Me at Kapow pretending I like Dr Who
Even better, on the train to London I was checking Twitter on my phone (sorry Ink, I know I do that too often) and I saw that Scott Pack had reviewed my story for the Fiction Desk anthology as part of his reviewing-a-short-story-everyday-for-a-year project. A walloping couple of heartbeats later, and I was very relived to see it was a positive one. He said:
“This is a well observed piece of writing. Uncomfortable and unsettling.” Which is how I like to think of myself. Well, as a writer anyway, not in person obviously. This put a nice spin on the weekend for me, good thing seeing as opportunities to sleep or even sit down were few and far between.
Now I’m back, I’ve got a little catching up and a whole load of writing to do (maybe I should just take long train journeys for no reason, they seem to be good for inspiration). Maybe I just need to check my blog feed first though, everyone else seems to have been pretty busy this weekend too…
Lynsey May 
Congratulations on the positive review! Can I read the story online somewhere?
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Thank you! Made me smile 🙂
You can read a sample of the story online along with some sample of other folk’s awesome stories, or the whole story if you have a Kindle or Kindle app.
http://www.thefictiondesk.com/anthologies/various-authors.php
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wow, Amazon is sneaky – it made this widget button thing all by itself, all I did was paste in the link!
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Pretending to like Doctor Who? Hopefully Neil Gaiman’s episode will pull you over to the Who side!
Well done on the good review though- its well deserved. Do you ever write on long train journies? I do Edinburgh-London a lot for work these days and I always have the laptop out for most of the journey. It can be a good, distraction free time…
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Well, he’d be a strong contender if anyone would, but to be honest I just don’t think it’s going to happen. I’ve been talked into watching plenty of episodes over the years, and I’ve never enjoyed any of them. One of those things!
Thanks 🙂 I would, but my work makes me fly. Not so good for writing and even buggers up my fountain pens. I agree that trains are good for writing, unless you have someone particularly awful sitting next to you.
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Awesome, awesome, and more awesome. Sometimes being tired is a perfectly acceptable trade for adventure. And I sympathize on the Dr. Who front. . . I’ve tried to like it and it always leaves me unimpressed.
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Yay, cheers. And you’re right, being tired is well worth it. Also, if you get tired enough, everything takes on a surreal, dreamlike quality that can be quite interesting in itself!
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Doctor Who is probably great if you’re 12, but adults liking it seems as weird as adults who rave about Harry Potter and Narnia.
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I reckon a lot of adults who love it have good memories. I never watched it as a kid, so it has no nostalgia value for me – which I think makes me judge it far more harshly 🙂
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