REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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My father is 94, and for the first time, he stumbled over these words at our village war memorial this morning. Then he straightened his shoulders and carried on.
Yesterday, he took out his medals and gave them a polish. One is a fairly simple silver cross, with a grubby ribbon. The Military Cross.
Not many people really know what that medal means. But I do, my sons do. And we all try to make him as proud of us as we are of him.

Short Circuit prices short circuit on Amazon

Short Circuit is doing incredibly well. So much so that there is already (apparently -) a second hand copy with shelf wear on sale on Amazon in the USA (No one's actually had theirs yet!! They only got back from the printers on Friday).
But this takes the ticket... are pbshopus hoping that someone will press the wrong button when they buy???

At pbshopus Short Circuit is selling at:$1,165.53
+ $3.99shipping

You'll be pleased to hear that they have it in stock when no one else on the planet has...: Shipping: In Stock. Ships from NJ, United States. International shipping available. See Shipping Rates. See return policy.
Comments: New book. Shipped within the US in 10-14 days.

WIN A COPY OF SHORT CIRCUIT!!

Do you know who this is??
if you do, get on over to Salt publishing, answer two more questions, and you could win a copy of Short Circuit, 'the definitive guide to writing the short story', as said by Carole Buchan of The Asham Trust, the trust behind The Asham Award for New Women Writers.

HERE is the link to Salt's competition.

And we're still off...

Er - it was number 79 in writing guides last time I looked. Now it is...Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 18,198 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Popular in this category:
#34 in Books > Reference > Writing > Writing Skills

STOP BUYING FROM AMAZON. Or the book will self-destruct in 180 days time....

And we're off...

And Short Circuit romps into the top 100 reference books, sub-section 'writing skills', on Amazon. On pre-orders! Amazon, HERE but, but....

If you want one, pleeeeeze buy it from the Publisher. See link in post below this one? It may cost a tiny squisdge more, but you will be doing the world of independent publishers a favour...Thank you sooooo much peeps.

Acherley... WAIT!!!
STOP!!!
Look right, look left....
IRRESISTIBLE!!! I’ve been bundled already! For £35.00, for a limited period, you get FOUR of Salt’s best reference books: HERE

Short Circuit Edited by someone or other
101 Ways to Make Poems Sell by Chris Hamilton-Emery
Troubles Swapped for Something Fresh Edited by Rupert Loydell– a fantastic collection of poetry and prose-poetry, seeking to answer the question ‘what is poetry, and who is it for?’ (answer – everyone, sillies!)
Don’t Start me Talking . Edited by Tim Allen and Andrew Duncan. 20 poets nattering, and stuff.
Get over HERE before they run out of bundles…

It's TRUE!!!!! Everyone at Salt Publishing is MAD.

SEND IN THE MEN IN WHITE COATS....
Finally, I can reveal the exclusive news that everyone at Salt Publishing is totally mad. I have sent the truck to pick them up, but check out THIS TOUCHY-FEELY EXPERIENCE before the truck gets there and carts them all off to the Asylum for the Utterly Bewildered. SEND IN THE NICE NEW UNIFORMS..
Short Circuit is back from the printers... YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
And I bet you don't get THAT SORT OF THING from ordinary publishers. Oh no.
Bring back the waxed moustache, the corset and the hyper-gusset. And stop having FUN. This is a TEXT BOOK. It is NOT FUNNY. And certainly NOT TO BE ENJOYED. Writing short fiction is a dry, serious, painful passtime. You do NOT enjoy learning to write short stories. STOP NOW.

(If you insist on finding out more, you could click on THIS LINK to the publisher's SHORT CIRCUIT webpage, but you'll have to put up with a gigiantic and irrelevant photo of the Editor.)

GOOD FOR THE SOUL…apparently.

I am becoming quite an establishment figure –compiler of a text book endorsed by the Bridport prize, Asham, Fish, academics and writers… invitation to be a Welsh Academician (how do you spell that?), and an invitation to address the postgrad community at Sussex University, at the Department of Critical and Creative Writing. Previous speakers include Will Eaves, Arts Ed of The Times Lit Supp, Jane Rusbridge the novelist.
Now this is terrific stuff, I am hugely grateful and shall enjoy the challenges and opportunities thrown up by everything – (as is necessary in this writing life)
And just in case I begin to take myself seriously, my husband looks over his newspaper and says, “So how much real money have you got so far, for all this, then?”
Of course, the answer is, “….er. Coffee, darling?”
And THAT is good for the soul.