I am really pleased today to be able to feature another contribution in the 2023 Memoir Showcase from a long time supporter of ours, Syd Blackwell.

You can read Syd's fascinating story TO BE AN INNKEEPER here.

It is a pleasure to welcome back Mary Mae Lewis, a regular contributor to our blog and anthologies.

You can read Mary Mae's contribution to the 2023 Memoir Showcase - Mince Meat and Pigs’ Liver - by clicking here.

Mary Mae Lewis

Mary Mae is author of the novel Where There’s a Will, There’s a Woman and the memoir Don’t Stop the Fiesta and has had success with short stories; she came runner-up in North Staffordshire’s  TOO WRITE  adult fiction competition in 2017 and was highly commended in THE POTTERIES PRIZE  for flash fiction in 2018. She contributed to Robert Fear’s Travel Stories and Highlights 2019’ Memorable Stories Anthology 2020, 40 True Life Stories Anthology 2021 and 50 Intriguing Personal Insights Anthology 2022.
 
She’s also been published in the Telegraph and is a published poet.
A retired teacher, Mary came late to becoming a writer and her work is based on true life experiences.
She has been married for over 50 years has 3 sons and 4 grandchildren.
She has travelled extensively, including living in Grand Cayman for four years and Malawi for five.
She now spends half the year in Spain, where she does most of her writing, and half in Stoke on Trent , Staffordshire UK.
She blogs on her Face Book page Where There’s a Will, There’s a Woman.
Besides reading and writing Mary Mae enjoys buying and selling antiques, local history, gardening and swimming.

www.author-marymaelewis.co.uk
  

As we enter the second half of the 2023 Creative Writing Showcase, it is an honour to be able to feature two fabulous contributions in the Fiction category from Valerie Fletcher Adolph.

You can read her first story ​Miss Emilia's Marriage here

And the second one Gold that Glitters here.

Valerie Fletcher Adolph is an author, teacher, reviewer who was born in England but who has spent most of her life in western Canada. Twenty years of her life were spent in a senior administrative capacity in institutions for people with mental illnesses or disabilities. Yes, one could say she was institutionalized. However, during the Covid epidemic she published a trilogy of cosy mysteries set in post WW2 Yorkshire and her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies.