In the post this morning was something surprising and nice: two copies of Fylde Brighter Writers' new anthology called 'Out of Season'. As runner up in their short story competition last year with my story 'The Boy Who Stayed at School' (also winner of Southport Writers' Competition) I have found a place in there. Apparently, according to the introduction to the anthology, it was a close run thing between myself and Anne Wilson's piece called 'Ghost Training' - congratulations to Anne. The anthology is beautifully produced and available through Lulu... all proceeds going to a charitable cause.
And, having been on mid-term for a week, I at last got down to a new piece of writing today. Have been polishing lots of other bits and pieces, but today something new... and that felt very good, because you can sometimes feel like you might be losing the edge on what you can do and you need to do it again and again to prove to yourself that you can still do it.
And all of that leaves me in a nicer mood today... not so narky or snarly... so one good thing to end on:
A once upon a time writer I worked with (but don't anymore) has just landed a deal to publish her first novel and that sort of success deserves to be celebrated. Congrats to Vanessa Gebbie and good luck for 'The Coward's Tale' due out later in the year.
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