Chapter 30: Tuesday 9 August – or ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ I worked really hard over the past week to finally shift those 2 massive jobs that were hanging over me. They were still there long after
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Publication Day!
Shaking the Tree, a Wordsworth Short, is published today! A long time ago I wrote a short story that I called The Spirit of the Wind, which was published in My Weekly. It was also published in Twee Tales and back at
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Diary of a Tiger: Tue 2 Aug 2022
Chapter 29: Tuesday 2 August August already, and already it’s a day old. I can hardly believe it. Friday I skipped a post on Friday because I was just so busy and focused all day on one thing: Editing. I
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Publication Day!
Tea for Two, a Wordsworth Flash Fiction, is published today! This is another very short story I wrote a long time ago, and the first version was well over 2,000 words. I kept on chipping away at it until I
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Diary of a Tiger: Thu 28 Jul 2022
Chapter 28: Wednesday 28 July I’ve been working on a few things today. The biggest job has been the editing job. I was determined to get to the end of another chapter today, and I did it. It’s such a
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Diary of a Tiger: Wed 27 Jul 2022
Chapter 27: Wednesday 27 July So, it’s been almost an entire month since my last posting. There have been several contributing factors, most of which have been work. Another biggie is on the horizon too, but I don’t want to
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Book Review: The Ragged Valley
This feature is in association with NetGalley. The Ragged Valley by Joanne Clague Many thanks to both NetGalley and to Canelo for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of The Ragged Valley. Set against the great Sheffield flood of
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Publication Day!
The Robin, a Wordsworth Flash Fiction, is published today! This very short story is one I wrote a long time ago. It was inspired by one of the elderly gentlemen I once worked for as a home carer, which was
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Publication Day!
The Last Chick Fledges, a Wordsworth Flash Fiction, is published today! This very short story is one I wrote for an assignment. I won’t say what the assignment was as it includes a spoiler. The tutor didn’t like it much
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Slow down, take stock
With Windows 11 falling out with Office 365 and Scrivener 3 last week, I lost a lot of time trying to sort it all out. Then I lost a lot more time reinstalling everything and telling other people (a) what
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Out now!
On Monday, Pippa & Davey Forever was published as a Wordsworth Flash Fiction! This very short story is one I wrote from a prompt in a writers’ guide. The prompt was ‘skin’. That was it. Nothing else. Just ‘skin’. Apparently
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Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 1 July
Chapter 26: Week commencing Friday 1 July Who can believe that it’s July already? This year is flying by. Friday As Friday was the first of the month, I did have a lot of new month admin to do. I
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Publication Day!
CampNaNo has started atop everything else I do, but I’m still publishing something every week. Today, Meet Me In Glenridding is published! This very short story is one I wrote and then didn’t do anything with because it was the
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Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 24 June
Chapter 25: Week commencing Friday 24 June Well, I’ve had a right mare of a week, losing 3 working days thanks to crappy tech that insists on doing what it wants to do instead of what it’s been bought and
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My books now on Google Play
Today’s news is that my books have finally started to go live on Google Play. I’m slowly adding them, in order of publication, but starting with the short stories. You can now follow the links on my Books2Read page, or
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