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WTF, Will! parts 14 – 15
I’d now hit the stage where I was half enjoying this challenge and half wishing I hadn’t told everyone I was gonna do it. There…
In The Pines
“The werewolf’s bride is late.” The words echoing in my head were spoken by a black horse. With a toss of its mane, the horse…
WTF, Will! parts 11 – 13
I’d now encountered a few stand-out plays, in my great Shakespeare-reading marathon, so I felt quite buoyed up at the prospect of what was approaching….
Polly and Dolly
Lady Brimstone-Smedley bought two female parrots, Polly and Dolly, but was shocked to discover they kept shouting out rude and inappropriate remarks. She sought advice…
WTF, Will! parts 9 – 10
In my quest to read all of Shakespeare from start to finish, I finally made it to plays that I’d heard about and seen on…
11. How to Promote Your Book without Being a Bore
Don’t expect people who barely know you or don’t know you at all will promote your book. It’s not likely that people will go out…
One Perfect Sentence
As you’ll know if you drop by the Colony between the 7th of each month and the 21st, we run a monthly contest between those…
Of Straw-Stacks and Sisters
Ten minutes before I left the house, my boss called. “The science class is cancelled today. Take Jisoo and Jennie instead. They need adjective practice.”…
WTF, Will! parts 5 – 8
Full of enthusiasm for my lockdown project of reading The Complete Works of Shakespeare, I wandered blindly on to play number 5. Some time later…
Love, Christmas
The Long and Short of It I enjoy writing short stories, which is a complete one-eighty compared to how I used to feel. I used…
Beware the snake oil salesman.
When I first started down this self-publishing journey, I heard quiet rumours of the dangers of scammers. I knew they were out there. I knew…
WTF, Will! parts 1 – 4
We all remember those drawn out days of the first Covid lockdown, right? I don’t know how you coped, but while other people were learning…
Grace Notes, Part 3
Thank you for bearing with me. As a reward, we’re leaving high school. We’ll only revisit it in my dreams from now on. I promise….
Grace Notes, Part 2
I am glad you’re still here. Come, sit down with me. We’re in my English class. Spring 1994 is the pre-Axe-Body Spray era, if you’re…
Grace Notes, Part 1
This is a story of grace, not of sadness. I’m saying that because it won’t feel like that. Not initially. I’m just going to take…
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Good There’s so much to love about writing – the excitement of that initial spark of an idea; the stimulation of the challenge to…
10. As Time Goes By
I’ve discovered a number of things to do with cloth serviettes which in today’s age we seldom use. Personally, I don’t use them anymore because…
Be True to Yourself
I recently participated in ALLi’s SelfPubCon, which focused on the business side of writing. There were sessions on using social media, monetising YouTube, website design,…
Fright Night
Bert and Harry had met at the ‘Hunter’s Moon’ village pub every Wednesday night at 7 pm for the last 15 years. Both…
“Take what resonates, toss the rest”
Giving Feedback The title of this post is a sentence that’s often used at the end of a fellow writer’s feedback in the Lab, and…
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