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My name is Phyllis Burton and I live among the beautiful Surrey Hills in southern England. Writing is one of my passions and the view from my study window has given me the inspiration to write many short stories, poems and three one-act plays, two of which have been produced and directed by me.
I have written two books: PAPER DREAMS and A PASSING STORM, both of which have been published by Matador (an imprint of Troubador Publishing Ltd., Leicester, England) and are available both in print and ebook versions from Matador, Amazon. Barnes and Noble, Waterstones etc.
On the 7th May 2013 I published an ebook through Kindle and Smashwords entitled "FIFTEEN BRUSHES WITH LOVE!. This ebook contains fifteen very different short stories to delight the mind and remind readers of when they fell in, or out of love! But remember there are many different meanings to the word love!
I am half way writing my third book - SWITCHING OFF, which hopefully will be completed in the not too distant future.
I am a trained soprano and have sung with several opera/operatic/choral societies, am an enthusiastic water-color painter and I painted the cover of my book A PASSING STORM.
As an an extremely active grandmother of seven, I and enjoy walking, singing and gardening.
Reviewed by Natasha Jackson for Readers' Favorite
Phyllis J. Burton’s A Passing Storm is the intriguing story of Jennifer and Peter, a couple married for more than two decades when things start to change. In their twenty-fourth year together, Peter suddenly becomes obsessed with his career goals and all the trappings that go along with being made Chief Executive of an international company. Unable to face the failings in her marriage, Jennifer seeks refuge in Scotland, where she meets a handsome stranger called Angus. He is warm and caring where Peter is cold and indifferent. Jennifer is torn between going after her own happiness and doing what is deemed “right” by society. Instead of running head first back to Scotland and into Angus's arms, she stays and puts up with her husband’s infidelity and indifference.
A Passing Storm is written in two parts so we get to know both Angus and Jennifer better and understand the different paths their lives took during their time apart. It was a stroke of genius on Phyllis Burton’s part to tell the story in this manner as it allows the reader to simply get absorbed in one tale, then the other. Every word is written for meaning rather than effect, which made A Passing Storm all the more real. While it seems that Angus grew as a character, I am sad to say that Jennifer did not. She never did take responsibility for her own happiness, and while her choice of partner changed the outcome, I would have loved to see Jennifer become a bit more independent and proactive. Although I did find it difficult to connect with Jennifer, I felt great sympathy for her life and inability to do anything about it and I longed for Angus from his first whispered words.
Phyllis Burton did a fantastic job and her perfectly measured words were soothing, heartfelt, and poetic.
