LETTERS
STAR LETTER
Desk space
For the first time since March last year I have read my February edition of Writing Magazine. All the other previous copies sit patiently waiting on my desk that I haven’t sat at for ten months. I am a nurse. Ever since March I have worked well over my usual part-time hours in the complete hell that is Covid.
I am inspired to write today as whilst standing in line for my vaccine I allowed myself the luxury to read. Helen Corner-Bryant’s article (Ask a literary consultant, WM Feb) touched a nerve and today I emailed her a synopsis for my book Tidesreach. In my humble opinion pure lockdownstalgia, and corny as it sounds it felt like she was talking directly to me.
The star letter each month earns a copy of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 2021, courtesy of Bloomsbury,
Pre-Covid I was on the final stages of editing a story of murder and intrigue but haven’t had the time or emotional energy to look at it. Instead I am drawn back to the characters I loved creating, a place so peaceful and special in my heart. To push the horrors of work away in sleepless nights I am back outside the cottage, gazing over an ever-changing sea, and replaying the scenes so vivid to me. Like old friends I am back with them, reliving their story and losing myself.
I self published Tidesreach so it would exist and never felt the need to publicise it but reading Helen’s piece I thought it was time to share something about recovery and healing.
Thank you Writing Magazine for the glint of hope, hope that this hideousness will pass and once again I can sit at my desk.