Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Tom's Voice Magazine
Oops. Forgot. Issue 9 of my special ezine has just gone up, thanks to Zoe King.
HERE it is. Tom's Voice Mag.
HERE it is. Tom's Voice Mag.
SAN FRANCISCO, BIG SUR, YOSEMITE...
Am off to get me a few briges. Back soon. Write well, people. Make sparks. Here's a few pics to write from.
WEST CORK LIT FEST
Here's the info on the West Cork Literary Festival, where I have just been asked to run the week-long Short Story for Beginners workshops.
The website now has me up there, but apparently following the previous writer's teaching plan. Which I will not be! We all teach differently.
If any participants are reading this, I don't mind what you bring along. Bring anything you like! Bring stories you have tried and you quite like but aren't sure about. Bring ideas! Bring the characters who knock on your eyes when you are sleeping, and the ones who natter to you whilst you are driving.
Bring that old photo you found, which won't quite let you forget it. Bring your favourite short story.
Or just bring yourself. The bit of you that wants to write. But doesn't quite know why or how.
West Cork Literary Festival HERE. 5 July to 11th July, Bantry, West Cork, Ireland.
The website now has me up there, but apparently following the previous writer's teaching plan. Which I will not be! We all teach differently.
If any participants are reading this, I don't mind what you bring along. Bring anything you like! Bring stories you have tried and you quite like but aren't sure about. Bring ideas! Bring the characters who knock on your eyes when you are sleeping, and the ones who natter to you whilst you are driving.
Bring that old photo you found, which won't quite let you forget it. Bring your favourite short story.
Or just bring yourself. The bit of you that wants to write. But doesn't quite know why or how.
West Cork Literary Festival HERE. 5 July to 11th July, Bantry, West Cork, Ireland.
SALT HITS NEWSNIGHT!
You heard it here... the blog that doesnt know much mostly, but sometimes does.
The Salt Publishing Just One Book Campaign has come to the notice of Newsnight Review. Chris Hamilton Emery will be interviewed on this week's programme. BBC 1 11 pm, Friday 29th May.
SPREAD THE WORD!
The Salt Publishing Just One Book Campaign has come to the notice of Newsnight Review. Chris Hamilton Emery will be interviewed on this week's programme. BBC 1 11 pm, Friday 29th May.
SPREAD THE WORD!
Fantastic portrayal of first draft writing processes... in paint!
By writer Ania Vesenny. Whose blog is a real treasure box.
From the blog of writer Ania Vesenny HERE!
From the blog of writer Ania Vesenny HERE!
WAR HORSE at THE NATIONAL THEATRE
Beg, borrow or steal a ticket for this stage production of Michael Morpurgo’s novel War Horse. Please! (No, on second thoughts, don’t do the last option…) But do whatever you can to get to see this?
On the face of it… a children’s novel, on stage with puppet horses? Come ON!
Well, I took us up to see it last night. Us being bad-tempered husband, 63, ‘What on earth are we going up to see this for?’ and equally bad-tempered teenage son, 17. ‘Mum. I am tired, OK?’
I was listening to the radio in the car a few months back, and the lady who does the traffic news came into the studio. And in the chat’n’natter before she did her thing, she talked about War Horse, which she had seen the night before. She was breathless with excitement. ‘You just have to see it,’ she said to whoever was in the studio. ‘You just have to. I can’t describe it…’ This wasn’t an advert… but it was the best advert in the world.
War Horse tells the story of Joey, a colt from Devon, and Albert the 16 year old boy who loves him. It is WWI seen through the eyes of the horse, with fantastic coups de theatre that had us gasping. (We were right in the front row… and that was spectacular!)
It pulls no punches. It is raw, highly emotional, shocking and very very clever.
No longer bad-tempered husband. ‘That was spectacularly good.’
No longer bad-tempered son. ‘Thanks. Great stuff. Fantastic.’
ALL INFO HERE. GET DIARY AND CREDIT CARDS OUT NOW.
On the face of it… a children’s novel, on stage with puppet horses? Come ON!
Well, I took us up to see it last night. Us being bad-tempered husband, 63, ‘What on earth are we going up to see this for?’ and equally bad-tempered teenage son, 17. ‘Mum. I am tired, OK?’
I was listening to the radio in the car a few months back, and the lady who does the traffic news came into the studio. And in the chat’n’natter before she did her thing, she talked about War Horse, which she had seen the night before. She was breathless with excitement. ‘You just have to see it,’ she said to whoever was in the studio. ‘You just have to. I can’t describe it…’ This wasn’t an advert… but it was the best advert in the world.
War Horse tells the story of Joey, a colt from Devon, and Albert the 16 year old boy who loves him. It is WWI seen through the eyes of the horse, with fantastic coups de theatre that had us gasping. (We were right in the front row… and that was spectacular!)
It pulls no punches. It is raw, highly emotional, shocking and very very clever.
No longer bad-tempered husband. ‘That was spectacularly good.’
No longer bad-tempered son. ‘Thanks. Great stuff. Fantastic.’
ALL INFO HERE. GET DIARY AND CREDIT CARDS OUT NOW.
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