Amazing Stairs

Aren't escalators marvellous?

When I was a small small child in deepest Devonio we used to travel to Exeter once a year for a Christmas treat. This involved two things - Kentucky Fried Chicken for lunch and a trip up the escalator in Debenhams. My brother and I used to spend hours going up that escalator. This was back when escalators only went up and you had to walk down normal stairs to leave the building or, indeed, ride the escalator again.

Wow, that memory makes me feel Christmassy.

Anyway, the point of the reminiscence is so that I can tell you that I'm going to be permanently riding an escalator for the next year, that is, the Escalator Scheme hosted by the New Writing Partnership. The quite marvellous Michelle Spring is going to be mentoring the writing of my next book, which is brilliant, because it's a crime novel. After a fashion.

More details at the New Writing Partnership Website.