On Saturday I went along to a Writers' Day in north west London. It was run by the Association of Christian Writers of which I belong. I had a nightmare journey because the Metropolitan Line Underground was not operating so I had to stay on the tube one extra stop and change to a main line train to Harrow-on-the-Hill and get a bus for last 5 or so miles. I thought my journey would never end. It took two and a quarter hours. So, I was 15 minutes late but settled quickly to listen to the speaker (Nick Page http://www.nickpage.co.uk/) who writes both religious and secular books. He was a fantastic speaker, very funny and gave us ideas about extending the range of what we write. After a buffet lunch we had the option of two workshops so I chose 'Beginning with the Bible' - using the Bible as a tool for finding ideas to write about (stories, poems etc.) and we had a couple of goes at writing and some brave people (not me!) read out what they had written. After the workshop it was back to the main room for a quick question and answer session and then a two hour journey home. There were books to buy, brought along by those in the Association who had been published. I bought a book of humorous poems by the lovely lady I sat next to in the morning and a book by Corin Child whose workshop I attended. It was a good day but I was exhausted by the time I got home!
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