Brentwood Writers' Day

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What a great weekend!

On Saturday I was the speaker at the Brentwood Writers' Day. My thanks to the organising committee for making me so welcome, the lovely lunch, the comfortable venue; and to the group members for being so responsive and friendly. The morning session concerned 'Sue Moorcroft's Short Story Recipe', and in the afternoon we got more into the trickier bits of writing fiction. But, in response to questions, we also covered the admin and professional side of being a writer, how to submit to magazines, whether it was OK to chase a submission, and whether it's OK to harvest someone's kidney. (NB That last point was part of a discussion about plotting!) Finally, we had a Q&A panel and I was joined by fellow writers Frances Clamp, Patrick Forsyth and Sylvia Kent.

The photo shows me with Frances, who so ably chaired the day.

On Sunday it was off to lovely BBC Radio Northampton to go on air for a review of the newspapers. Chris stood in for usual presenter Helen Blaby and we had a great time discussing how much it costs to be a guest at a wedding (much more than I'd really considered), identity theft, and the BBC TV licence. The time whizzed by too quickly but my thanks to Chris, and his producer Stefan, for making it such a fun experience.