Hi Alphas,<\/p>\n
This is the moment we\u2019ve been looking forward to. With a hint of a solemn ritual involving virtual tape-cutting while you all stand around expectantly, I hereby declare<\/p>\n
Alpha Season XII<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n open, and welcome you all to join in the varied programme of writerly pursuits that we hope will stimulate you into exploring as many aspects of the art as we can fit into the 13 precious Alphadays.<\/p>\n It\u2019s great to see all those of you again who made our last season so lively and interesting; it\u2019s also lovely to have those who were temporarily absent last season back in the fray; and last, but not least, we\u2019re pleased to welcome four newcomers into our midst with fresh ideas to liven up the group.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll remember those who\u2019re no longer with us; Margie with sadness; Geoff with our best wishes for future success.<\/p>\n There\u2019s so much to say on the first day of a new season. It is of course, for us writers, just like that frightening and yet fascinating and all-absorbing entity known as \u201ca blank page\u201d. It\u2019s up to us to fill it with something worthwhile\u2026 our best effort ever. We\u2019ll try our hardest.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll be brief here as I\u2019ve been busy preparing a number of documents to introduce the season and our activities. I\u2019ll send them out separately for your perusal. Please, take your time to study them in detail. I\u2019ve tried to be concise and I hope you\u2019ll find everything informative and useful.<\/p>\n You will receive the following information as attachments which you can file away safely for future reference:<\/p>\n So, having welcomed you all to embark with me on Season XII, I shall end this bulletin with my best wishes for a stimulating and inspirational Alpha season.<\/p>\n The above list will gradually arrive in your in-boxes. Watch out for them!<\/p>\n I\u2019m using the up-to-date group list for this season and hoping it reaches all 18 members without any hitches.<\/p>\n Christine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi Alphas, This is the moment we\u2019ve been looking forward to. With a hint of a solemn ritual involving virtual tape-cutting while you all stand around expectantly, I hereby declare Alpha Season…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alphaday-bulletins","tag-alphaday-bulletins-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n