Brian Lux - author

My Writing

Magazine coversI find writing for magazines completely different to writing stories  or books. For one thing, I know what I want to say and plan the whole manuscript in my head. It is then just a matter of writing the first draft then knocking it into shape.

My first published, true, story about our pet rabbit was published in a Sunday Newspaper under the title ‘Ruby just had to be the Boss.’ It was thrilling to see my writing in print and knowing many thousands would read it. A story about a Staffordshire Bull Terrier brought me my first letters  from readers. Later, I had the pleasure of seeing a short story in a Boy’s Annual.

My first story for an animal magazine was about a holiday in  Alderney, in the Channel Islands, when we took our two Burmese cats.   They flew with us in a small aeroplane from Southampton, yelling their anger at being cooped in a wicker basket on a back seat. I had some great  colour  photos of them on the beach.

Then came a series in a dog magazine on my Staffordshire Bull Terrier and the Champion reared by my father-in-law. A request in yachting magazines for stories about animals on boats gave me an  
amazing array of adventures, which I was happy to relate in an animal magazine.

Apart from a plethora of articles in professional magazines, my love of writing short stories has given me the satisfaction to see many published small press magazines, and I have even had the satisfaction of an agent, liking my book, with photos, about the exploits of my Burmese cats. I still hope a publisher will like it.

Now, I have the excitement of tying up the loose ends and the launch of my first children’s book.

For more information about my writing, see the loppylugs page or read some of my articles:

 

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