Never Lonely
by Tracey-anne Plater
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Tracey-Anne Plater lives in Braintree, Essex, with her husband and children. She vowed to follow her writing dream once her youngest started school, and since September, she has had success with one third-placed short story, an anthology inclusion and two highly commended flash stories. She is on the final edit of her first novel manuscript. Winning second place in this competition is a dream come to as Writing Magazine has helped her journey from the start.
Barbara will not submit to the status of ‘lonely’. Her husband passed away six months ago, and her son doesn’t bring the grandchildren to visit half as much as she’d like. But that does not make her lonely. She just happens to be alone.