Friday 27 March 2009

THE SCHOOLGIRL CORINNE


Sometimes, at the moment of writing, the piece you have written seems wonderful to you. Then days or weeks or months later, you are not so sure. I have written a fourth piece that has gone up on Greyling Bay, and it is a piece that I think is pretty damn near perfect. I read it and read it and read it, and the words all seem right, and clever. And there is an ache in it that is so adolescent, and yet somehow bigger than that. And it is about my favourite poem - loved it when I found it as a boy and love it still: W B Yeats' 'She Wishes For The Cloths of Heaven'. I am so pleased this is out there where it can be read for free. Go read my 'Cor-Blimey Corinne'


Sunday 8 March 2009


FISHY NEWS

The very long 'shortlist' is out for The Fish Short Story Competition. And several Workhouse members feature, which is great. And I am there too with a story called 'NOTHIN NEATH THE WANTIN'. I am pleased to have got this far with something I originally wanted to enter into Fish's now cancelled 'Knife Award'.

Other 'fishy' news: after more than a 7 month wait Grasslimb Journal have accepted a short flash fiction piece of mine called 'A FISH SWIMMING INSIDE OF ME'. It will appear in their July edition. A pretty cheque for $20 arrived this week. Can't wait to see it in print.