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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 50 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.

Saturday 14 October 2023

Saturday 14th October 2023

 I'd planned on doing nothing but relax today, but it wasn't to be! Last night I fell asleep listening to the audiobook 'The Organised Writer' by Anthony Johnson.


Anthony Johnson. Author: 'The Organised Writer'

I found it informative, interesting, and inspiring. Divided into three parts it covers all aspects of writing. Part 1 - Get Organised; Part 2 - Write! and Part 3 - Non-writing Stuff.
I wasn't sure at where I'd got to last night, so I had to listen to clips in each section and when I got to a chapter that I wasn't familiar with, that's where I started from again this morning. I still haven't finished it, but I've moved on quite a book.
I prefer to listen to an audiobook, rather than read off the printed page. I'm not quite sure why. I recently listened to the biography 'Pru and Me' by Timothy West and Prunella Scales which was a brilliant listen read by Timothy.
The above photograph was taken a few years ago (1998)
when I went to interview them for Canal & Riverboat magazine


I have shelves containing loads of books, most of which are books detailing how to accomplish certain skills. I stopped listening to 'The Organised Writer' for lunch, but won't go back to it until I've finished this - which is now. Goodnight!

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