My short story What Is There To Cry About Today? was recently selected for publication in the Fine Line Short Story Prize collection – Even Birds Are Chained To The Sky
I’ve got to admit I was chuffed! – it made my day, if not my week..if not….well I’m still pleased. Having someone who doesn’t know you or hasn’t read your work before single it out for praise is very affirming. As writers I guess we all enjoy some positive feedback. I love that the collection is global. The writing is great and the stories are intriguing. I am grateful to be in such good company – thank you Fine Line.
Even Birds Are Chained To The Sky and Other Tales is a collection of the winning stories from the competition. Editor Kate Gould says – ‘They are the stories of many lives, captured in a few pages in all their complexity, beauty, serenity, struggle, longing and peculiarity. Some are tales of joy and others woe; some tell of destructive lust and others slow-blooming love. They are lavish, restrained, fantastical and beguilingly everyday, drawing the reader into the lives their characters inhabit. Some are dark tales of violence, bleakness and betrayal, their imagery troubling and their characters brutal; while others are joyous, funny, whimsical and tender.
Authors: Mackenzie Marcotte, Kate Horsley, Chris Hammer, Rebecca Rouillard, Jonathan Okwe-Pearson, Neil McIness, Kate St Vincent Vogl, Mark Boland, Jessica Barksdale Inclan, Agnieszka Dale, Ira Nayman, Helen Holmes, Debz Hobbs-Wyatt, Konstanina Sozou-Kyrkou, Laura Graham, Mary D’Arcy, Zvi Eli Sella, Savita Kalhan, Sharda Dean, Renata Carey, Avril Joy and Maria Clara Paulino
Fantastic Av, well done! x
Thanks – great cover too isn’t it? X
Absolutely Brilliant Avril – congratualations!!!
Thanks Teresa and thanks Kathleen for your kind wishes
A x
Congratulations! How wonderful and how gratifying it must be. I’m happy for you.
Wow! Well done Avril. That’s wonderful news.
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Love Ange xx
Thanks Ange – I saw the award earlier and tried to leave at thak you but it didn’t work – I’ll try again now!
Oh, Avril, how wonderful! How exciting! I am thrilled for you. I waited to read this latest post until I finished reading The Orchid House; and so what a surprise to read your news about winning this competition. Congratulations!
The Orchid House was wonderful. Your writing is beautiful. I loved your use of the garden diary entries as introduction to the chapters. The surprise ending, the ambiguity I felt you wove so skillfully, was perfect.
Congratulations again. Bask in the enjoyment of your accomplishments. I look forward to reading Even Birds are Chained to the Sky.
Many thanks Anne especially for your kind words about The Orchid House – from one who uses words so well I feel it’s praise indeed! (and it does seem to be getting some good press on Amazon so I’m pleased about that.)
Here is a link to the Bishop FM blog about the forthcoming Escomb programme – I’ll also send it to you e-mail http://blogs.bishopfm.com/thewritinggame/2011/10/escomb-saxon-church-history-and-inspiration/
A x