Blog 78 – Kennedy’s Children … Entry in my diary – Saturday 23rd November 1963 President John F Kennedy died yesterday shot from a high building in Dalius Texus three shots were fired but the maker* said that three shots could not be fired at once there must have been more people. President Linden Johnson […]
Kennedy’s Children …
23/11/2013 // by Jan Moran Neil
11/11/2013 // by Jan Moran Neil
Left Overs by Jan Moran Neil I’ve got all the bits and bobs left over from the words I’ve lopped off this poem and that and stuck them in a doc the way my mum used to slice and trim the pastry from the pie’s brim and roll it into one big doughy bit and […]
No Loose Ends …
27/10/2013 // by Jan Moran Neil
Aspiration: Cambridge Age: 59 About Time Cambridge Masters First Module and Matric was wonderful. Busy writing poetry. Creative Ink classes full. Please email me if you want to come to the Gavin Extence/ The Universe versus Alex Woods talk and reading on Thursday 14th November at 10.45 am. Some £5 tickets left. My best friend’s […]
Way Back …
12/10/2013 // by Jan Moran Neil
Way Back … The Ulutsha Theatre Company’s Inaugural Production for Heritage Day at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation. Jan Moran Neil: seasoned swallow www.janmoranneil.co.uk I flew in for the Cape Spring which grew colder as October crept closer. The Ulutsha Theatre Company’s first production, Way Back was creeping closer also. I have to confess, at […]
Way Back …
23/09/2013 // by Jan Moran Neil
Rehearsing ‘Way Back’ with Ulutsha Theatre Company – at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, Cape Town this week. One place left on both Creative Ink courses this November. Email me for details.
A Foot in Both Camps …
08/09/2013 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 73 – A Foot in Both Camps … On each blog Ms Paige Turner tells a porkie pie. Spot it and you will get a free assessment of up to 400 words of prose this month. I hope you are all enjoying your blistering early autumn in the UK. When we arrived in Cape […]
Message to Miss Janet Titterington, aged 13.
23/08/2013 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 72. Message to Miss Janet Titterington – aged 13. 1. Don’t pay out for all those counselling sessions for your wasp phobia. They won’t work. Just don’t go on picnics in August. 2. You will become thin. 3. You will lose your virginity one day. 4. You will publish your novel. (BLACKBERRY PROMISES AVAILABLE […]
Behind the Fringe …
11/08/2013 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 71 – Behind the Fringe … Ms Paige Turner tells a porkie pie on each blog. Spot this one and you will receive a free entry into Creative Ink Publishing’s short story comp on the theme of ‘Promises’ – deadline – October 1st. I had been on my way to the Edinburgh Fringe twice […]
Rubbish …
27/07/2013 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 70 – Rubbish by Ms Paige Turner I know in the long run, it will be a good thing. I know we need to do this for the environment but it’s just that the timing isn’t great. I mean how many of these newly purchased tiny food sacs are we going to use up […]
One Handshake from Fame …
13/07/2013 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 69 – One Handshake from Fame – Ms Paige Turner tells a porkie pie on each blog. Spot this one and you will receive a free poetry assessment. What do Barack Omama, Gavin Extence (winner of most debut novel awards) Noddy, Richard and Judy and Frankie Valli have in common? Well, unbeknown to them […]