This month, I am in the National Autistic Society’s magazine, Your Autism . This is available to members, but I will upload a photo of the article. It describes being diagnosed late in life, how it affects me, and how I use my weird and wonderful brain to help others. I hope it debunks someContinue reading “I am in a magazine!”
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open mic
I have just participated in my first ‘open mic’ spoken poetry gig. This is a bit like karaoke with your own words. I got a good reception and I will certainly be doing this again. If you want to know all about it this is the link to this marvellous story telling bonanza. https://www.facebook.com/groups/talesntunes PleaseContinue reading “open mic”
An Afternoon Walk poem
Spoken by Virginia Betts; Written and published July 2019 by V Betts.
Tourist To The Sun
by Virginia Betts Fired-up for take-off, wearing my asbestos suit, designed to deflect, I bring with me a cabin full of un-marked baggage for the hold. Wing walker without a rope, hurtling to the light fantastic, untethered. First to sign up to step off the map; where even the silvery surface is marked by darkContinue reading “Tourist To The Sun”
Spooky things!
A strong thing has happened – two ghosts have tried to connect with me. (if you believe in that sort of thing, and TBH I am sceptical with an open mind… Firstly, I was thinking about someone who has passed when I drove past the end of their road, and a van with their nameContinue reading “Spooky things!”
Article
Please enjoy reading this article from The Spectrum Magazine. https://s2.chorus-mk.thirdlight.com/file/24/qz6pWc0qBspgF-qzjogqILG_98/The-Spectrum-105-January-2021.pdf
A taster…
The opening of the first story, The Rented Room, in my book of stories, The Camera Obscure, coming soon! It is commonly understood that along with a birth, a death, and a divorce, moving house is one of life’s most stressful events. I had no close, personal experience of the first three, but I wasContinue reading “A taster…”
Film for today: Candyman
Jordan Peele gives this classic ‘horror’ his treatment, and having seen the original previously, I think he has carried on and added to where it left off. I came out of this film with so many things to say. As usual, like with US and GET OUT, Peele leaves you with questions and thoroughly unsettled.Continue reading “Film for today: Candyman”
Back to work!
Well, all right, I can’t discount the fact that I have done some work over the Summer and I have been busily involved in co writing for a theatrical production – the details will be revealed shortly! I am also getting stuck in, finally, to my novel – a ghost story. More about that laterContinue reading “Back to work!”
Echo
A web waves in the warm breeze, caught between ancient wooden struts, indefensible, beneath an empty seat. It splays to breaking point; fine-knit, like a fibre-glass veil; delicate strength resisting air. Behind, purple bell-shaped blooms bow their heads in unison, deferring to the weight of a sprinkler’s misty jet, that fans out in the shapeContinue reading “Echo”
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