It’s happening. \u00a0It is actually happening. \u00a0Singles’ Holiday, the stageplay, is happening! \u00a0After so many months of writing, re-writing, read-throughs, auditions, meetings, hoping and dreaming, it will soon be performed on stage. \u00a0I am trembling with excitement!<\/p>\n
How lucky am I? \u00a0It is an author’s dream to see their work come to life – certainly it has been this author’s dream for a long, long time. \u00a0I was excited at the various read-throughs we had but tonight… tonight we all got together and suddenly – there it was! \u00a0I am truly blessed. \u00a0I know that the next three weeks will pass in a flash; there’s so much to do and accomplish in that time. \u00a0But I KNOW that we will do it and that it will be a roaring success. \u00a0I am so happy and proud and thank everyone concerned – the actors, the director, the producer – for the faith they’ve shown in my script by agreeing to be a part of it. \u00a0We are on at the Brentwood Theatre 13-17 October. \u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.brentwood-theatre.co.uk<\/p>\n
It’s been an extra-busy week. \u00a0We also had our first cast meeting for Cinderella on Tuesday evening. \u00a0That produced a great buzz! \u00a0Once again, I can’t believe the pool of talent we’ve got in the cast, including veteran actor Peter Dean, and am grateful for everyone’s participation and enthusiasm. \u00a0We’ve got a bit more time to work on that as it’s 18-28 December at the Brookside, Romford \u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.brooksidetheatre.com\/whatson.htm \u00a0 But I’m sure before we can look round it’ll be dress rehearsal! \u00a0Especially as I’ve already seen loads of Christmas stuff in the shops.<\/p>\n
Most of the past week, since I got back from Antigua, has been spent on the final edit of Single All The Way. \u00a0I am cross-eyed and hunch-backed! \u00a0But happy!! \u00a0Lovely to have people already asking when it’s coming out and enquiring about buying it. \u00a0it will be out mid-October, all things being equal. \u00a0I must admit that this has been the most challenging of the Singles’ Trilogy to write – not least of all because it’s set at Christmas (as you probably guessed from the title!) and I was writing it in 30C+ while I was in Antigua. \u00a0Quite a few familiar faces from my previous books make an appearance, which I hope readers will like.<\/p>\n
On a more mundane note, I’ve had a bit of an NHS week. \u00a0I had a mammogram on Tuesday at Harold Wood Polyclinic. \u00a0Now, \u00a0you’d think something like a clinic would be easily accessible, wouldn’t you? \u00a0Well, not this one. \u00a0I was told it was on the site of the old Harold Wood Hospital. \u00a0Well, it is, but between it and the road is a whole housing estate and a campus of the University of the South Bank. \u00a0The final approach is through a very narrow road with a four-way traffic light. \u00a0Allow an extra ten minutes to get from the road to the clinic. \u00a0No! \u00a0Make that fifteen, because you also have to find a parking space. \u00a0Not easy because the car park has no bays and consequently everyone parks their 4x4s in the space for three cars. \u00a0On a positive note – parking is FREE. \u00a0Once I found it and a parking space I went inside. \u00a0At the enquiries desk I was told in hushed tones by a receptionist that the mammogram department is on the first floor. \u00a0I went up to the first floor and found myself in the physiotherapy department. \u00a0Mammograms are at the back of it through two sets of doors. \u00a0I felt as if I was going to the famous Secret Bunker instead of a clinic! \u00a0And then, as any woman will tell you, the pleasure of shoving the sharp, cold metal corner of the plate in your armpit while the radiographer lifts your breast and places it on the glass and then tightens the top glass down on it. \u00a0It is what it must feel like to have a bus slowly back over your boob. \u00a0Only slightly less painful!! \u00a0 Still, another positive point is that I’m grateful to live in a country where things like mammograms are freely available.<\/p>\n
Wednesday meant another early morning as I had to go to Queen’s Hospital for an x-ray on my left foot as it’s much wider than the right one, due to what looks like a bunion. \u00a0During the summer it doesn’t matter so much as I wear sandals, but now that we’re getting into autumn and I’ll soon have to start wearing proper shoes then the problems begin. \u00a0A pair of shoes doesn’t fit me. \u00a0If the right shoe fits, the left is too tight to get on. \u00a0And if the left shoe fits I need to wear two or three socks on the right foot! \u00a0Hopefully this can be resolved soon. What with my ingrowing toenails, Mother Nature wasn’t very kind to me when she gave out feet, was she?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s happening. \u00a0It is actually happening. \u00a0Singles’ Holiday, the stageplay, is happening! \u00a0After so many months of writing, re-writing, read-throughs, auditions, meetings, hoping and dreaming, it will soon be performed on stage. \u00a0I am trembling with excitement! How lucky am … Continue reading