<p><strong>Short Story called A Diwali Tale by Barbara Pearman&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Diwali is a five day festival of lights and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs.</p> <p>Barbara was one of our winners in Hi2020 new writer's opportunity to shine.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here are a few words from Barbara</p> <p>Is it really that long!&nbsp; A lot has happened since then.&nbsp; You may remember I sent you a chapter of a novel I was writing. Well lockdown provided me with the perfect opportunity to really get stuck in in a big way and in February this year my novel Once Upon A Time In Kazimierz was published by Troubador Publishing. It was an enormous amount of work (well not work actually as I loved every minute of it!) and the book is now on sale with Troubador and online at WHSmith, Foyles, Waterstones, Amazon and many others too numerous to mention. I was recently interviewed on Wycombe Sound Radio and I’m hoping to promote the book in Poland. It was inspired by a visit to Krakow a few years ago but the idea had lain fermenting on my bookshelf since then. Some of the short pieces I wrote with my writing class were the catalyst for the story in the end and gradually the characters and a theme were born out of not very much. In fact it was a copy of a restaurant menu that started it all.I must say that winning the short story competition’s romance section was a real boost to my confidence and no doubt I wouldn’t have attempted to write longer if it hadn’t been for that.</p> <p>Barbara began her story-telling adventure four years ago when she joined a creative writing class. &nbsp;She is a practising artist with a degree in Fine Art Practice, but having become somewhat 'hooked' on the writing bug, swapped her brush for a pen and began to paint with words. After becoming a winner with Happy London Press she was enthused to write bigger and in February this year her first novel, Once Upon a Time in Kazimierz was published. Painting has taken a bit of a back seat but her&nbsp;artwork can be viewed on her colourful website at <a href="http://www.barbarapearmanart.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.barbarapearmanart.co.uk</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Come and read our blog</p> <p><a href="https://happylondonpress.blogspot.com/">https://happylondonpress.blogspot.com/</a></p>

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A Diwali Tale by Barbara Pearman

MAY 31, 20228 MIN
HappyLDNPress Author Stories

A Diwali Tale by Barbara Pearman

MAY 31, 20228 MIN

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<p><strong>Short Story called A Diwali Tale by Barbara Pearman&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>Diwali is a five day festival of lights and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs.</p> <p>Barbara was one of our winners in Hi2020 new writer's opportunity to shine.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here are a few words from Barbara</p> <p>Is it really that long!&nbsp; A lot has happened since then.&nbsp; You may remember I sent you a chapter of a novel I was writing. Well lockdown provided me with the perfect opportunity to really get stuck in in a big way and in February this year my novel Once Upon A Time In Kazimierz was published by Troubador Publishing. It was an enormous amount of work (well not work actually as I loved every minute of it!) and the book is now on sale with Troubador and online at WHSmith, Foyles, Waterstones, Amazon and many others too numerous to mention. I was recently interviewed on Wycombe Sound Radio and I’m hoping to promote the book in Poland. It was inspired by a visit to Krakow a few years ago but the idea had lain fermenting on my bookshelf since then. Some of the short pieces I wrote with my writing class were the catalyst for the story in the end and gradually the characters and a theme were born out of not very much. In fact it was a copy of a restaurant menu that started it all.I must say that winning the short story competition’s romance section was a real boost to my confidence and no doubt I wouldn’t have attempted to write longer if it hadn’t been for that.</p> <p>Barbara began her story-telling adventure four years ago when she joined a creative writing class. &nbsp;She is a practising artist with a degree in Fine Art Practice, but having become somewhat 'hooked' on the writing bug, swapped her brush for a pen and began to paint with words. After becoming a winner with Happy London Press she was enthused to write bigger and in February this year her first novel, Once Upon a Time in Kazimierz was published. Painting has taken a bit of a back seat but her&nbsp;artwork can be viewed on her colourful website at <a href="http://www.barbarapearmanart.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.barbarapearmanart.co.uk</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Come and read our blog</p> <p><a href="https://happylondonpress.blogspot.com/">https://happylondonpress.blogspot.com/</a></p>