ginger cake reflections

Over the weekend I met up with SCBWI pals for coffee, cake and chat in Belfast, sharing our writing (and other) struggles and successes. It was lovely to see everyone an hear their news. And I always come away from these meet-ups having learnt something new. Apart from learning the ginger cake in Waterstones café is delicious, I picked up a few tips for writing a good synopsis. Now I need to apply the learning....

This gorgeous anthology arrived in the post the other day. It includes one of my stories 'A breath of fresh air' - which was runner up in the Lagan Navigation Trust's Storymaking 2018 festival.

 

 

I've taken a welcome break from editing my current project to dip into it and read the beautiful range of poems and stories submitted as part of the Lagan Waterways Storymaking festival. You can get copies from the Lagan Navigation Trust (priced £5) http://www.lagannavigationtrust.org/

Now where was that ginger cake...

 

Return to Coney

Yesterday morning I returned to Coney Island, to writing, sunshine, muffins and friends - in no particular order! The chocanana muffins basked in the morning sunshine as they cooled from the oven. Warm spring rays lit up the room, awakened our winter slumbers and sparked us to write.

 

At times our heads almost hurt as we recapped on punctuation rules (always a useful recap). Just proving the need for writing fuel...