Editing

I recently received feedback on the first 10,000 words of Off The Rails from The Literary Consultancy. Not happy feedback, yet I will think about it all and make some changes as a result of this and as a result of the feedback that I was already kindly given here on the blog about my first chapter.

Obviously, the first chapter was a work in progress and there is always so much to amend and do, so as a consequence, I have deleted the post of that first chapter whilst I re-write.

My reading continues. I have finished The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and am reading Jane Austen now, having completed Persuasion and got a third of the way into Emma.

I recently went to see the Monty Python-inspired musical Spamalot with my Brazilian friend Diogo and had a lot of fun. I was also involved in a come and sing The Messiah event as part of the Bloomsbury Festival. This was great fun, even if the guy next to me (not from our choir!) was singing all the voice parts and not watching the conductor (our choir's very own Ronald Corp). The soloists were excellent, as they were last year, and the soprano particularly won me over, same as last year.

I have a memorial concert for a member of Highgate Choral Society tomorrow and the following Saturday 10 November 2007, The Highgate Choral Society will perform Beethoven's 9th Symphony 'Choral', as well as Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem. This will take place at 7.30 pm at All Hallows' Church, Savernake Road, Gospel Oak, London, NW3 2LA. There is a free pre-performance talk by our conductor ROnald Corp at 6.50pm. Tickets are £23, £18, £13 concessions £10. HCS box office: email: box office@hcschoir.com Or call 07952 508234 Or order from Les Aldrich Music Shop 020 8883 5631
http://www.hcschoir.com