“The magic of the story holds true”
My contact with the “Friend” spans many years, during which the magazine has undergone inevitable changes, like new editors, different views and ideas, a degree of restructuring. And yet, somehow, throughout it all, the “Friend” has retained its warmth and vitality so beloved by the readers.
For me, the magazine represents its readers and their thirst for a story. This is something I can share with them.
My working life began in the classroom, and even now their piping voices echo down the years, “Tell us a story, miss. Tell us one of yours . . .”
Storytime was our special time together; a group of children in a quiet corner, listening wide-eyed as the drama unfolded, while beyond the school walls the world rattled on at its relentless pace. Well, children grow up, but the magic of the story still holds true.
If the readers find pleasure in my stories, that gives me pleasure, too. The “Friend” offers a chance to escape, to snatch a few moments of respite in a long, busy and often frantic day, and curl up by a blazing winter fire or sit in a sunlit summer garden and enjoy a cuppa and a read that transports the reader to other realms.