Sorry that there is no new post this week. I am a "no show" due to the wheels coming off my trolley on Tuesday when I tried some glandular therapy treatment for my ongoing hypoadrenalism and ended up passed out on the hall floor. At the moment, my brain feels like it is full of cotton-wool and writing anything deep and meaningful (or even anything shallow and nonsensical) seems quite difficult. Hopefully normal service will be resumed as soon as possible so please do not adjust your settings.
Hi everyone. A good writing week this week, despite the distractions of the cricket and the tennis, possibly because my portfolio career has been suspended, pending further enquiries (don't tell my patrons!) and I've been at my desk every night. Long may it continue! I said in my last post that I was recently shortlisted (top ten) in the Writer's Toolkit flash fiction competition. The competition brief was to write a short story of 150 words or less on the theme of 'Secrets'. My story actually came out at exactly 150 words because at the last minute, after I'd sealed the envelope, I suddenly panicked and decided that the wording of the rules could mean that the story had to be exactly 150 words. Mine was 149 if I remember correctly and it was surprisingly difficult to add that extra word! Apparently the competition attracted 182 entries (which I must admit was quite a surprise) and entries came from several European countries as well as the UK. I was particu
Sorry to hear you've not been well. I hope it soon gets sorted out and you'll be back to your writing shortly.
ReplyDeleteHurrah! It works. I have been fiddling around with things and maybe one of them has expelled the gremlin that wouldn't allow me to leave comments.
ReplyDeleteThis is very odd. I left 2 comments earlier and both seemed to be accepted but now they have disappeared. It was just to say sorry you haven't been well and I hope you'll be back writing soon.
ReplyDeleteHi Vanessa. Sorry you've been having problems with the comments. Many thanks for your good wishes. I am certainly better than I was this time last week.
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