So what do you know about St David?

In a week's time we'll be in a new month. And the first day of March is also the day Wales celebrates and remembers their patron saint  - David.

But what do you really know about St David? Who was he? What did he do? Why are leeks the national emblem of Wales?

You can find the answers to these questions and more by reading my children's ebook about St David. I'm delighted it's now available to download on ibooks

https://books.apple.com/us/book/book-title/id1485253416?ls=1

and on kindle

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08511M26T

Back in Coney

It seems we've been having wild weather forever now - the third weekend in a row of wet and stormy weather.  One spectacular aspect of the storm is the seascape, and where better to be on a stormy morning than inside a cosy house looking out at crashing waves and driving rain. Even better when you've good company, good food and are writing.

A battered Coney Island was where I found myself this  morning. It was good to catch up with my writing pals, share our news and flex our creative writing muscles. And even better that this was accompanied by coffee and chocoatnana muffins. I'd  dreamt up a new recipe this morning, tried it out and my writing pals and family were the Guinea pigs. Given there are now no muffins left, I'd say it has turned out to be successful!

Storymaking

This year my entry in the Lagan Navigation Trust's Storymaking festival didn't win a prize. But it is only fair that someone else did win this year, given I won first prize in the poetry category in February 2018 with 'Riverdance' and second prize in the short story category in February 2019 with 'A Breath of Fresh Air'.

This is a great creative writing event and I'm delighted to be part of it. I wasn't able to get along to the awards event at the weekend but I'm still, excited that my poem 'Synchronicity' will be included in the forthcoming anthology.