I came across the Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder which won the 1928 Pullitzer Prize. It is evocative and contains the powerful final paragraph: But soon we shall die and all memory of those five will have left the earth, and we ourselves shall be loved for a while and forgotten. But …
Library talk
Birds
Hanging out washing busy, hopeful. Busy birds feeding Blue Tit exhausted Grey Haggard Babies flying, first to line then to trees. How fine a sight! 30 springs pass heartache and joy laughter and tears Another spring another nest Baby birds feeding Shouting fit to burst Hanging out washing, busy, peaceful. Baby birds feeding Great Tits …
Seeing stars
Last Friday evening the sun was shinging and the birds were singing as I pulled into the NLO carpark for the Friday Astroscouts session. The group arrived, full of excitement and anticipation as usual. They were not disappointed. We went outside to view the sun - a bright disc with a hairy surround - through …
The Bird Watcher
The Bird Watcher “It’s there again”, her daughter shouted through from her vantage point at the front room window. She joined her and watched as a seagull cocked its head on one side, looking to the left and right as it did so. “I’m scared, Mum.” “Don’t be silly, it’s just scavenging for food, that’s …
Help is at hand…
Just waiting for a picture of a scary squid to go on the front cover and the manuscript is ready to send out to agents. A friend has offered to forward it to someone they know in the publishing world. Someone from the Short Stories Facebook group has sent me a database of agents currently …
In the Library
My revised edition of Beyond the Horizon is now in Exeter Central Library.
Preview of brand new story…
Extract 1 His eyes kept being drawn to the terrible eyeball at the window...what a size the creature must be to have an eye that size. He prepared himself for the long slow haul up to the surface. Hopefully, he would see other, less terrible, creatures on the way back up. He had no wish …
Delights of the Deep?
Oh so nearly finished Book 3 which sees Lucy, Danny and Peter explore the delights of a strange planet.
Giant Squid
Looking forward to completing my third book tomorrow and inserting all sorts of pictures - some of my photos, some from the internet and, best of all, the picture my daughter has painted of the giant creature Peter encounters in the Deep Marianas Trench! Local library wants to know more about my talk...aargh. Panic. Not …
Karen Hedges 