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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

Monday 11 December 2023

Monday

The day's started out badly. My right (bad) leg is extremely painful, at rest, and more so, so when I'm trying to walk, I can only manage a few slow, small steps over short distances (a few metres or so). I had a fitful night's sleep, waking at regular intervals needing to take painkillers. I went to sleep around midnight and didn't wake-up (proper) until 9am.

I've been reading and researching material from (and exploring) the syllabus from the 'National Centre of Writing' webpages 'Creative Non-Fiction: An introduction'. This morning, I'm about to start reading 'Freelance Writing for magazines and newspapers.'.

I spent last night researching resources for: 'Dogs and truckers' and 'Dogs and narrowboats' amongst other things. I now have to sit and wait, checking back to the forums and Facebook groups every couple of days.

I've been going back through my 'archive'. Here is my very first article in print from 1996: 'Chocolate on the Shroppie'. And here is one of the most recent from 2023: 'Newfs in Action'.


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