The New Leaf (if not new shoes)
Thanks to the miracle of blog scheduling, when you read this, I'll be in the process of signing paperwork and getting married!

In Two Minds
Today, I am missing working in the prison very much. I wonder about lots of my borrowers and hope they are getting on okay. There are also projects and missions in the prison that I worked really hard on, and I want to know they are getting on okay without me. There are jobs in the library that I really liked doing, like helping the men taking Open University courses get the right books and periodicals for their essays, and showing them the right way to do references, and making cups of tea for the creative writing group, and overhearing the odd mucky joke on the landings...A couple of weeks ago I had lunch with my friend Jane who still works in the prison, teaching the prisoner

The Fleetwood Assassin
I did loads of research for the Annie-book, and I knew about the Fleetwood Assassin already. But something made me remember her again.I think she's my hero.

Sad
I'm feeling very sad today. I'm not sure what kind of sad it is. I have a free-floating kind of sad that comes and goes without any reason and usually means I just need to eat and sleep and be on my own and stop working and talking for a day. That's the usual sad. So usual it's almost like a friend and usually I am well in charge of that kind of sad. I know not to try chatting or doing the telephone or meeting people I don't know. This is not that kind of sad. It feels like empty hands and an empty mouth, or realising you've forgotten what you're looking for when you're in the middle of turning the house upside down, or driving past a place or smelling a smell that triggers a feeling withou

"Click Thru"
I'm constantly updating the sidebar with news about readings, creative writing courses, Word Soups and bank-robberies, so for those of you who check out this blog in a reader - click through once in a while, why don't you?