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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 23 December 2023

Saturday Synopsis

Not a very inspiring title I know, but I can't think of anything else!

I started looking for free online courses on 'Public Speaking', and I mean FREE! I can't afford anything to study this subject. But while I was searching, I came across an OU OpenLearn free course in 'Understanding Autism'.

The subject* of my 1,500-word 'feature article' is going to be about a lovely 18-year-old non-binary person, Bodie Best, who lives with autism and other complex mental medical issues so I concluded that it would be useful to study and write about him.

The course is recommended to take 3 hours a day for 8 days, making a total of 24 hours of study which I can easily 'slot' into my other work, and probably complete in 2 - 3 days.


Mid-morning, I received an Amazon packet. It was the Oxford Dictionary for Writers & Editors. It cost me just £3, and was advertised as 'used' so I was expecting a bedraggled second-hand paperback edition. I was pleasantly surprised, it was brand new (or as close as it could be to 'brand new') with a price on the jacket of £14.99! Brilliant!

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