Aurora: Blog

Well now, I forgot the pregnancy bit and got told off for missing the code off. Thinking about it it does give away something - sometimes the codes do, and it might have been better if I left that off, but maybe someone would be shocked if they suddenly found out that shagging leads to babies - I know I was!
I enjoyed writing this and some of it is a bit of an experiment, but for those who didn't like it, well, comedian Frank Skinner told a tale of a Roumanian phrase which translates as 'trouble at the gypsy camp'. But what it really means is 'Who gives a damn'.
Curious thing is that the last story I posted, The Farm' got me loads of feedback and yet it was essentially run of the mill, indeed almost Mills and Boone. So I know what SOL readers like but... (sighs and places back of hand on forehead whilst gazing into the distance) an artist has to do what an artist has to do.

I thought I'd just pop back in on this. Lot of feedback - thankyou. I did do quite a lot of research on this and all the stuff about white fivers is correct. They are worth a minimum of £250 each so you can imagine (and that's all anyone can do) just what a cache like this would sell for - millions I would think. If anyone saw the BBC film of 'Cold Comfort Farm'the farm was loosely based on what appeared on screen - although the actual farm it was filmed at is nothing like what you see. The caravan with coinage falling out of it was based on a true story told to me by a guy who is part of a circus family - the circus is still going although whether they have problem with HMRC I don't know. Wouldn't surprise me though.
Sara is based on a friend of mine who isn't pretty, but incredibly vivacious. Mother is just like mothers are and the rest of 'em are just iamginary as is the location.

I'm not too sure why I wrote this, maybe I wondered if I could write a story without sex. Whatever, I actually started this months ago and recently got around to finishing it, basically because the weather is crap. I've got others... so to the fan of Ned Kelly, I really will get to the next part.
Truthfully I've been very busy with other things, apart from running a business I am trying to get three old cars on the road some of which is a steep learning curve; rewiring a 33 Plymouth when the best you normally do is fit a new plug is a bit daunting, the revamped front suspension on my Reliant Fox isn't quite right yet and the Bond Minicar hasn't seen any work for some time. And the boat needs repairs - that's Aurora by the way.
I'm just wondering where I found time to write this.

Well there we are, my take on a ghost story. What next, I wonder? There is more Ned Kelly, but at the moment I am so busy that I shouldn't have taken time out to write this one. I hope everyone enjoys it.

Well we're back with Ned again. I haven't quite reached the stage where I'll kill him off - I'm told that mystery writers always want to do this to their detective - because I think he has a few adventures to go yet.
I've often wondered what those codes are across the top of this (I, B, Link, EM etc., but then I wonder about a lot of things. I have tried to keep the Ned series on a time line, i.e. pregnancies last nine months (probably the only thing in modern life you can rely on) so I hope it all seems believable.