods I am confident we will be able to attract some more....only looking for 6-10 anyway, (wouldn't turn people away if we get more though) I have already received some work from Andrej, so if you want to send me some work that would be great - I can then send our work through to you so you can arrive on Thursday with feedback at the ready! The other person in the group is still at the ideas stage so she has not sent us anything yet - which is fine also!! Would be great to see you there, due to the private email thing not working its probably best you send me a text or an email.. james.major@ymail.com 07828167139
  3. Bank street arts fiction writing group get together tonight at 8pm at Porter Cottage on Sharrow Vale Road. Anyone interested in popping along give me a ring on the number below... first group meeting is next Thursday 8pm at Bank street arts centre in town... Cheers James 07828167139
  4. ....if a group of us can meet up that would be good...I know allo allo and Sarah d have expressed an interest in meeting up... anyway, send me a text with your email, its 07828167139.. James (sorry, for some reason it wouldn't let me write everything in one post)
  5. Hi Deb, Yes you are free to come along, if you can send me your email address I am going to do a group email in the next couple of days.. We are actually organising a meeting for 15th March at Porter cottage in sharrow vale if you are interested in coming along? Its just a chance for people to meet each other etc...get the ground rules in place before the first meet up.. I think most of the people in the group will be at different stages in their writing - doesn't really matter if you're at the start, in the middle or at the end - the idea is just to spur each other on, offer ideas and help each other improve!! Is everyone ok for the 15th? I know Dave can't come along but
  6. Well I thought we had 7 people interested. It has all been arranged on here though, which is potentially a problem because I guess we should factor in a drop out ratio. What is really important is for us all to meet up though, exchange numbers, email addresses so we can hit the ground running in the first meet up! It feels like its just me and Sarah D at the minute. If anyone wants to drop me a line, text, to confirm their interest in the critique group then I can properly assess numbers. Would be good to send email addresses as well so I can send some group emails etc... Unless some more people post messages here saying they are coming to the Porter cottage tomorrow we should probably sack it, try and arrange another meet up nearer the time of the 22nd.. James 07828167139
  7. Well so far we have me and you I think - nobody else seems to be responding!! I'm still up for it though..
  8. Ah I am not on facebook. It is going to be weird walking into a pub and not knowing who is there to meet us...ummmm can't think of a way round this, Im up for it though. Just make sure we stand by the bar? I would point people towards a picture of me somewhere on the internet but there isn't one sadly. we could always just meet at bank street arts centre next saturday morning maybe? so that would be March 10th? I am going there for 10.30am ... Who is coming then? if people feel weird about it we could just meet up on the 22nd?
  9. Thursday 8th March, Porter Cottage it is then! its 10-15 mins walk for me, up a big hill like, but i don't mind!! we all need to bring something to recognise each other....everyone should bring their favourite book and make sure its visible?? perfect ice breaker...
  10. Morning people, I have booked the room at Bank Street Arts for Thursday 22nd March at 7pm!! We should have the place to ourselves and I have a key .... Sarah D mentioned meeting up somewhere on eccy road to get to know each other before we begin so I was thinking we could do this on one of the Thursdays (this is turning into the thursday club) before the big opening day.... I am totally easy with where we go, Sharrow Vale Road looks nice and I have to admit the Porter House?? looks good from the outside but does the inside replicate this?? my first suggestion is the Porter House on Sharrow Vale Road then....8pm Thursday 8th March - due to Dave's child being born on the 15th... Anyone?
  11. Well to be honest I have almost finished my book aswell. I'm thinking of writing a synopsis of how the story begins, develops, and then start submitting work from some point near the end...I have no idea how this might go down but its the area I need to concentrate on, ie the ending....Eccy road as a meeting point is fine for me, I'm not massively up on what places are decent round there, any ideas? I am also new to the area by the way, moved in December... Fat Dave - I totally agree you need to concentrate on the birth of your child! the only reason I said Thursday 15th is because Audra, another person interested in the writing group, is only available on thursdays...could do the 22nd? I am going in on saturday morning to finalise so Thursday March 22nd - anyone any problems with this date?
  12. Brilliant, sounds like we are getting some interest now. I have just been sent the logo by Bank Street so I am going to get some flyers done up. It maybe that we don't need to get that many more people involved now but its probably best we have something so that we can look for new people all the time - this is a long term project!! The idea at the moment is to have the first meeting on Thursday March 15th at 7pm. We will have the room for 3.5 hours; we probably won't be there for this amount of time, but we can be if people want to really get our money's worth! I am going to go along on to Bank street this Saturday morning to get this finalised. Remember the price will be £25 per meeting, so its going to come to very little after we all chip in... Probably would be a good idea for us all to meet up before the 15th just to firstly get to know each other and secondly to talk about the rules etc. Anyone up for this? I live in Heeley, near the sheaf view, could that be a good location? anyone know of any other decent places? best time for me to meet is weekday evenings, say 8pm, could do Thursday 8th March? We need to start swapping email addresses as well. The idea being that the people who are showcasing their work will email the rest of the group before the meeting. I was thinking a max word count of 2500 to be handed in, what you think? say 20-30 mins discussing each piece of work? I will post again on Saturday. If anyone wants to text me or send me a PM thats fine... James 07828167139
  13. hi guys, I'm thinking Thursday march 15th at 7pm for our first meeting, at the moment there are 4 people interested . . how does this day sound? I'm going to call bank street tomorrow and then pop in at the weekend to get it booked . .any one else fancy it? looking for 8 to 10 people if possible . . . James
  14. Sorry, what times would be best for people? we can do weekends or during the week in the evenings? the place is accessible 24-7 (I will be given a set of keys, I think) but the place does shut at 5pm to members of the public... I'd rather a week day evening from 7pm .....
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