January of 2016 looks like it's going to be busy for me, in relation to my writing. There are going to be three open mic events that I am going to be taking part in, where I am going to read some of my work. I will be reading some of the poems from my poetry collection, Goddess of the Night, as well as part of my short story, Between Two Worlds, which was featured in Northlore: Volume 1. All of these events are going to be taking place in Paisley.
The first one will be taking place on the 5th January in Saporito on Gauze Street. The second one taking place on the 15th January in Blend Coffee Lounge, on Causeyside Street and the third one will be taking place on the 21st January in Mad Hatters, Gauze Street. All of them will be starting at 7pm. They are all promising to be regular, monthly events. Events like these are a brilliant way for local writers, musicians and artists to get there names out there and to promote their work, as well as a good way for people to support local businesses.
I also think that events like this are brilliant for Paisley's bid to become the UK's City of Culture in 2021. Gaining this title has helped places like Glasgow and Liverpool - hopefully this will be Paisley's turn.
With all of these open mic events coming up, that can only be more incentive for me to get more things written. I have started writing a second poetry collection, a short story collection, as well as another novel. I am hoping to have the poetry collection and short story collection published in 2016. That will certainly give me more material to work with when it comes to these open mic events.
Hopefully, this busy start to the new year will be a sign of good things to come.
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