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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Subscribe to the mailing list Subscribe to my newsletter and receive a free short story every month. For the month of July, there’s a weekly newsletter following me at CampNaNo. Follow this link or use the form below to sign
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Publication Day!
As usual I’m a bit busy, but that still doesn’t interrupt the publishing schedule. Today, Five Third Age Short Stories is published! This is a collection of, well, five short stories that all feature older characters. You can find all
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Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 17 June
Chapter 24: Week commencing Friday 17 June Friday I finally did some ghostwriting on Friday, having first got around the real names and places issue that was obviously bothering me. I’ve changed the pertinent names to ones I can work
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Publishing Challenge! Mid-term update
Back in October 2021, I set myself a challenge to publish a book a week for a year. This could be a short story, a collection of short stories, a novella, a novel, a non-fiction book, a whatever. It just
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Publication Day!
No publishing challenge post again today as I’ve been stupidly busy – again! The short story That’s What Friends Are For is out today! This is a brand-new story that’s never previously been published. It’s one I wrote for a
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Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 10 June
Chapter 23: Week commencing Friday 10 June I’m back to normal again this week, starting the diary on a Friday. Hopefully everything else is back to normal too. Friday I was very busy all day on Friday. The only thing
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The portable garden this week: 16 June 2022
The weedkiller isn’t only not working, it’s not even coming close. I know that our gravel patch isn’t strictly part of the portable garden, but it is part of the garden and I’d still like it to look nice. But
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Newsletter News!
I finally have newsletter news! Please sign up if you haven’t already. Thanks to all of the subscribers patiently waiting for a newsletter from me. After several months of dithering, moving from one provider to another to another, and wondering
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