Third out of 16 groups
That was the Symi placement in the European tournament where our under 12s and under 11s played at the weekend over in Camber Sands. I picked the news up from Facebook posts so don’t know all the details, but for those who read me here and don’t do FB, I thought I’d pass that on. On Monday, the boys were off to the Chelsea ground to have a look round (that will come as a surprise after our small pitch here on Symi) and then to see some other sights before starting the journey home. Not sure when they are back, but I bet there will be another big welcome like we saw when they won the local league a few weeks ago.
The local paper over there in Romney Marsh (*) have asked me to do another short piece about the event, from a Symi perspective, so I must get on with that in a moment; strike while the iron is hot and all that.
So, not a long post today as I also have some other things on the to-do list; lots of writing, which now includes a new ‘Miss P short.’ I’ve had this idea that I will try a few short stories featuring the protagonist from ‘Remotely’, the enigmatic Miss P. She has turned out to be one of my most endearing characters and so here’s the plan: I’ll start with one Miss P short story (around 10,000 words, so a decent length) where she does her ‘thing’, as she does in Remotely; and then make it available on Kindle for as cheap as they will let me. The idea is that it might drive people towards buying Remotely. The other drive is to give fans of Remotely (and I know who you both are) some more of Miss P without me having to construct another full novel. If the idea takes off and I can keep it going, I could then do, say, five or six shorts and eventually put them into one full collection. Just a thought. Will see how it goes.
If you’ve not read Remotely yet and fancy a gay/straight, body-swap, comedy that also takes the fun out of British dumb-down reality TV talent shows and the like, then you can find the Kindle and paperback versions here.
(*) For anyone who thought ‘over there in Romney Marsh’ is incorrect, I agree, it does sound wrong, but those who are born in the marsh say they are from ‘in’ Marsh and not ‘on’ the marsh. It should be ‘marshes’ anyway, as there are three of them. And if that tickles you, you should try reading ‘The Saddling.’ Gosh, I’m full on with book-selling today.
