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Fairfield Writers Group is a mix of beginner and experienced writers who meet the second and fourth Saturdays of the month at the Brisbane City Council Library in Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre, Fairfield road, Fairfield, Queensland. Our passion is writing and we work hard at our craft. Our aim is to encourage, support and help each other to reach new heights in our writing. New members are always made welcome and usually whisked off to the local coffee shop at the end of meetings for sustenance and socialisation with the rest of the crew.

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Friday, February 25, 2011

Anthology Newsletter 12th of Feb 2011

FWG 2nd ANTHOLOGY
FAIRFIELD WRITERS’ GROUP MEETING

12th OF FEBRUARY 2011

Present: Lorraine, Helga, Jennifer, Findlay and Anna.

Chairing this meeting: Anna


The following key points were discussed in this meeting:

1. Submit first draft of story/stories in the formatted template.
All members have submitted their first draft.

2. Cover concept to be agreed.
Helga submitted 3 drawings for approval. Suggestions for cover were discussed and changes will be presented at next meeting.

3. Select a “buddy” to work with.
The top row mentors the middle row and the middle row mentors the bottom row.

Maarten                   Anna               Lou                Lorraine
Anna                       Helga             Jennifer        Maarten
Lou                          Findlay           Maarten         Anna


Helga                      Findlay            Anna
Findlay                   Lorraine          Lou
Lorraine                  Maarten           Jennifer

4. Discuss word count cost.
Lorraine obtained pricing for the book which was emailed to all members previously. It was decided that the story would be no more than 10,000 words in total.

This means that you can have either one story of up to 10,000 words or two stories combined to make up to 10,000 words.

Members decided that 200 hundred books were required. Lorraine will get a quote for 200 hundred books and advise us of the pricing at the next meeting.

5. Any other issues
Idea shared at meeting- a member(s) of the One Book Many Brisbanes project management team to endorse anthology.


Key points to be discussed or to be actioned in the next meeting:

• Submit 2nd draft All drafts must conform to the supplied style sheet and formatting rules.
• Discuss pricing based on 200 books.
• Draft cover designs to be reviewed and voted on.
• Discuss marketing strategy.
Anna

Next Anthology Meeting: 12th of March 2011

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