100 Stories for Queensland

I'm in it!  My story, The Prize Conger, has been selected for this charity book.  I'm so pleased to be able to contribute something to those poor people hit by the terrible floods and then the dreadful cyclone.

The book is due to be released on Tuesday March 8th and 100% of the profits will go to the Queensland Premier's Flood Appeal.  You can find out more about the publication here.

This is a picture of Brisbane and its river in happier times.

Written and Planning to Write

I've just submitted a story for 100 Stories for Queensland.  It's another of those charity books to raise moneu for disaster areas.  Hope I do get it accepted for this one.  The one I sent for 100 Stories for Haiti didn't get picked, and then I never sent anything for 100 Stories for Pakistan.  So I thought this time I should make the effort again.  It's better than sitting watching the terrible news on the TV and feeling helpless about it all.

So that's a story written.  What I'm planning to write is a review of the film, The King's Speech, which I saw last week.  Better not preempt it here except to say I thought Colin Firth was absolutely marvelous.  He certainly deserved that Golden Globe he won for it.