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When We Shot the Last Rhino
. A fabled hunter from Milan or Mombasa or somewhere raised his arms high and screamed in bloody triumph. . A cameraman from Berlin or Budapest or somewhere...
On the shoulders of giants.
I’ve got to stop hanging out on X. The writing community has, yet again, been rent apart by a schism that seems completely unnecessary. This...
Lit Mags for Beginners – Part Two
Last time we talked about finding publications to send your work to. Now you’ve imagined your story or poem amongst the prestigious pages of Brilliant...
A Word from Nigel
This is Nigel. Nigel is a horse. More specifically, Nigel is a feral stallion responsible for a herd living on a windswept beach in northwest...
Lit Mags for Beginners – Part One
It’s less than a year since I started writing short stories, having only worked on novel-length fiction previously. But I’ve had beginner’s luck with my...
Days Like Those: Jacob, James and the BSG
February 2018… Mrs Treaclechops and I took grandchildren Jacob (aged four) and James (aged three) for a walk in Warley Woods Park, one cold but sunny...
Matt-y numty had a great fall
I had an appointment in Berlin’s Mitte recently. Since then, I’ve been thinking a lot. Now, the appointment mention is a bit of a red-herring....
Scheherazade’s Sandbox
The Year of the Snake, now coming to a close, promised introspection and wisdom. To help with this, my project for the year was writing...
Where is the Love?
I recently heard an author say that, when he’s editing, one of the questions he asks himself is ‘Where is the love?’ He does this...
A Young Man’s Fancy: Tanzen Bitte
. “Tanzen bitte. Wanna dance?” “Ja.” "Err... do you Kommen sie hier often?" “Jeden Samstag.” “Ah… err… Samstag?” “Ja… every Saturday.” “Ah… mit your freundins?”...
Winging it
‘I could never write a book,’ a friend said to me recently. She meant it as a compliment and I accepted it graciously but not...
The Monster We Were Promised
I tutor a small group of Year Five boys who love boardgames (let’s call them the Gamer Boys). We’ve been reading Holes by Louis Sacher...
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