Unfinished Monkey Business

Hello Friends!

After just reading this post, I wanted to update you on where I am with my projects now. It seems to me that my 'to do' list is growing instead of shrinking, and time to write is becoming a luxury of late. But I'm sure I'll get there!

I have begun to type up Mum's memoirs from the recordings I have so far, I thougt I had more on the recorder than I actually do - just over an hours worth. That covers most of her childhood, and touches on her leaving school and how she got her first job, but now that I've started to get it down on screen, I realise that there's going to be a bit more to fill in later. I imagined that I would just type the story how she told it, but it's not quite that simple. My Mum has a regional accent from the village where she grew up, which when written down can be difficult to understand. And I find that I am having to change the words a little to make sense of the story, and omit some parts altogether, as she's repeated things or they are simply not relevant to what she's talking about. Then, after taking out all the 'erm', and 'like I say', and 'well, you know''s out, it kind of shrinks the text a little bit!

So, I'll be chipping away at that, then going through it to see what I need to re-record or clarify with her.

I have recieved the first copy of the newletter which I wrote for Ketley Parish Council. I'm not sure at this point whether I will stay on the committe for the Parish Plan, as my involvement with it is minimal anyway. I was appointed to edit the copy, but it seems that there are others already involved in doing that.

I'm still awaiting news from Another Realm magazine, who will be publishing my story, Time Waits for Norman next year. They should be bringing out their list before Christmas, so I'll keep you all posted on that too.

Please be sure to check out my article on Squidoo. Read it, rate it, and pass it on!

There are changes afoot on this here blog. Look out for updates soon!

As ever, keep in touch, and check back for news often!

Tereasa.