My next book, Through The Garden Gate, has just been sent to my proofreader, Helen Baggott. It always feels a bit of a relief to get to this stage. I’ll have been fiddling around for ages taking commas out and
short stories
Camellia
It seem
s a very long time ago now, but I once lived in a house which had a gorgeous white camellia bush outside the back door. One day I discovered one on the doormat. Every petal had been shredded.
If I’d been muscling in on the Gosport Mafia’s dodgy
Camellia
It seems a very long time ago now, but I once lived in a house which had a gorgeous white camellia bush outside the back door. One day I discovered one on the doormat. Every petal had been shredded.
If I’d been muscling in on the Gosport Mafia’s dodgy
Who’s the daddy?
My story in the current (March) issue of Take a Break’s Fiction Feast was inspired by a prompt from a writing buddy in an online group I belong to. Thanks Niddy Reece!
I Want My Real Dad features Mary, a
Uncle Mick
A while back I entered a competition for which the prize was a reading and recording of the winning story. You can listen to
A plea for Chicklit
In this case Chicklit isn’t a fiction genre, but a fictional chicken. She features in my short story What Use Is A Hen Which Doesn’t Lay? .
I’m delighted she’s through the first round of the latest Kishboo magazine competition. Click on the title to read it for free
Something Different
I have two stories in the current (February) issue of Take a Break’s Fiction Special. That’s quite enough to keep me happy, but
Embracing Beige
Do you like my new office chair? My previous one was ten years old and falling apart, but was comfortable and I’d received most of my writing acceptances whilst sitting in it – so I got a new one exactly the same. Not that writers are superstitious or anything!
Don’t worry about all the books about ships you can see in the background, I share an office with my husband.
Perhaps you’re thinking the chair is more cream than beige and really if there’s any embracing going on the chair is the thing doing it. You have a point, but
Embracing Beige
Do you like my new office chair? My previous one was ten years old and falling apart, but was comfortable and I’d received most of my writing acceptances whilst sitting in it – so I got a new one exactly the same. Not that writers are superstitious or anything!
Don’t worry about all the books about ships you can see in the background, I share an office with my husband.
Perhaps you’re thinking the chair is more cream than beige and really if there’s any embracing going on the chair is the thing doing it. You have a point, but
Happy Christmas
Just when I was sure there could be no more writing news this year,