The Tagman Press: A Message for Freddie - Roger Chamberlain

The Tagman Press: A Message for Freddie - Roger Chamberlain: This short story by North Norfolk writer, Roger Chamberlain, is the first title in our new series of Tagman E-Tales and also Roger's debut...

A Message For Freddie" is published on Kindle today - only 99p. A bargain and cheaper than a cup of coffee too!
Check it out - please!

The Apothecary's Tale is nearly finished.
It has not ended up where I originally intended it to; its direction changed as I wrote.
Thanks Tony!
It is still set in the middle ages but has become a historical tale warning of the dangers of Love and the misuse of drugs.
(I didn't see that coming)
AND to my even greater surprise - Religion wins in the end.
(this time anyway)!!

I promise that when I finish "The Apothecary's Tale" I'll stop writing and actually read someone else's stories for once.
I've promised before of course but each time another story interrupts me and even Tony Grey's stern telling-off doesn't make any difference.
I'm frightened - if I ignore a new idea it might go away forever.
Maybe I'll ring the Samaritan's? 
But not until I've finished this one!

The Photograph

We all have them - old photographs that we forget and seem to end up in the most unexpected places. Here, one resurfaces after being lost for over forty years. Only, it also shows a reflection in the window of a building. The search for its origin draws me deeper into the picture and into my own story.

I eventually find the answer to the greatest mystery of them all and, believe me, it’s delicious!

Hetty Hummer and I have just blagged our way into the NN Railway's 40's Event (again)!
This year I even dressed up in costume (overalls) as I thought that I couldn't possibly get away with it for three years in a row. But I did!
I told a group of admirers her story - she was used by Eisenhower during well earned R&R on the Golf Courses of Normandy after the D Day landings. They had the cheek to tell me that she was painted with the "wrong colour green". sorry "Color"!
I'm devastated!!
Next year I'll paint her sky blue and tell them that she was parachuted in!

My latest story "The Photograph" has now grown (and groaned) to nearly 12k words and is easily my longest 'short' story to date (I have longer 'book length' stories already written).
I hope to finish it soon, or, at least prior to the imminent publication of "Freddie". I also have to re-visit "Jimmy & Riddlesworth Save Christmas", prior to its pre-Christmas publication. How would you like THEM to appear in your stockings?
My book covers have been designed by a brilliant Frenchman who's brain appears to be as confusing as mine. My Editor also lives in France, so maybe I need to make my next hero a French Elf.
It's about time Jimmy and Riddlesworth had a girlfriend. Oo La La!