It’s not often that golf and writing are both going well, and so I’m particularly aggrieved that overenthusuiastic pursuit of one or the other (possibly both) has resulted in a mysteriously painful shoulder. This means I’m confined to barracks and restricted to a maximum of 30 mins typing at a go until things get better. … Continue reading Double Whammy
I had never heard of Strawberry Hill Gothic as an architectural style until Sunday when we spent a memorable night at Donnington Grove in Berkshire. As the weather changed from sodden to sparkling, the trees were gorgeous and the hotel fascinating. Although our main preoccupation was golf, I’ve never been so cross at having left my camera … Continue reading Strawberry Hill Gothic
This is the excellent strap line for a writer friend’s self-published travel book launched today. Vagabond Shoes by Jean Burnett won a grant from the Winchester Writers’ Conference towards publishing costs and is definitely not in the vanity category, but Jean (fellow member of Bristol Women Writers) will be the first to tell you that the … Continue reading It’s never too late to run away
Until recently I had myself down as a suburbanite, but not any more. The fight of DD and DS into the city centre has given me the chance to explore the waterfront, the old centre and the university area all over again and I’m suddenly finding even more excuses to go there. Visitors are now being dragged to … Continue reading Circus comes to town
Would you blog your novel? Obviously Mr McCall Smith has done just that with Corduroy Mansions, and has doubtless been suitably rewarded, so let me rephrase it. Would you blog your unpublished novel? Because that’s the idea behind the Telegraph’s latest creative writing competition and if you have a novel languishing in a drawer (or even on … Continue reading Corduroy challenge
Ali Bacon, Author 