I’ve been gone too long! The rate of blog posts has nose-dived because it’s taking longer to adapt to expat life than I’d hoped. However, I’ve taken myself in hand and that’s all changing so today, I want to share some news.
I’ve been asked to teach creative writing for the American Association of Singapore. The course is called Time to Write and starts on 30th April.
Its been written with aspiring and lapsed writers in mind and over three weeks, I’ll be touching on how to write fiction, how to approach non-fiction and teaching workshopping skills. It’s an intensely practical, low-tech course and the students will have to shed their inhibitions and dive straight in. I’m just adding the finishing touches to the course material and will let you know how it’s going next week. In the meantime, if you fancy joining up, book here. I guarantee you won’t regret it.
The second bit of news is that Blood and Bandages is doing well over here despite its focus on the war in Europe. I had feared that a story set against one of WW2’s most neglected campaigns, the Italian Campaign, would sink without trace in SE Asia. Not so. It’s being bought by English, Australians, Canadians, Dutch and Singaporeans. Popular glossy magazine, ExPat Living wants to sell them and I’m collaborating with Jane’s Tours SG, an award-winning travel company, to present a literary evening on Blood and Bandages on 10th May. If you would like to hear about the extraordinary work of the Royal Army Medical Corps during WW2 book here.
The event is being held at our home so thank goodness our garden project is almost done.
You may remember the photos I posted when we first moved in. If not, they showed a pretty colonial bungalow in the middle of a field.
We felt the absence of a garden keenly, so when Richard received his annual bonus, a portion was set aside for landscaping.
The remit was to create a pretty garden which gave us privacy, shade, points of interest and colour. Our hard-working and imaginative garden guru, Benson Ang from Chwee Nurserycommenced work in January. Stage one focused on creating privacy.