Penmarris in an uproar, protest meeting to be held in the church hall (tea and biscuits provided).Samantha wonders how she can get pasties from over the border. David will pray for deliverance. Dotty to lobby her mate the Queen. Soothsayer says I told you so. Katie gets her knickers off for her Captain - oops wrong storyline.
I write stories, I like writing...no love writing, but know my limitations.
There have been millions of books published, some good, some not so good. I often wonder whether I could become a published author, in the main stream, like many others. Then I see the hoops you have to go through to even get an agent let alone a publisher. I know that you can self publish, but it isn’t the route to massive success unless you are very lucky and have huge talent, both of which, I regret, I have not got.
My lovely mum is terminally ill and is not expected to live for much longer.
I will be reading the great stories on the site as time permits, (it helps take my mind off things) but I won't be writing anything for a while. As soon as I am able, I will continue with the stories.
I was thinking of all those millions that J.K. Rowling has managed to amass and I thought that it might be a good idea to put a few of my stories on Lulu and then sit back and wait for the doubloons to come rolling in.
I got to the stage where I was thinking of opening a Swiss bank account or at least get a new piggy bank when I paused. Ms Doubt came up in my mind as she often does when I have hair brained schemes.
Is it any good? Does it work, is it like those self publishing scams where you put all the money and nothing comes out?
I have decided that as there doesn't appear to be overmuch interest in reading the 'new version' of the story, I will discontinue amending the story for now. I have therefore put the remainder of the original stories back up.
I might return to it later, but as I want to clear the decks as it were for Football Girl Book 2 and other future stories.
I would like to thank those people who were kind enough to vote. It was an experiment and I would your opinion as to whether it is worth continuing with future stories.
As I sit in Sue Towers, trying to think of yet another cliff hanger for one of my stories, my significant other has just said goodbye as she goes off shopping.
I said ‘Bye,’ and carried on cogitating.
Then I thought about what I just called out — ‘bye.’
I wonder if someone from another place like Wherethefookarewe, for instance, perhaps here on an exchange or something and trying to get to grips with our language, would make of my brief utterance.
Would they understand what I meant; bye, by or maybe buy?
Here I am, trying my hardest to right the next 'Fog' chapter, which Gabi likes to call 'The Green Frog (Kermit)' and I can't concentrate.
It's not writers block, it isn't lack of inspiration or is that perspiration in my case? It isn't anything to do with the fact that the lawn needs mowing and I should really do something about washing the car.
No, its that damn tune going around my head again.
I will be away on holiday in Cornwall for just over a week from Friday, so I won't be doing any writing for a while. (Hooray, I hear you say). Thankfully, I have had my anti-Piskie shots, so I shouldn't catch anything more nasty than a hangover.
Anyway, I will be starting a new chapter of Changes soon and I would like to have suggestions regarding the name of Samantha's new boat/yacht/ship.
It will need a sense of taste and decorum as Dotty will be re-launching her with a bottle of Bollinger or two.
As I sit here, trying to confound and astound my readers with further adventures, I wonder if I am always on the right track.
By this, I am constantly trying to balance what I like to write with what my readers like to read. I hate being stuck in a pigeon hole, so I tend to write on different subjects, time spans, ages etc. I would hate to think that people see my name and think, ‘Oh here is a typical Sue Brown story.’
I had a problem the other day. There were several tractors, other bits of mobile farm machinery and lethal looking things that would mince you up and spit you out if you were silly enough to get in the way all going up and down my little lane..
To explain, I am surrounded by fields and have just a small lane to the front. Hence the farm traffic.
There used to be a popular stories, current and all time link whatsit on the right. Is the removal to do with the other problems?
By the way, I think that Erin and and Bob have done wonders to keep things going; a lesson to another, not so good but well known site which went down for slightly longer.
After I slept on things for a few days and had a large number of PM's from readers and writers, who want me to re-post the story, I am considering changing my mind on my decision to withdraw the story.
Please note that due to adverse comments and because of the subject matter, I have regretfully decided to un-publish the story.
I may return to the story at a later time, but at the moment I will not do so.
I apologise to all my readers as I hate not finishing the story which was to be one of resistance and fortitude but I am aware of the current sensitivity about minors in stories and I have taken the decision not to continue.
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