Archive for June, 2015

Busy week gone, busy week to come



The low point of last week was Tuesday. In the middle of the morning I rang the organizers of our Meet The Authors venture, scheduled for 7.15 that evening, to make final arrangements… to be told that the event had…

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Walking and writing



Many years ago, when Nigel Tranter was writing his romanticized novels about the history of Scotland, I met him several times wandering around the East Lothian beaches, notebook in hand, scribbling as he walked. He said he wrote most of…

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Emerging from solitude to perform in public



On 2nd June I went to deliver a one-hour storytelling session in Ashton-under-Lyne, and when I arrived I discovered that the organization that had invited me was the Catholic Women’s Fellowship. Fortunately, I have a fairly wide repertoire of Peak…

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More about 52:loves



52:loveswriters from around the world, short stories & poems No matter which country, or what genre, we’re united in our creativity and write to you about Love. Tricky topic, Love.We’re from Zimbabwe, Austria, Australia, France, Germany, India, the UK, the…

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