28 January 2010 (cont) I carry on reading Janet’s manuscript, fascinated by the world she describes in the 1960s in the Peak District of Derbyshire, but feels, to me, like a generation earlier. In 1963, when Janet is 13 years old, she goes looking for grazing for her pony, Lucky, and Fred Handford at … More Janet Meets Fred Handford For The First Time
28 January 2010 Just days after my phone conversation with Janet the 70,000 word manuscript arrives, typed neatly on yellow paper. I read it one sitting. It starts with a bang. There’s a vivid description of an horrific nightmare that’s incredibly intense and literally leaves me reeling then, second paragraph, Janet starts her story again … More Janet’s Original Manuscript Arrives
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21 January 2010 I was standing in the queue at Marks and Spencer’s, waiting to return a dress. I was about to start a new job, sharing an office with a bunch of graduates only slightly older than my daughter and the last thing I wanted to…
The first telephone conversation with Janet and already I’m hooked … More We Carry On Chatting
21 January 2010 I was standing in the queue at Marks and Spencer’s, waiting to return a dress. I was about to start a new job, sharing an office with a bunch of graduates only slightly older than my daughter and the last thing I wanted to look like was a 40-something freelance writer who’d … More The Day It All Began
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