Words Worth Writing

Blind Date, a Wordsworth Short, is published today! This is one of the complete stories I discovered recently. It’s one I wrote a long time ago when this kind of…

The past few days have been all about chilling. I finished the editing job on Tuesday evening at about 7:30pm and it was back with the author by about 8pm,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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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…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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…