Rising Star – Back To The Fuchsia 3

"Location work takes Faye a long, long way from Nadine."

My time at the Flotsam Theatre was coming to an end. The play Millicent Graham had written and which was based on Faust had been a huge success and it was likely to go to London. There were also rumours...

Rising Star – Back To The Fuchsia 2

"My relationship with Nadine moves on..."

Saturday after Lilly’s party.I had never before felt as I did then. I know the difference between falling in love and loving. I know how to tell the difference between love and lust. I was a forty-two-year-old woman and whilst...

Risen Star – Back to the Fuchsia

"A return to the country for Faye leads to a change in her career and her fortunes"

The scene, as so often before, is my agent’s office. Flick (Felicity) Caterham has summoned me to an audience. I know, I know; I am the client, she the paid agent but with Flick those lines are not blurred, they are...

Carla and a New Position – 2

"Carla's adventure in LA continues."

There is, if you look, a bar like it in every town. Back home it was Ernie’s; a small friendly bar where women meet other women. In LA, where I found myself working as close protection for an actress, Faye...

Management Mentoring

"A much needed visit to my mentor for management coaching..."

I was in London for the Board Meeting. Every six months we hired a room in an hotel and had a day discussing everything from finance to manufacturing. I was head of R&D, a qualified mechanical engineer. The company made...

Carla And A New Position

"Carla embarks on a new job."

Friday night.Ernie’s was one of the best lesbian bars in the city.  Small, it had a lot of character and a few characters who made it a warm, friendly and safe place.  It was one of my destinations of choice...

Rising Star – Win Win

"More revelations from Faye Millerton's career"

We were touring. The play had been written by a wonderful but almost unknown writer called James Leader. He specialised in comedies for small companies and there weren’t many smaller than this one. I’ve mentioned Dole Queue before. Instead of...

Rising Star – an Early Recollection

"A career move and an encounter with a theatre sponsor"

She closed the dressing room door in a rather decisive manner and walked to me as I lent back against the dressing table. She took the glass from my hand and very deliberately placed it on the dresser.“Should I lock...

Risen Star – Political Intrigue

"Faye Millerton and an encounter with politics..."

Marilyn (Maz) Foster was sitting up in my bed, her back to the bed head and I was lying across the bed with my head in her lap, looking up at her. Until a few minutes before I had been...

Up to You – 3

"Cass continues her relationship with Sue, if you can call it a relationship"

Saturday.It was Rhonda’s mouth on mine. How could I have foreseen that? Her blonde hair fell across me, caressing me as her mouth covered mine and her tongue entered me. It seemed so long, so sinuous. I felt it might...