this happened.........

hooray finally got blogging be posting some short stories in the future going to use scribd thanks elaine and jen.

Making a book

We have been looking at a programme called Scribd (www.scribd.com) through which you can make a virtual book, which I think is a wonderful idea for myself as a short story writer. Next week, I'll publish one of my short stories on this post as a book. Watch this space...

Drafts of a Story

I like writing by hand better than I like typing. Here are some drafts from my notebook.

What do you think of my story so far? (click on the pictures to make them big so you can read them)

Field Trip Souveneir!

Here's a little souveneir I took of my trip to Rock Park... hope no-one saw me take a sneaky cutting!!

I have put it in some soil and I hope it will grow and be a lasting reminder of the workshops and this project. I would give everybody cuttings of it. You never know!

Field Trip

Here are some pictures of 13 Rock Park that we took during the Field trip during the workshop last week. 13 is an unlucky number for some.

I don't know what the house is used for now but in the days of the LadyBird invasion it was a nursing home and I used to work there. Lots of experiences to write about.

Jenn took this photo for me because I was driving the car. She was too shy to take a picture of the whole house because someone was peeping out of the upstairs window wondering what we were up to!

Lady Bird Invasion! The Wirral, 1976.

This is just a small portion of the ladybird outbreak you can see the proportion of ladybirds to the amount of tarmac on the street!

I was heavily pregnant and I had a fondness for green in my clothing back then. Because of this the ladybirds must have thought I was a plant and during this invasion I was covered in them! That is not something you'd forget about easily!

My story is going to be set in the summer heatwave of 1976 which I remember very well. The Lady Bird Invasion or the Lady Bird plague is going to be a part of the story.

deciding?

What ghost to choose ?
The cyclist elderly lady and man or mysterious death?
Rock ferry Tranmere Birkenhead all places with wealth of atmosphere my life and memories.
Do you think i should tell the whole story?
What about the pictures?
It might upset the family.
I think you need to write what you can remember.
that's the trouble it1s hard to seperate fact from fiction,the old lady with the clothes '
The plague of ladybirds in the heatwave of july august '76 what a freak that was.
What about what happened to the cyclist?
Is it time for a break?
I think so yes and a slice of that bread from the deli on church road just along from st' cath's hospital.
Now i could tell a story about the hospital it has so many links to my life.
Tranmere and Church road my goodness there!