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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.

Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Not Placed!

Monday Night was the results evening of the autumn 'Article' competition, December 2024

Cruising the Canal du Midi

My submission wasn't placed. Below are the adjudicators' comments.

"There is a lot of info in this. Which is great. We step from the region to the canal to the boat, to the journey itself and this is a great flow. You lean on LTC Rolt to take us from the port of Agde to Beziers and this is all captivating.

The addition of the passion for the area form the ship’s captain endorses your feelings. And the description of the canal being ‘a linear park’ created by Pierre-Paul Riquet.

Nice, easy writing style that pulls me in and keeps me interested and I really enjoyed it…"

The article itself is in the 'non-fiction' section of my 'DannyDog Pieces' website at www.dannydog.co.uk

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