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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.

Tuesday, 24 September 2024

SloughWriters



Last night I attended my SloughWriters group, which meets at Burnham Working Mens Club every Monday night during term time. Last night was a 'Manuscript Evening' where some members read a portion of their work to the group. I read out my short piece (300 word) called 'The Brocas'.

From their website: "Slough Writers is a friendly and supportive group for writers of all abilities, living in the Slough area."

I've been attending SloughWriters for a couple of years and find it both interesting and informative. Next Monday night, I shall be giving a presentation and workshop on 'Writing for Magazines' (non-fiction). This is the second evening I've hosted, the first being over a year ago when I ran a workshop on freewriting (which wasn't very good). This time, I've done much more preparatory work, so I hope it will be much improved.

SPEAKERNET

I'm hoping to be able to give a similar presentation to other clubs/societies/groups etc. in the area. As a result, I've registered with SpeakerNet, my individual details appearing here: https://speakernet.co.uk/talk/6457/writing-for-magazines-nonfiction . If you are, or someone you know is, interested in 'booking' me, please log into the link above. You can also go to SpeakerNet to search for other speakers on a whole range of interesting topics

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