Doomed to be a vegetable
Growing up with the surname Collie, it was inevitable that I’d be called Cauliflower at school. Imagine my face when I came across this neatly packaged product at Morrison’s this morning.
Posted 18/07/07 - Permalink to this story
Unexpected exposure
Googling my name in an idle moment, I was agreeably surprised to find some of my short stories featured on UK Plus. You might like to take a look.
Posted 17/07/07 - Permalink to this story
Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival competition
Entries can now be read on the website of the Ripon Gazette The challenge was to finish, in no more than 300 words, a story begun by Ann Cleeves. You can also read my entry in My Fiction
Posted 15/07/07 - Permalink to this story
RAP summer outing
Given the terrible weather so far this summer, I wasn’t optimistic about the Ripon Activity Project outing, but I needn’t have worried. Our members have a great capacity for enjoyment and it takes more than a spot of rain to put them off. We spent the morning browsing around Darley Mill Centre and didn’t forget to feed the wild ducks on the mill race.
Then we moved on to the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway.
We were allowed to eat our packed lunches in the waiting room at Bolton Abbey station and enjoyed a return trip on the train.
Posted 14/07/07 - Permalink to this story
A new showcase
The editor of PickUp Yorkshire is looking for stories of up to 450 words and one of mine is in this week’s edition. Although the paper has a wide circulation within the county, it isn’t yet distributed in Ripon, so when I’d finished my latest stint at the Emmerdale studios I splashed into the city centre to get a copy. As well as appearing in print, my story is also on the PickUp Yorkshire website.
Posted 13/07/07 - Permalink to this story