This has been a wonderful writing week. As part of Sunderland Libraries Literature Festival I was invited to give two talks at north-east libraries. The first talk, last week, was at Houghton Library where five people turned up in the audience (and I only knew four of them!). The second talk, this week, was at Sunderland City Library in the Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens. I had seven in the audience, clearly word of my, er, prowess at public speaking had spread. And then to my favourite seaside town of Scarborough where I'd been invited to give a talk to Scarborough Writers Circle . Was I nervous? Oh yes. Was I excited? Too much. Scarborough is a very special place to me and you can find out more here . There were 15 or so in the group and it was fantastic to speak to fellow writers, to people who know that gnawing anxiety of not-writing and what it feels like. The feedback I've received from this talk has been tremendous, it ...
