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Publication, Performances and Giving Up Caffeine
Since the number of workshops I’m running increased again, I’ve managed to stick to the pledged eight hours a week on Skybound, except that is for the week before last. However, as last week was a week without workshops, I more than caught up then. Without wanting to jinx it, I’m currently feeling excited about…
The End of the Sabbatical, Award Applications, Coming to Terms with Rejection and Forthcoming Performance
I’m starting with the novel because it definitely has been the primary focus this month. Last month Skybound’s word count was twenty five thousand words. It is now at forty one thousand four hundred words and, considering what a hectic month I’ve had, I’m pleased with the progress. However, due to financial constraints, I’ve had…
Happy New Year – Competition Win, January Workshop And The Year Ahead
What I’ve been up to I was delighted to discover just before Christmas that I had WON (you always have to upper-case wins, don’t you?) first prize in last year’s Speakeasy Open Creative Writing Competition with my poem ‘Namesake’, which was a very welcome £125. You can read http://www.mkweb.co.uk/Speakeasy/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=90615 Here is my certificate. N.B. If you…