Hi again, I've just dropped in to share some amazing news.
I wrote a story, serialised here, on Hive.blog, called Ash and the Favour Man. It was started as an experiment of sorts, I wrote a writing prompt and went on to fulfil the prompt with a story about a young girl in an abusive situation. Some of my own past came crawling out of the dark recesses of my memory and soon it was a fully-fledged story.
Last year, I spoke to one of my friends in the publishing industry and he encouraged me to re-start my writing. I told him about Ash and the Favour Man and he asked me to send the manuscript to him.
A few days later, he told me his company was going to publish my book. I was over the moon at the news, of course. He then dropped a bombshell. Not only was his company publishing the book, he'd also entered it into a competition.
Book Prize
Announcement of winners
The last date for voting was 30th April.
On 2nd May this year, I found out Ash and the Favour Man had won.
I can now say I'm an award-winning author and you know what? It's ALL down to Hive.blog.
If I hadn't joined, I wouldn't have done anywhere near as much writing as I have.
All I have to do now, is get back to it.