Blog 88 by Ms Paige Turner A Dozen Promises – an eBook produced by Creative Ink Publishing featuring the finalist 12 short stories from their competition on the theme of ‘Promises’ is being launched online on Maundy Thursday 17th April on Amazon Kindle priced £1.80. Just type the title into Amazon Kindle. A Dozen promises. […]
A Dozen Promises
17/04/2014 // by Jan Moran Neil
Surrender!
04/04/2014 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 87 – Surrender! by Ms Paige Turner Dear Reader, I write – dear Reader – because I do believe I have one reader. I’ve read in all sorts of writing magazines about whipping up your readership with a blog, but I can safely say that it’s only Bee Pollen Diet Pills, Honest Diapers (?) […]
Holiday from Words …
29/03/2014 // by Jan Moran Neil
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Word Holiday
06/03/2014 // by Jan Moran Neil
Metamorphoses …
17/02/2014 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 84 by Ms Paige Turner letters from: metamorphoses same term same seat same perm same state same room same rote poem same rote prose it saps me so stop metamorphose From ‘Serving Bluebird Pie’ available on Amazon Kindle. I’m through my third Cambridge residential and on to my third script assignment. I’m […]
The Word Bus
04/02/2014 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 83 – The Word Bus … by Ms Paige Turner I feel as though I am on one at the moment. I daren’t say ‘treadmill’. Next week sees my third Masters Module residence at Cambridge and our writing toes don’t touch the ground. In celebration of sending my second prose module assignment down the […]
Whilst waiting for Masters’ assignment results …
19/01/2014 // by Jan Moran Neil
One Day – a short story by Jan Moran Neil Once upon a time there was a virgin called Patience. Patience was raised slowly to maxims like, “Every dog has his day,” “Everything comes to those who wait,” and “Patience, stand in the queue and take your turn.” And so she did. As a child, […]
Slaving over Hot Pots and Plots …
04/01/2014 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 81 – Slaving Over Hot Pots and Plots … Ms Paige Turner I’ve been slaving over both for the past few festive weeks. There are worse places to be. I have 7000 words to get in for my Masters’ assignment next week and I’ve discovered that plots and turkeys are alike. As long as […]
RIP Ian Hornby – My Play Publisher
21/12/2013 // by Jan Moran Neil
Dear Ian, I never met you. You were my play publisher for ten years and an internet friend. After I had lost hair and a voice getting my first play on to the London Fringe, you picked it up, put the full stops in the right places and moved the photos to the places I […]
Now We Are Sixty (or Not Quite) …
07/12/2013 // by Jan Moran Neil
Now We are Sixty (or Not Quite) by Ms Paige Turner On Saturday 16th November 2013, twenty ‘Class of 65-72’ met for lunch at the Croydon Park Hotel to celebrate being together and being either 60 or approaching that seventh decade. I learnt something. As I leant across our 60th birthday cake I said to […]