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Category Archives: Short Stories
Do Story Titles Matter?
Good evening, Happy Mother’s Day (to ALL the ladies) and hopefully you’ve remembered to put your clocks forward. Remember last time I mentioned ‘750words’? Amazingly, I have completed my 750 words (which only takes me 11 minutes! I am a … Continue reading →
How Much Do Writers Earn?
Not much, is the answer. Sorry. But you knew that really, didn’t you? I’ll come back to this in a moment. In the meantime, I have good news! Last week, I had 3 short stories accepted by The People’s Friend … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Magazines, Short Stories, The People's Friend
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Tagged Sally Rooney, self publishing
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12 Comments
The ‘Crime’ – Or Joy – Of Not Finishing a Book!
I so agree with this post on The Guardian website, about how it’s OK not to finish a book you’re not enjoying, that I had to write a quick post and ask what YOU think? I have to admit, that … Continue reading →
Tips for Short Story Competitions
Just a quickie from me today because I’m trying to do NaNoWriMo and I’m already behind on the wordcount! Eek! As you probably know, the idea is to write 50,000 words of a novel in the month of November, which … Continue reading →
Posted in Competitions, Short Stories
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Tagged Vanessa Gebbie; Evesham Festival of Words
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9 Comments
Alright, how’s it going, alright? (Back from Wales!)
To be honest, I didn’t hear anyone say that ‘Alright’ thing while I was in Wales last week (maybe it’s only in Gavin & Stacey) BUT there was a lot of Welsh being spoken (fair play) and they might have … Continue reading →
Obeying the Dice!
Right, before anyone moans, I’ve checked and these days, you can use ‘dice’ for both the plural and singular forms of ‘cubes with numbers on them’! Who knew? The New Oxford Dictionary of English says,”In modern standard English, the singular … Continue reading →
Posted in Competitions, Short Stories, West Midlands
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Tagged Evesham Festival of Words
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14 Comments
Getting Your Facts Right
Rain Report Hello, I am back from my holibobs ‘up North’, where, I am pleased to report, I spotted a smidgen of rain one afternoon, as we drove to Loch Lomond but not as much as I was expecting/hoping for … Continue reading →
Posted in Short Stories
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Tagged Madonna; Scotland; police procedural, Rebecca Bradley
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19 Comments
Caravans & Cubicles: In Which I Shamelessly ‘Ear-wig’
I read something the other day that I’d never really thought about before: we all spend most of the time trying to hide how we’re really feeling. It’s so true! Think about it. Even when you’re with your nearest and … Continue reading →
And Relax…..
My novel draft (yes, the one I was working on here) was finally finished and zapped off (all 71k of it) for a critique last Monday. Yes, I know, weeks later than it was promised but it wasn’t through lack … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Finding Time To Write, Novels, Short Stories, Successes
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Tagged Paula Williams; Joanna Cannon
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20 Comments
A Dog’s Tale: The Story Behind the Story
As Crufts is on at the moment (I love it!), it’s rather appropriate that I’ve got a doggy story in the current Woman’s Weekly Fiction Special. It’s called ‘Borrowing Billy’ and the idea came from something rather sad, so if … Continue reading →
Posted in Bonnie, Competitions, Magazines, Short Stories, Successes, Woman's Weekly
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Tagged Retreat West
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9 Comments