Busy

 I've been very prolific during the past few months and The People's Friend now have a lot of my stories piled up for consideration. I've been lucky enough to sell one to My Weekly last week, as well as one to PF last week and another this week. I also have a story in PF out today (Wednesday 4th Oct). I called it 'All Creatures Great and Small'. I wonder if they published it this week to coincide with the new series of 'All Creatures Great and Small' on C5?

We went on holiday for ten days to Malta and, whilst lazing around on the sunbed, I wrote three short stories and also edited the first three chapters of a Pocket Novel which I have now submitted to PF. It is about a female football fan and I think it's going to be a lot of fun to write, even if sad in places. I was crying whilst writing the first chapter lol. In fact, Tasha and I were both crying when I was telling her the plot hahaha.

I should point out that it's not all sad, though! It does have the feel-good factor. I hope they like the idea.

It's very odd but I seem to have story ideas up the ying-yang, as we used to say. So many, that I can't really keep up. I do have a book that I write them all down in, for the days when I can't think of anything for the life of me. My thumb joint replacement is looming on the horizon. I was told it would be October but haven't got a date yet. Not so easy to plan anything. If I'd have got the go-ahead from PF re the Pocket Novel, I may have been able to write it before the op, but there's no point in pressing on with it unless they've said yes, in case they want it but need something changing.

Friends and family are always telling me that I should write a book about my life but I have always found the prospect a bit overwhelming. However, perhaps I should have gone ahead earlier because it is now even more complicated, with the discovery of some wonderful new relatives, including half-siblings. Extremely unexpected. The movie will be great 😂. I would like Jodie Foster to play me (no point in aiming low😎😃).

Enough waffle. Better get on with some work. Research first, though. Oh, don't we love research?! It's knowing when to stop that's the problem with it...

Today's quote:

“You do an awful lot of bad writing in order to do any good writing. Incredibly bad. I think it would be very interesting to make a collection of some of the worst writing by good writers.”

―William S. Burroughs

PS Forgot about our Butlins 70s weekend! I'll include that next time.