Writing C.V
So what have I achieved since beginning this writing malarky? Quite a lot actually...
Books:
2009 - The Bluffer’s Guide to Hiking.
2008 - The Bluffer’s Guide to Banking.
2007 - The Little Book of Alternative Garden Wisdom.
2007 - Fundraising for a Community Project.
2007 - Best Walks in the Welsh Borders.
2005 - Puppytalk - 50 Ways To Make Friends With Your Puppy - over 13,000 copies sold.
2005 - Running A Writers’ Circle.
2004 - 100 Muddy Paws For Thought - 50,000 copies sold.
2003 - 100 Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human - 210,000 now copies sold.
Commercial Projects
“Crossing the Threshold” toolkit for the Hereford Diocese conference of the same name.
Click here to download the toolkit.
Articles:
Regular contributor to Country & Border Life magazine.
Contributed numerous walking descriptions for Country Walking magazine.
Other feature articles published in Hotel, The Lady, SelfBuild & Design, Daily Express, Water Gardener, Dogs Monthly, Walking Wales, BBC CountryFile, In Britain, Heritage, Country Quest, Holiday Cottages, Cumbria & Lake District, People’s Friend and many more.
Short Stories:
Published in a variety of magazines including People’s Friend, Yours, Take a Break, Fiction Feast in the UK and Ireland’s Own in the UK and Ireland and That’s Life Fast Fiction in Australia.
Award Winning:
2009 - Top 5 - Write Space “Families” competition
2007 - First Prize - Doris Gooderson Short Story competition.
2006 - Award for Excellence from the Outdoor Writer’s and Photographer’s Guild for my features in Country & Border Life magazine.
2006 - Third Prize in Swanley Scribblers Short Story Competition.
2006 - First Prize National Association of Writers’ Groups - Article competition.
2005 - First Prize in the County Signpost Travel Article competition.
2005 - First prize in the Shrewsbury Readers and Writers article competition.
2001 - Second Prize in the Derek Lomas Playwriting competition.
1998 - First Prize - Writers News magazine Foggy Morning short story competition.