... doesn't like to talk about it.'
Well, not too often, anyway. But here's a chance to blow my own trumpet that I just couldn't resist, since telling you might just persuade a few more of you to put your hands in your pockets.
Some time ago, before I seriously dreamed I'd be a professional writer, I used to contribute a lot of poems to a BBC website called Get Writing. After a while, in friendly competition with the other writers, I started writing some very short stories, too. 'Worders' are stories of between 60 and 250 words, so they're very short indeed.
Other writers did very similar things on other websites, too, including the successor to Get Writing named More Writing, Writer's Dock, editRED and MySpace. Between the various sites, probably thousands of stories were written, many of them very good.
And now, thanks to the enthusiasm and energy of Irish writer Jenni Doherty, many of those stories have been assembled, assessed and published by Derry publisher Guildhall Press.
Wonderful World of Worders is the end result. Containing no less than 525 very short stories, the volume is being sold in aid of registered charity Action With Effect, which helps destitute children throughout the world, some afflicted with leprosy, others 'merely' homeless.
At £6.95 direct from Guildhall Press' website http://www.ghpress.com/ it's a perfect gift - to yourself, to someone you love and especially to the children the charity works so hard to help.
If you got the Smashy and Nicey reference, well done. Award yourself first prize and get online to Guildhall Press http://www.ghpress.com/ right away!
Go on - you deserve it!
Roy Everitt, Writing For Results
PS Just the beautiful opening story, written by eight-year-old Saoirse Doherty, would make Wonderful World of Worders worth your £6.95, even if the other 524 weren't the brilliant and thought-provoking compendium they are. So don't wait, don't think about it, and don't forget I'm in there too!
PPS On the subject of charity - it's not too late to donate to MS Society following my modest success in the Great North Run (I finished!) on 30 September. The link for that is www.justgiving.com/royeveritt
Thanks
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