Well hello to you my old chums!
Did you get my Miranda-ry tone there? Or my Amanda-ry tone, as it were.
So you may have noticed I’ve barely
blogged this year – totally ashamed, especially as it’s been a pretty good one
in a, what I call, writerly way.
‘So have you cracked Woman’s Weekly yet
Amanda?’
RUDE!
No, it’s okay. It’s only Peggy from round the corner,
dropping in for mince pies and a tiny glass of sherry. She likes to keep abreast of my story sales.
‘Well,’ I say, munching on a pie. (They’re
very nice. Do help yourself!). ‘Thanks for
asking, Peggy. But no, despite having such fun writing away, I have YET to
crack Woman’s Weekly.’
‘So what have you achieved then?’ She’s
pouring another sherry. Cheeky!
‘Well, I sold 15 stories this year –
more than I’ve ever sold in a year – and I’m teetering – *teetering* I like that
word – at the edge of 40 sales. Plus I
was thrilled to crack the lovely People’s Friend.’
‘Awh, I love the lovely People’s Friend,
and My Weekly is just fab.’
‘I had a couple of stories in there too.’
‘Showing off now, are we?’
‘And I had a few in Take a Break’s Fiction
Feast earlier this year.’
‘Showing off now, are we?’
‘But I’m really, really excited because
I’ve FINALLY finished my children’s novel – SUCH FUN!’
‘Ooh, tell me more.’ She’s pouring another sherry!
‘I will indeed tell you more. In fact, I’m hoping to twitter on about it
lots in 2013. Not on twitter, as such –
I get very confused on there – but on here.’
‘So what is it about?’
‘It’s about a little girl called
Emily, and I’m
very excited about it.’
'You said.' Peggy’s not really listening any more. She's much more
interested in the contents of the sherry bottle, so I'd best sign off!
Thanks for dropping by, and I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a brilliant 2013.
Special thanks to the lovely Miranda
Hart for lending tiny fragments of her voice for my post. She doesn’t know – well I don’t know her funnily enough. But I do LOVE her to bits, she’s
right at the top of my candyfloss list.
(People I’d like to share a candyfloss with, obviously)
SUCH FUN!
