After my latest read I’m still a confirmed Chevalier fan. I particularly admire how she conjures up a time and place with such economy and so little overt description. There must be a wealth of knowledge and research in there somewhere, to deliver such authenticity in so few words. For someone suddenly considering embarking on a … Continue reading Tapestry update
Sad to hear via Jonathan Pinnock, (another Greyling Bay devotee) that the short story magazine Cadenza is no more. I’ve followed Cadenza since I started out in writing, knowing that it had exacting standards for literary short stories. Having submitted several times I was pretty pleased to make even a long list. The previous editor (who … Continue reading The colour of money
By a sort of coincidence I have been delving into the thirties and forties, first of all with Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (one of those reissued Persephone Books) which I heard discussed on Woman’s Hour not so long ago. I wouldn’t quite compare it as a friend did to Mrs Dalloway (though it … Continue reading Period pieces
I’ve never really got involved with any of the colaborative writing ventures which have sprung up on the web. I think this is partly because I’m very proprietorial with my own creations (this is my story, get off!) but also because to participate properly you have to read ‘the story so far’ which, for someone who … Continue reading Greyling Bay
Around this time last year most of us in the Bristol Women Writers group were polishing our entries for the new Bristol Short Story Prize and so we were disappointed when none of us made it to the short list. Still, having recently acquired (thanks, Louise!) a copy of the winners’ anthology, it is good to see … Continue reading Bristol Short Story Prize
