Looking back at 2019

I’m not keen on counting, but it’s good to review the year and consider some very lovely times.

Month by month, here are my writing highlights and a celebratory photo for each.

 

January

Delighted to have a rare poem published in Visual Verse

 

February

Had three flashes published this month. Particularly proud of The Man I Am Not Marrying, published in Spelk

 

March

After a nail-biting time, signed a book deal with Louise Walters Books for my second novella, In the Sweep of the Bay, due to be published on 17th September 2020.

 

April

Took part in both the Abergavenny Writing Festival and the Llandeilo Litfest.

 

May  

A wonderful week at Palazzo Forani in the village of Casperia in the Sabine Hills, north of Rome, led by ace flash fiction writers Kathy Fish and Nancy Stohlman. New writing, new friends, new food!

 

June

Spent a day at the Flash Fiction Festival in Bristol. More great writing experiences – and lovely to meet so many writers I knew from internet connections.

 

July

Spoke at another LitFest, this time in Caerleon.

 

August

Structural and line edits of In the Sweep of the Bay completed.

 

September

Copy editing time for the novella. Challenged myself to write a (long) short story  of which of which I was given paragraphs 1 and 20. Could be the bones of a new novella…

 

October

Busy weekend at the beginning of the month: up to Leicester for the launch of this anthology one day and at the Crickhowell LitFest talking about novellas the next.

 

November

Finally started writing the story of my Auntie Phyllis, internationally famous circus artiste!

 

December

Five flashes published this month, after a lean time.