That, I thought, would be where my stories would come home.
Tag: writing
Short short short stories (adult and child writers)
250-word challenge #storygym
After ten years of volunteering in school
I'd rather yank out my own stitches than miss a chance to read with children, but I also need to belong.
So who puts mahoosive porkies on their writing CV?
I'm Queen...?
Love this: nickname
Late middle English, OBVIOUSLY.
Oak-aged
The other day I looked at my grey hair and receding gums and thought, I’m sure I was about twenty last time I checked. Or thirty. Either way, this weird little middle-aged face is something new. I also thought, it’s been an age since I had a story published, and I should get on with …
Working for free
"Why would you start on a career if it’s not just impossible, but improper, to expect payment?"
Flash Mob ’13: Lots of groovy flash (and… me)
So, you know that scene in Bridget Jones when she turns up to a party dressed as a bunny girl? I’m one of those people. I could drink black coffee for years, or live on a diet of champagne and mineral water, but when the Queen pops round for tea, she’ll catch me sucking evaporated …
Flowery prose
What’s a typical debut novel advance?
A one-book deal might produce about £5,000. Maybe. Or nothing. Or a million.
The Next Big Thing
Unpublishable.
Are you about to peak — or are you past your writing prime?
In terms of writing, I don't believe that age limits... anything at all.
Wet kennings
We watched a bumble bee fly out to sea and I asked him to explain how the bumble bee flies and he cracked a joke.
Why do we write (letters)?
I will never throw away those letters, even though the senders are now in their forties and would laugh hysterically if I were to show them an excerpt.