Thank Goodness For Swanwick

It worked!

I have returned from The Swanwick Writers Summer School feeling more positive than I have in a long time.  I have already dashed off one new short story.  If you have never been to Swanwick I highly recommend that you give it a go at some stage, it is just amazing.  My favourite evenings speaker this year was the wonderfully talented James Moran.  Scriptwriter for Spooks, Primeval, Dr Who, Torchwood and countless others.  Not only is he talented he is actually very funny although in person, a little shy. 

Anyway back to me.  As well as meeting up again with old friends I also established new friendships.  Swanwick friendships are special, they are not subject to the usual pressures as most of the time we only see each other once a year.  The Internet is a fantastic tool for staying in touch.

As already mentioned I have already dashed off one story.  Dash means its written but needs a little more work, but the foundations are there.  I took lots of advice from other writers which if I put into practise should stand me in good stead for future work.

The projects I was fiddling with before I have shelved in favour of new thinking and new ideas.  I would really like to say special thanks for their friendship at Swanwick (no surnames) Linda, Vikki, Jayne, Beryl, Tiggy, Veronica, The Bill twins - thank you.

I am aiming to update my blog at least twice a week, any more will be a bonus.  If you'd like to keep me company I'd be delighted.