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Inspirations – The Archetypal Good Wife
The first story I ever got published, Penelope is no Longer Waiting ( A Very, Very long time ago) came from my finally reading Homer (not in the original Greek, comprehensive schooling isn’t that kind of comprehensive) as opposed to interpretations of… and I found that what I thought I knew about the Odyssey was…
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Catch ‘Joining’ on ‘Litro’
Anyway, my story Joining (recently performed in a slightly different version at Towersey Festival) was a runner-up in Litro magazine’s cults and clubs competition, you can read it here. It’s been a month for getting mentioned on other people’s websites, and you can also read my guest blog about publishing short stories on BooksEtc. and…
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Reading at Brixton BookJam: Opera first night nerves
First night nerves not about the Book Jam, but about the Opera which starts tonight (there are a very few tickets left – you’ll be sorry you missed it!) I was a bit uneasy about yet another night out in a week of performances, but thought, what the hell, I’ll ask to go on early.…
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Review, and a reading Today!
My story, Mirror, got a very nice mention in the Sabotage review of Lovers’ Lies. Co-editor Cherry Potts provides a story with overtones of Tennyson and epic loves played out across a lifetime in the surprisingly small and closed world of neighbouring farming estates. ‘Mirror’ takes place with the First World War in the distance,…
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Performing live at a venue near you??
Opportunities to hear my work live! I’ll be reading from The Bone Box from Mosaic of Air at the Arachne Press Weird Lies Preview this Sunday 9th June 6-9 at Misty Moon Gallery, and then next Tuesday, 11th June 7pm, my story The Queen’s Safety is being read at Liars’ League as part of their…
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Writing from a Lesbian Perspective
Its LGBT History Month. Whether you know this may depend on whether you or any of your friends is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender. It certainly doesn’t get the kind of coverage Black History month gets. With my Arachne Press hat on, I’m doing a reading tonight at Ealing and on Monday at Deptford, with…
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getting a cover for a book
This is a strange way of going about things, but I’ve just chosen a cover for a book that I haven’t finished writing yet. We’ve been running a competition over at Arachne Press for the covers of the next two books, and I got down to three gorgeous, wonderful designs for the reprint of Mosaic…
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Gearing up for Yule
I don’t care how many shopping days, what matters now is, how many singing days are there til the Solstice? And how many reading days? My evenings are split roughly equally between singing and promoting the books between now and Christmas. Rehearsals every Monday for Vivaldi Gloria at Blackheath Halls Christmas Concert Tuesdays at the…
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The Singing Season
Not that the singing season ever went away, it’s a bit like football, the break gets shorter all the time; but we didn’t do Sing for Water this year because of A’s broken leg, so larynx and lungs feeling a bit under used. So the good news is that Raise the Roof is back next…
Cherry Potts, Writer 