So here I am, fifty nine days into the New Year, heading for another Chi-SCBWI meeting tonight and thinking it’s time for taking stock.
Things I am pleased about:
- I have written at least something everyday this year so far
- Write Now/Macmillan wanted to see the rest of ‘Georgiana & the Municipal Moon’ even if they didn’t take it further
- I shall be doing a workshop on ‘Georgiana & the Municipal Moon’ with Imogen Cooper soon
- Anne Clark is interested in ‘Georgiana & the Municipal Moon’ when it has been revisited
- Mslexia short-listed ‘The Selkies of Scoresby Nab’ – although I didn’t win I shall be doing a pitching workshop in Newcastle and a meet-the-professionals event in London in June
- Times/Chicken House at least long-listed ‘The Selkies of Scoresby Nab’
- one of my reviews appeared in The Bookseller (via Serendipity Reviews)
Things I have given a go:
- PEN/Arvon competition
- submission of Miscellanea piece to Eggplant Productions
- fairytale retelling The Bird with Feathers of Gold sent to Untold Press
- a workshop proposal to David Almond for Bath Festival of Children’s Literature
- submission to Catherine Clarke at Felicity Bryan (Selkies)
- entered Adventures in Fiction competition with The Wedding Ghost
Things I intend to do
- send a short story in for Mslexia Short Story Prize
- keep posting here every Thursday
- keep posting on The Wedding Ghost blog every Tuesday
- keep curating www.seamagic.org
- keep writing and reading and reviewing
- keep my chin up!
Sounds like Selkies has been having a good run! Very exciting things happening there!
Hi Philippa, you seem to have a very professional approach to your writing and with opportunity surely just around the corner. All the best with placing your work and fingers crossed the re-write/working pays off, too.
Mike
Thank you very much, Kate & Mike. I keep trying – and your comments do help.