Cherry Potts, Writer

Author: Cherry Potts

  • How to be successful …without hollow laughter…

    I’m tidying up my other webisite and came across this piece I wrote several years ago, so I thought I’d share it here. These days I’m a publisher as well as a writer, and when I look back at when I had my first work published I realise I was dreadfully naïve – I thought…

  • Spooky Tales for Brockley Max

    Spooky Tales for Brockley Max

    Brockley Max fundraiser Spooky Tales this Wednesday!

  • Short stories and poems on Image

    Short stories and poems on Image

    recordings from Wooa’s BrockleyMax session of stories and poems. Inspired by the fact that our venue, The Brookmill Pub, was also hosting a photography exhibition, we chose ‘image’ as our theme – I provided a story and 3 poems

  • Judge’s comments on The Bog Mermaid

    Here are the delightful comments from Elizabeth Bradfield, the judge of the Quill Prose Award (the one Mermaid just won!) What does a bog contain?  Water, layer upon layer of sphagnum, darkness, cold; things preserved in that airless chill beyond what light and air would allow.  So the past burbles into the present, and currents…

  • The Bog Mermaid wins Quill Prose Prize

    Excited to announce that The Bog Mermaid has won the Quill Prose Award 2022, run by Red Hen Press There won’t be a publication, we couldn’t agree terms on the contract, but still, a prize is a prize. Read about the book itself here Read about searching for the right place to set the book…

  • Back in the Water – video

    The idea behind back in the water as a theme (Brockley Max festival, Writers of Our Age) was getting back to normal life. We still haven’t really, and we didn’t stick to that brief, but water definitely came into it! Two stories from me, Lift Off, which will be featured in FlashFlood 2021 on 26th…

  • Yes, Shortlisted for the Bridport!

    Had to keep quiet until now, but just been watching the award ceremony so it MUST be ok now. I was shortlisted for the Bridport Flash Fiction prize 2020 for my tiny story Medusa Wonders. Ta da!!

  • Air: Sylphs, Spirits and Swan Maidens

    My latest publication! buy it here: I couldn’t make the launch, which although on line was at 2am in the morning, so I recorded a reading of the first page or so. Here it is. my creature of the air, is nothing like the cover image. I had something more like this in mind, but…

  • Welcome to the Arachneversary: Video One – Mosaic of Air

    Welcome to the Arachneversary: Video One – Mosaic of Air

    The first of the Arachneversary posts over on Arachne Press I’ve been interviewing authors and editors all month, here’s me talking about Mosaic of Air https://youtu.be/_1QZUjerINM   Arachne Press Mosaic of Airwas the book that kicked off Arachne Press. Here, Arachne owner, editor (and in this case, author) Cherry Potts talks about the how and…

  • Who or What is WooA?

    Who or What is WooA?

    I’m reading at this virtual event on Friday, so no matter where you are, join us! Arachne Press WooA… a recent member of this writing group asked me how the name came about: WooA = Writers of OUR age. Apparently, when founding members were on an MA together, amongst much younger writers, they found themselves…