#85 Write a Story and Get It Published

I have mixed feelings about this one. I love writing and, at the risk of sounding like a cliche, am writing a novel in my spare time. I write a lot in the course of my job and studied English Literature at university. So I value the power of the pen. Which is why I ashamed of what I am about to make public. More public than it already is anyway...

When I was off sick my friend Amanda used to send me copies of 'Chat' magazine. These magazines make me chuckle, full as they are of stories with headlines like 'My husband burst into flames!' It didn't take me long to notice that there was also money to be made from the mag. £100 in return for the story about the day that changed your life. £15 for a timesaving tip and £25 for a story written in 60 words. This was too good to pass up and so ... I wrote this little gem -



My dad's reaction sums it up - "Hardly a classic, but then first publications rarely are'

One day I promise to write something more worthy, but in the meantime here it is, worthy enough to earn me a blue star for the book I reckon.