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I am a 69-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). May 2024. Completed studying ' National Centre for Writing' course 'Creative Non-Fiction - An Introduction'. 3rd November 2024. Began studying 'Article Writing and Freelance Journalism' with 'Writing Magazine'. Expected duration 8 Weeks.

Sunday, 17 March 2024

The Book

For one of my assignments on my course "Creative Writing - Non-fiction" I submitted the opening of my article about 19-year-old non-binary person Bodie Best, who has autism among a variety of complex mental health issues. Ed Parnell, my tutor and author of "Ghostland", gave me excellent feedback and suggested that it would be a great opening for a non-fiction book.


This got me thinking. I hadn't previously considered writing a full-length non-fiction book but at this stage of my writing "career" perhaps it would be worth consideration. Although at such a young age, Bodie has been through what many readers would consider a fascinating story.

So; with Bodie's consent and enthusiasm, I've decided to write the book. It will involve much research, both into his life story thus far, and the ethical and legal aspects of committing this story to paper.

So, watch this space to see how I'm progressing, and check out a website I'm creating for the project: www.richardhill.co.uk/bodie

Do you know Bodie? I'd love to hear from you. Please email me at sloughwriter@gmail.com
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