Week 40

Back from holiday - welcome to reality!! Really got going on the sequel in the last week of the holiday and knocked out several chapters - wish I could have stayed on for a couple of months, I reckon I could have broken the back of it. Ho Hum!
Sitting by the pool overlooking the Provencal countryside with the sun shining and drinking the occasional cold beer is definitely the way to free the mind.
I've entered 'The Picture' for the Bridport prize and put in an entry for 'Just Back' in the Telegraph - we shall see - I'm forever hopeful.
I've got to start thinking about marketing W2H again so that's next on the agenda.

Week 39

I'm back on line a week earlier than I said I would be. I'm currently in Provence basking in the sun and the relaxed atmosphere has got me wanting to write again. I've completed my second short story - I'm much happier with it than I was with the first one. 'The House' was bleak to say the least, but 'The Picture', which has a similar theme, is not so dark. I shall enter it for the Bridport Prize as well so we shall see what happens.
The Telegraph has a travel writing competition called 'Just Back' so I've written a piece on our arrival and will submit it on my return.
I'm enjoying writing short stories and you never know one of them may win something eventually. I'll keep writing and keep entering competitions. Eventually I will have enough for an anthology and will publish them on line.
Meanwhile, however, I'm in the mood for continuing with the sequel for W2H and after six months lay off I am going to get back to it. I have the plot and characters mapped out in my head but I am only on the fourth chapter - so a long way to go.
I must admit I'm more interested in the writing than I am in the marketing but when I get back from holiday I must get at it again.