2nd Language English Writers

Living in Spain, amongst semi-literate ex-pats, can feel a little like a cultural vacuum, and Spanish people from the rest of Spain regard the Andalucians as little better than pale, illiterate Moroccans. Trawling the net, I found that my local town hall is running a literary comp.

Naturally, the language required is Castilian (posh Spanish). I remember some quite cruel comments on here concerning work by some people who were clearly writing in what was for them a second language. So I thought I'd give the competition a try. You know what? It's hard, very hard.

So, maybe, we can offer encouragement and help to ABCtales contributors from whatever country, instead of scoring cheap points?