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Short Stories
and more...!
Once I had started winding down my professional life by going part-time,
I began to get interested in short story writing. I found that I really enjoyed it. It made me feel like a kid, making stuff up. Although, as they say in investment circles, 'past performance is no guarantee of future performance', I'm enjoying the interest already!
I wrote some pieces for performance at the Broadstairs Lit Open mic nights. People seemed to like them so I produced a booklet and recorded a CD of the pieces, called ‘Ten-Minute Tales’, just for family and friends.
Ten-Minute Tales
'Writing'
A friend suggested I offer the sound files of the tales to BBC Radio Kent for their 'Upload' programme. So I did. Again, they went down well. Leo Ulph featured all seven of them on his programme. My confidence was boosted by comments from Leo.
‘An absolutely beautiful little piece’, ‘Quite delightful!’, ‘Absolutely wonderful’, ‘A great talent for creating atmosphere’ and ‘Such a way with words!’ - Leo Ulph
'More writing'
Listen to my work
One of the stories from 'Ten Minute Tales', called ’Where we are’, was included in the IsleWrite anthology ‘twentythirty’ published in 2020. You can listen to it here:
I have extra copies of the booklet and CD for anybody who would like one for a price that simply covers costs. Please contact me if you would like a copy.