The
Edinburgh Cooperative of Creative Writers launched our anthology, Edinburgh Shorts on Tuesday night amidst much wine and
applause. It was great to gather writers and readers together to mark
the occasion and there were some great readings and musings on that
tricky question of why we write.
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| Spoon Cafe and a loitering writer |
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| Launching Edinburgh Shorts |
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| words and wine to celebrate the book |
I
wrote a blog a few weeks back about some of the behind the scenes
busy-work that was going on to get the book out there – and it is
very exciting to have a stack of books (all sold) sitting next to me
in a box.
Before
they can go in the post I have a little more writing to do – this
time in the form of thank you notes – to be sent out to all the
lovely folks who pre-ordered a copy of the book.
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| The real live book |
Once
my notes are written I am wrapping the books up in red paper and
sending them off into the world. Feels a bit like Christmas – and
I hope the recipients at the other end find some stories between the
pages that they love.
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| my red paper packages |
There
are many tales to choose from – poems, musings, snatches of history
and moments of horror. There is star gazing, an Arthur's Seat
haggis hunt, a tale of what happens to pickpockets in the old town of
Edinburgh and from the pen of yours truly – a story of how an
unsuspecting Aussie backpacker ended up living in a medieval city.
As
well as contributions from around Scotland – from writers who have
resided around the world Edinburgh based crime writer Joyce Holms has written a lovely forward.
Now
the party is over and I am off to the post office to send the stories
out into world, and then it is back to my pen and paper and keyboard
to write the next instalment.
If
you want a red paper package to find its way into your mailbox let
me know – or go to holyrood book and follow the links – though I cannot
guarantee the colour of Amazon’s packaging.
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| Plotting the next instalment |
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