Some good news today - which was much appreciated after a rather difficult weekend - my poetry collection, "A Stranger's Table", has been longlisted in the Cinnamon Press Poetry Collection award.

Didn't get to the shortlist though - darn it! - but they have taken one of my poems from the collection, "Things I fold away", for inclusion in the upcoming anthology, "Wherever".

And, as an added bonus to the day, my agent likes the revisions I've made to my latest novel, "Thorn in the Flesh", and is sending it out to publishers tomorrow - so wish me luck. I need all the help I can get ...

)

A
xxx

Great news Anne! You must be delighted, what a vindication of the strength of the collection.

Hope the novel gets similar rave reviews.

Well done again!
x
tc

Well done, Anne. You are certainly riding a wave of success! Keep at it!

xx Ani

Many thanks, TC & Ani!! Um, I'll try!!

)

A
xxx

Very well done, and best of luck for the novel!

Many thanks, S's S!

)

A
xxx

Anne - well done on the poem and jolly good luck with the submission. Who knows? This might just be the one to tip the scales ...

Jim

Anne - well done on the poem and jolly good luck with the submission. Who knows? This might just be the one to tip the scales ...

Jim

Dear Jim - many thanks! There's always that hope, eh?!...

)

A
xxx

Anne, many congratulations, and very good luck (via your agent) for the submissions.

Emma

Thanks, Emma!

A
xxx

Congratulations for the poems and good luck with the novel submission. Fingers crossed for you.
Tony

Go Anne! If force of popular opinion can carry the day you are home and dry. We all think you are brill.

Best

John

Too right we do!

Congratulations re the poetry and good luck with the submissions.

Sarah

Dear Tony, John & Sarah - gosh, many thanks for the really supportive comments - very much appreciated! But don't forget you're the best!

A
xxx