Shelagh's Blog: Presenting The Power of Persuasion

Mr. Planemaker's Flying Machine

My Writing

When I began writing in 1998, I wrote my first unpublished novel The Power of Persuasion.

The story, set in Scotland, is about a woman in her early forties, who writes a letter to a national newspaper in response to features written by a freelance journalist employed by the newspaper. The journalist has quite a reputation as the newspaper's theatre and film critic.

Despite the fact that the newspaper does not print the letter, the journalist seeks out the woman who wrote it and follows her around. The novel is very tongue-in-cheek and full of humour and is now available on Lulu.com:

http://www.lulu.com/content/2048817

I am also working on a sequel Mrs. Planemaker's Flying
Carpet to my first published novel.

In October 2005, one of my poems Hope for a Safer Place was chosen
for inclusion in the anthology
Stories of Strength, which was written in the aftermath
of the Katrina Hurricane to help raise money for Disaster Relief charities.

In February 2007, my first short story, Leo's Daughter: Mistress of the Web was accepted by Universe Pathways Magazine.

Issue 5 of the English magazine with my story inside can be previewed on lulu.com:

Universe Pathways preview

My story, Leo's Daughter: Mistress of the Web, is on page 167.

You can find Issue 5 of the English magazine here:

Universe Pathways: Issue 5