{"id":531,"date":"2017-04-06T13:34:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T12:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/?p=531"},"modified":"2017-04-06T13:34:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T12:34:03","slug":"alphaday-10-season-xiii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/alphaday-10-season-xiii\/","title":{"rendered":"Alphaday 10 &#8211; Season XIII"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Alphas,<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Alphaday 10, Season XIII. This is our last Alphaday with a full agenda before we start closing down for the season. The one item that won\u2019t be there next time is, of course, the challenge. We\u2019ll get the brief for Ch.10 today and \u2013 oh, horror! \u2013 there won\u2019t be another challenge for us to get our teeth into until September. So, make the most of it while you can. On the plus side we can look forward to the extra time we can devote to our personal writing; on the minus side we\u2019ll definitely miss not having the regular stimulus and the feedback and discussions that go with it.<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s today\u2019s agenda, faithfully put together by our trustworthy Alpha team and studded with writerly treats generously provided by all our members for everybody\u2019s enjoyment and benefit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This bulletin from me<\/li>\n<li>The results of the poetry challenge from Sarah<\/li>\n<li>The collated entries for the scenery challenge from Suzanne<\/li>\n<li>The brief for challenge 10 from Zena<\/li>\n<li>The Log edited by Sally<\/li>\n<li>A prompt for the Writers\u2019 Reads from Morgen<\/li>\n<li>A showcase piece presented by Suzanne (surely?!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That looks mouth-watering to me. I hope the rest of you will agree and that you\u2019ll have a pleasant time perusing the various items and commenting on the points that grab your attention.<\/p>\n<p><u>Alpha News:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Sue has told me that she needs to take a back seat for the rest of this season. Her work keeps her too busy to contribute to Alpha activities and she\u2019ll stay quietly in the wings until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Now while you have the full agenda right under your noses, please have a look at it. Those items represent the programme we decided to use for our Alpha activities this season. You can start getting out pen and paper and jot down some notes about each item on the agenda. Once we\u2019ve finished our ten challenges we\u2019ll discuss what we\u2019d like to change, and what we want to keep for next season. I\u2019ll send out a list of questions for you to answer \u2013 if \u00a0such a list is useful, as all I need is your advice on what\u2019s good for Alpha. I\u2019ve got some ideas I\u2019d like to put forward for your consideration\u2026 all in its own good time. Let\u2019s enjoy our usual Alpha pleasures before we move on to thoughts for the future.<\/p>\n<p><u>General news:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>I stood on the coast of Normandy and waved goodbye to dear little Albion as it floated away westward into the Atlantic\u2026 all alone now, having cut the strings that tied it to the rest of Europe. A sad day it was, and I wish the lonesome island the best of luck in the future. Don\u2019t forget to send us a postcard!<\/p>\n<p>I liked an article I read that explained how Brexit first took place after the ice age when the sea gradually separated Britain from the surrounding land masses. Continents are still moving around on the globe, I believe. Australia for instance is slowly drifting north. Goodness knows where it will end up eventually!<\/p>\n<p>Christine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Alphas, Welcome to Alphaday 10, Season XIII. This is our last Alphaday with a full agenda before we start closing down for the season. 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