Despite the freezing weather, January is bringing some unexpected reasons to be cheerful. One of these is that A Fork Less Ordinary is going to be read out by my sister at the first 2009 meeting of of her local W.I. so I may not be published but I am to be performed! I hope … Continue reading Family Fortunes
Adding the new Short Fiction page has prompted some reflections on writing. There’s an idea in circulation that a short story is in some way harder to write than a novel. I don’t think for a minute that this is the case, but looking at the relative word-count, the effort to get 3000 words right … Continue reading Long and Short (2)
Just checked the website of Cadenza Magazine to find one of my short stories on their latest long list. Well, I think it’s mine, but they haven’t included the authors’ names with the long list titles. On the other hand, it seems unlikely that two people would have submitted a story called ‘Blue-Sky Thinking’ (and both be good … Continue reading Long and short of it
Following my comments on creative writing courses, I was pleased to get a letter this week from Bristol University confirming I’ve been accepted for the Write On course starting in April. The course, a mixture of taught sessions and mentoring, is aimed at anyone with a writing project they want to take on to the next … Continue reading Write On
Ali Bacon, Author 