{"id":252,"date":"2014-05-15T17:17:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T16:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/?p=252"},"modified":"2014-09-17T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T14:00:12","slug":"alpha-season-x-alphaday-8-bulletin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/alpha-season-x-alphaday-8-bulletin\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Season X &#8211; Alphaday 8 Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Alphas,<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Alphaday 8. Somehow it seems to me that no sooner have I struggled hard to establish our wonderful Alpha routine, than it\u2019s time to apologise for the monotony of it. I can offer you no fresh surprises this time, I\u2019m afraid; the programme is the same as always.<\/p>\n<p>But points on a programme are one thing; it\u2019s quite another story if you look at the details inside. And hidden inside today\u2019s ordinary-looking, routine agenda you will find a multitude of surprising treats\u2026 that is, if you\u2019re interested in writing, of course.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got the following lined up for you:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This bulletin from me<\/li>\n<li>The Log from Margie<\/li>\n<li>The results of Kim\u2019s poetry challenge from Christine<\/li>\n<li>The collated entries for the dictionary\/neologism challenge from Rosemary<\/li>\n<li>The brief for Challenge 8 from Suzanne<\/li>\n<li>The ongoing selections of show-time pieces from Clare<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As I said, it looks the same as always, but that\u2019s only on the outside. The contents of each of those items are as fresh and new this time, as is the Alpha spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to look through the collection of show-time pieces and send out any comments you feel like making on any one of the eight contributions we\u2019ve been treated to so far. It\u2019s never too late for that.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m struck with horror at the news of a waterlogged UK that surely will sink and unite the North Sea with the Atlantic after the next heavy shower. How apocalyptic can it get? We\u2019ve had no cry for help from any of our members there, and I can only assume that you\u2019ve all got your noses above water and that the sensational photographs concern a miserable minority outside our ranks. But shocking it is.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had a few flurries of emails over the interlude since we last met up. Enid Blyton\u2019s lack of political correctness and her disregard for decent punctuation spring to mind. Children\u2019s literature can stir up interesting polemics. I remember reading <em>Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin <\/em>when I was a child and crying my eyes out. I was completely unaware of the furore around it and the claims that it started the American Civil War, followed subsequently by criticism of the stereotypical characterisation and other immense issues.<\/p>\n<p>The time when I could read a story for the story\u2019s sake without a thought for related issues and punctuation is now a remote memory. That\u2019s a pity. In a way I feel duped because the writers did have those issues in mind and they put them into their stories. My innocence and ignorance made me an easy target for brainwashing. I haven\u2019t kept up with children\u2019s literature of late and can\u2019t imagine what ideas tendentious writers might want to plant in the minds of today\u2019s children\u2026 <em>if<\/em> they can get them to pick up a book, that is.<\/p>\n<p>Christine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Alphas, Welcome to Alphaday 8. 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