Not been around much the last couple of days. Have been editing a series for Chandler’s Ford Today, which has been interesting and good fun to do but time-consuming! All good experience though. The series will appear fairly soon.

My post this week will be the start of an occasional series looking at pivotal moments in history. Tomorrow’s post will focus on Bosworth and how that affected us in Hampshire. More details tomorrow but when you consider Hampshire’s symbol is the Tudor Rose, well the outcome of 1485 mattered! I somehow think Hampshire would have chosen a different symbol had Richard III won!

Looking forward to going to the 10th-anniversary celebrations at Winchester Discovery Centre on Saturday. I’ll be giving a short talk on flash fiction (at about 11.45) and giving readings from From Light to Dark and Back Again. Should be good fun.

And if you’d like to discuss flash fiction, writing for the small presses and online magazines, do come over and have a chat.

Meanwhile, Lady settles in…

Lady enjoying looking at the ducks on Hiltingbury Lakes. Image by me.

Lovely late autumn day at Hiltingbury Lakes.

Some of the books I’ve appeared in and FLTDBA of course. Image by Allison Symes

From behind my table at the local Book Fair. Image by me.

My book is on sale in local outlets, including MIBI Gift Shop. Image by me.

Reading your work out loud is a vital part of editing.

Always lovely to meet readers. Image taken by Janet Williams, editor of Chandler’s Ford Today

Says it all really and applies to non-fiction equally as fiction. Image via Pixabay.