1)
The
End of Summer…. Second draft of the book is now complete. I have now passed
copies over to selected parties for comments before I decide whether to do a third
draft or start submitting. Either way, I can’t see this being ready until the
start of next year now.
2)
I
have now started co writing a poetry book with a young poet called Amy. Work is
in the early stages, but there’s currently around 10 or so poems complete and
Amy is in the middle of three more pieces. All of the 10 or so pieces are still
works in progress, I feel to a degree but Amy has done really well with the
material so far and for such a young writer is doing really well.
3)
Work
I think is going to start on a piece with P.R. Mcdowell called Twisted Promise
II, which will follow on from the original piece.
4)
Probably
for 2015, me and a Oldham based (currently) poet called Nick Armbister have started work on a book of more war
based poetry, in my case picking out stories which are perhaps less well known
focusing on what war does to people’s lives. I believe Nick has wrote three
pieces for this book, while I have just done my second. When I get chance, I
will sit down and start research for a third
5)
As
blogged early, work is now underway for the annual DIH and friends @ Christmas
2013 album. I have wrote my lyrics for the DIH piece, which may well end up
doing a duet with July Skies, but watch this space.
6)
I
headlined Write Out Bolton last night and did a good set I felt of mostly stuff
from ‘The End of Summer’. However, with the landscape changing in Manchester on
the Poetry open mike scene, this will likely be the last one I do for some time
now for the rest of this year certainly and maybe beyond until my book is done,
and then I may pop out to a few and see the wind blows with things.
7)
A
Means to an End played Salford Music Festival at the end of September, which
was probably our best gig to date. We are down for a night called Beatification
in Mid November (more details to follow) and a charity do in December.
8) I have been playing round with my midi keyboard
a lot at Jeff’s last night and it sounded smashing, so this defo will start
getting used more and more in live sets and once we get Jeff’s laptop recording
proper, we are going to start recording some EP’s and maybe more.
