Two publication days!
Due to last week’s hospital stay, I didn’t get around to writing up the latest publishing challenge post. That doesn’t mean I missed the challenge. Thanks to technology and being…
The portable garden
We’ve been at this house for almost 2 years and we’ve yet to do anything with the garden. This is for 2 reasons: We didn’t know how long we’d be…
I went AWOL…
We thought it was trapped wind, but as the pain got steadily worse I realised I needed to go to hospital. When I got there, they diagnosed pancreatitis, and they…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 25 Mar
Chapter 13: Week commencing Friday 25 March Friday For all of Friday I was editing. Hard-copy editing for the Yorkshire editing/proofreading/writing client. There was nothing else on my planner. Just…
Writing Prompts: 30 March 2022
Wednesday Writing Prompts are back, but renamed simply Writing Prompts. This is so I don’t feel obliged to do one every week, especially when I’m snowed under doing other, paying…
Publication Day Yesterday!
I’ve been a bit busy with one thing or another (see Friday’s diary of a tiger post), so haven’t spent much time on the publishing challenge. However, the short story…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 18 Mar
Chapter 12: Week commencing Friday 18 March Friday I spent far too long (3 hours) on Thursday after work arguing with Amazon, but from a paying customer’s point of view…
Writing Prompts: 23 March 2022
Wednesday Writing Prompts are back, but renamed simply Writing Prompts. This is so I don’t feel obliged to do one every week, especially when I’m snowed under doing other, paying…
Publishing Challenge! Chapter 11
See Chapter 10 here Chapter 11 Publication Day! Today sees the publication of another Wordsworth Short. The Phoenix Lights is a brand-new short story especially written for this challenge. Read…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 11 Mar
Chapter 11: Week commencing Friday 11 March Friday Well, would you look at that! Chapter 11 starts on 11 March. (It’s the little things…) Friday dawned bright and sunny and…
Take one idea…
Date work is a big part of my short fiction work, and sometimes it features in my longer works too. I’ve also been known to write the occasional feature as…
Writing Prompts: 16 March 2022
Wednesday Writing Prompts are back, but renamed simply Writing Prompts. This is so I don’t feel obliged to do one every week, especially when I’m snowed under doing other, paying…
Publishing Challenge! Chapter 10
See Chapter 9 here Chapter 10 Publication Day! Today sees the publication of another Wordsworth Short. I wrote Going, Going, Gone a long time ago and then couldn’t place it in…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 4 Mar
Chapter 10: Week commencing Friday 4 March Friday On Friday morning I added a few more books to the publication schedule, so I could identify what work I need to…
Smashwords Sale
This week, from 6 March to 12 March, I’m taking part in the site-wide Smashwords sale. I have 6 books on for half-price, and 3 stories for free. I got…
Publishing Challenge! Chapter 9
See Chapter 8 here Chapter 9 Publication Day! Today sees the publication of another Wordsworth Collection. Ten Short Stories: Wordsworth Shorts 1 – 10 is the first of the new…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 25 Feb
Chapter 9: Week commencing Friday 25 February Friday First job on Friday was a scheduled post on behalf of a group of friends who are running a writing competition. I…
World Book Day
Happy World Book Day! All of my books can be found on books2read.com.
The Rosemary Goodacre Memorial Short Story Competition
The Rosemary Goodacre Memorial Short Story Competition To commemorate the life of saga author Rosemary Goodacre, her friends have organised a short story competition, with all profits going to her favourite…
Publishing Challenge! Chapter 8
See Chapter 7 here Chapter 8 Publication Day! Today sees the publication of another Wordsworth Short. Pancake Race is a short story I wrote a LONG time ago. I have…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 18 Feb
Chapter 8: Week commencing Friday 18 February Friday I struggled to do my ghostwriting for GW2 on Thursday evening. The poet had gone to band practice and that gave me…
Publishing Challenge! Chapter 7
See Chapter 6 here Chapter 7 Publication Day! Today sees the publication of another Wordsworth Collection. Twee Tales More is all three of the original Twee Tales short story collections…
Diary of a Tiger: w/c Fri 11 Feb
Chapter 7: Week commencing Friday 11 February Friday The plan on Friday was to spend the morning completing the final few chapters for GW1 Book 8 before going to a…
Publishing Challenge! Chapter 6
See Chapter 5 here Chapter 6 Publication Day! Today sees the publication of another Wordsworth Short. Alexandra’s Ragtag Band is a fun story I really enjoyed writing. I started with…
