Jane Mosse

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“No Comet” by Jane Mosse

Submitted to Contest #141

Well, I guess it had to happen sometime: my first (and so far only) one-star review. I always wondered how I’d feel when the inevitable happened. Deflated? A little wounded perhaps? No, I am absolutely devastated. This is worse than getting an E for my History ‘A’ level or failing to gain entry to my first-choice University. I haven’t slept well for the last two nights as my brain goes over and over the hugely negative response to my three years of creativity. My yet-to-become-best-selling-novel. The fact that I was averaging a respectable...

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I live in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands between England and France. I began my writing career editing guides for people on boating holidays. I began writing poetry in my early twenties and have published a book called Guernsey Legends, a joint project with local artist Frances Lemmon. In 2020 I published my first novel, Barking Mad, a fictitious memoir based on my experience of dog-sitting throughout Europe which was shortlisted for the Shorties Selfie Awards in 2021.