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And the dole cheque goes to.....

Posted almost 4 years ago

Three weeks ago I quit my job with nothing to go to. It was a new job (I’d been there for a month) and though it had a shiny and swish job title and decent salary it made me want to give myself a rusty spoon lobotomy.

At first I thought it would be great. It was much easier than I could have imagined and I’d have lots of energy to write in my spare time; but after another day of the kind of bored…

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Talkin Books....

Posted almost 4 years ago

…is so good for the soul. Each month my girlfriends and I get together eat, drink and argue too much and say it is because we are discussing a book. This months book was To Kill A Mockingbird, one of my all time favourite books ever.

We ate banoffee pie drank wine – later strong coffee – and talked over every part of it’s lovliness. This talk led to all manner of tangents …

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This month.....

Posted almost 4 years ago

Inspired by the brilliant “Going on Record” thread in the Spherical Short Story group I’ve decided to try to list my goals for each month. So……

Enter the Bristol Short Story Prize

and Cadenza Competition

and do 2 submissions to magazines

and attend more literary events – I loved doing this this month. I don’t know if I think the talent will rub off or whe…

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Thank you!

Posted about 4 years ago

This morning with bed head and a hot cup of coffee I logged into Red Bubble and discovered that something lovely had happened for me.

I am so excited, overjoyed and amazed. As the hackneyed phrase goes “I’ve never won anything before.” This is even more special because I think RB is such an incredible place filled with all genre’s of talent and the standard for In The Moment was so unbelievably h…

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