On a wet weekend in the middle of this summer, I was locked away in an airport hotel. That sounds like the beginning of a short story but it was in fact all true. Well, apart from being locked in. I was on a residential course which was held over a weekend. Now then, I'm no fan of death by powerpoint over the course of a weekend, and truth be told wasn't really looking forward to this. But I do like learning, in fact I hunger to learn new things and to keep my skills up to date. Working for myself now, as a freelance writer, it's important I keep myself aware of what's going on because some days, as a writer, I don't even leave the house. And that's great on days like today when it's sleeting down outside and the muse is upon me (well, she was this morning, I think she's gone for a lie-down now). But on other days, when it's not blowing a gale outdoors, I like to get out and meet people. Most of all I like to learn. After seeing a soci...
