2. Excitingly (is that a word?) 100 Stories for Haiti has a publication date: March 4th. You can order the paperback in advance, follow this link for the official website. Here's the front cover - if you look to the top right, above the logo, next to 'Greg McQueen' you'll see the first 5 letters of my name. Oh yeah, I'm in there.
The book costs £11.99 plus p&p. If you buy it direct from Bridge House Publishing, 60% of that cover price will go to helping the victims of the Haiti earthquake. 3. Yesterday I felt the happiest and most rested I have in a while. Nothing big happened, just a lie in, a matinee at the cinema and a pub meal. Came home and took a glass of wine plus notebook and pencil in the bath with me. Had at least 3 writing project/story ideas there - was it the wine or the relaxing day or that I wasn't really trying - not sure, but I felt connected to writing again.
4. Booked tickets to a Kate Atkinson Q&A and a Jon McGregor one too. Love Kate Atkinson, Behind the scenes at the museum is just one of my favourite books. And I'm half way through McGregor's latest novel - Even the dogs - and that's pretty inspirational too.
4 comments:
Thanks for the plug. Good to get the mag out there. I'm looking forward to that Haiti Book. There seems to be a lot of great writers in it.
Alex
yay tomlit (I'm Jeff Wood, by the way, and in Issue 3).
you write in the bath?
I'm a bit ashamed to admit I write almost exclusively via computer. so that bath thing would be a little unwieldy. not to mention dangerous.
Good for you - the last time I wrote in the bath I ended up writing the longest short story I've ever written - got out of cold bath sat up half the night finishing said story - read it the next day and it's awful! But so long as something's getting written is the main thing!
Congrats re stories for Haiti!
Alex - no problem, and thanks for the support with the 100 Stories book.
Jeff - I wondered if that was you. Good stuff, and congratulations. Your story has real staying power - like a good short should.
Writing in the bath - think that was the first time. Not the easiest of things to do, and I didn't take my Moleskine in case I dropped it in. And yes, please stay away from the water with your computer...
Rachel - thanks for the congratulations. You must have 'needed' to write that story. I'm always in awe of writers who can write a story all in one go, I really don't think I've ever done that. Apart from really short stories, of 100 or so words.
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