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I am a 68-year-old gay disabled amateur part-time writer living in Slough, Berkshire UK. I have published around 60 articles in 20 leisure and lifestyle magazines. I live with a range of health issues including heart disease, chronic kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes, depression, atrial fibrillation and restless leg syndrome. (I'm working my way through the medical dictionary!). I'm a member of Slough Writer's Group which is interesting and informative. Latest News. 10th July 2023 Awarded 'The Sandy Lee-Guard Award for Endeavour' by the Slough Writers Group. 6th December 2023 Completed studying 'Writing for Magazines' with CityLit University. January 2nd 2024. Fell over in the lounge and fractured my left femur (whilst recovering from fracturing my right femur in July 2023). Recovery expected to take 6 - 8 months. May 2024. Completed studying ' National Centre for Writing' course 'Creative Non-Fiction - An Introduction'. You can see the articles that have been published in the 'LATEST WORK' section of my website. It's at http://richardhill.co.uk/latest.html

Thursday 26 October 2023

Late again!


GOOD EVENING FRIENDS

I'm delighted to tell you that I've been commissioned to write a 3-part magazine series about a (gifted and perhaps idiosyncratic and eccentric) 'Pet Detective'.

The lovely thing for me is that the magazine editor approached me in the first instance (as opposed to me having to approach the editor with a 'brief' and 'outline').

I start from the position of knowing very little about the person as it's a multi-faceted type of subject.

Take for example 'pet theft'. On the one hand, it might be about pets who steal (and hide) valuable objects, and on the other valuable pets that have been stolen themselves.

Obviously, there's much, much more to this subject. The first is to find 4,500 words to meet the brief! Thankfully there's no strict deadline so watch this space!

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It's a week (give or take a couple of hours) until I begin my CityLit course on 'Writing for Magazines'.

How am I feeling? I'm excited, eager, and enthusiastic. Anxious, and apprehensive.

I've been re-reading the books I already have about writing non-fiction articles and short stories, as well as books on 'Writing for Magazines'. I've also been reading on 'Organisation for Writers'; and 'Productivity for Writers' - some are better than others. In a few days time, if I get the time and don't procrastinate, I'll make an amazon list for you.

Anyway, all for now,







 

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