Yes, yes, I know it’s been a while – but I’m honestly not dead yet. I just said I wouldn’t blog unless I had anything to say and I have been quite spectacularly un-loquacious for the last few days. If my head was any bereft-er of ideas I’d be in a coma. But! for some reason today I’ve perked up a little, so I shall update you on what I’ve been doing.
The good news is that Thresholds are publishing my short-story review on Thursday! Yes, after getting me to do rewrites and rewrites of rewrites (as I told you before) they have finally got back to me and it’s coming out this week. So I will post a link when it’s up. Sadly I’m not getting paid for this one, but it’s something to put on the old CV I guess…
I’m also headlining at Pinggk! in a couple of weeks, which should be good –
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pingggk/?fref=ts
and then in March I’m running a workshop for the Spring Event, jointly with Mike. I guess we’d better start thinking about that soon. And other work in progress includes a memoir of forgetting called ‘I am the Anti-Proust’ and a short story based on a Jane Austen character. This is for a Chawton House competition – Chawton House being one of the places Austen grew up and which is now a Jane Austen museum.
http://www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk/
The competition is to write a story based on a Jane Austen character, and I’ve chosen Emma’s sister Isabella. I also thought about doing something with Jane Fairfax and making her some kind of political spy, but I’ve not got very far with that. I’m avoiding Pride and Prejudice – too obvious, I think.
I’ve been cycling more; going into town and back yesterday and down to the local shops several times a week. I got some lights for my bike at the weekend, so night-time cycling is also on the cards. So long as the wind drops a bit – today I almost got blown back where I came from!
Kirk out
Sarada Gray 