Are You On The List?

Avril Field-Taylor is a talented lady, who,I am pleased to say, shares a writing group with me. A writer of crime fiction, historical crime fiction, Sherlock Holmes stories and much else, she isalso a very accomplished singer. In celebration of Christmas, she devised thefollowing ditty, based on the song, Behold,the Lord High Executioner, from the Mikado, sung by Ko-Ko. It scans evenbetter when sung to that tune.
Avril'sChristmas offering to her Hornsea Writer colleagues – with apologies to Gilbert& Sullivan.  When the Orange Fiction prize requiresauthors to be found,I've got a little list, I've got a littlelist,Of the stalwart Hornsea Writers who onkeyboards daily poundAnd to whom all life is grist, to whom alllife is grist.
There's Karen's Granny Beamish who canreally mess your mindBy making you eat sprouts or somethingequally unkind.While notforgetting Georgie, the dog whisperer supreme And her gorgeous cohort, Matt, who's everythinking woman's dreamShe's adefinite contender and she's not to be dismissedSo just put her on the list, yes just puther on the list.
There's Linda's Torc of Moonlight, sodiverse and quite complexWhosecharacters are damaged but they're always up for sexThey interact and squabble as theirfeelings they conveyWith sultry scenes of passion so hot under theduvet.Oh yes, Linda is a writing force, on thatwe must insist,So she's going on the list, yes, she'sgoing on the list.
Then we've Madeleine's romances that willreally touch your soulIn far flungplaces round the world from Europe to the poleHer settings are so well drawn, to ourchairs she keeps us gluedAnd ne'er byword or gesture are her people ever lewdSo for sweetness and decorum, we need oneromanticistAnd she's going on the list, yes she'sgoing on the list.
And Penny'sAnnie Raymond books are never ever dullThe stories alltake place near here in Holderness and HullThe pace grows bit by bit until the tensionis extremeAnd if someone interrupted you, you'd verylikely scream. She's a master storyteller and her plotsall have a twist,So for that, she's on the list, yes forthat she's on the list.
Not forgettingStuart Aken, who can write with white hot heatComplete anovel in a month, you know that's no mean featHis imagination knows no bounds andsometimes shocks occurEnsuing mental visions make us all winceand go urrr.But there's nodenying Stuart is a writing alchemistSo we'll add him to the list, yes we'll addhim to the list.

An interview with Avril, the writer ofthese lyrics, can be accessed by clicking here.And an interview with Karen can be read byclicking here.My interview with Linda will be found byclicking here.To read the interview with Madeleine, clickhere.For the interview with Penny, click here.And, for an interview with Stuart (yes, Iknow, that's me), click here.
Okay, so there's no picture of me, but, hell - the site's mine and I'm all over the place already!
My thanks to Avril for permission to use her piece of festive fun.
A very Merry Christmas and a staggeringly successful New Year to all of you .