I am simply overflowing with
interview opportunities at the moment and it is infinitely both satisfying and
interesting chatting to such an eclectic mix of people about their lives,
opinions and interests. Only last week I bantered with Waterstones’ longest
serving manager, Martin Latham. What a charmingly intelligent man! He simply
oozes literary enthusiasm. Writing Magazine will be running this feature and I
will inform you when the relevant copy hits the magazine shelves.
In the meantime I am preparing lists
of intriguing questions for a couple of more local interviewees which I hope to
squeeze in during the next fortnight.
Now what else is currently
listed in my hectic schedule? Ah, yes. I
am in the throes of preliminary talks with a local charity. One of their fund
raising opportunities is to run a Short Story Competition and I am dearly hoping
to assist them. More details next time.
And while on the subject of
competitions, Chiltern Writers’ Short Story Competition closes this coming
Friday. The fragrant Tessa Harris is judging this one for us and I will be
forwarding a bundle of top notch entries to her next weekend.
Now whilst my working days are
already heaving with creativity, following a recent meeting with the captivating children’s
author, Nick Halliday, we have decided to embark upon an enviably
ambitious joint venture. It's an award winning project just waiting to happen. Although we do, of course, need to get round to
actually committing our ideas to digital technology. Right now we’re still at
the guffawing stage. Still, it promises to be funny, if only we find time to
crack on with it. . .
