London torn. Night and day. Sinners and angels. Debut novel by Mark A. King, available now
Submitting: "Welcome to the Desert of the Real" In the highly influential film The Matrix, the first time Neo is taken beyond his fabricated world he is theatrically welcomed to 'The Desert of the Real'. This it turns out, is the reality which greets most writers when they enter the harsh wastelands of agent submissions. …
Warning: Blog contains personal views, graphic descriptions and graphic images that might not be your thing. Before the Beginning (ten years ago, Tralee, Ireland) The brooding clouds of Co. Kerry She woke between sleeps. We were all there, beside her. As she had been there for us since the moment we were born. The word …
How are you? It's been a very long time since I last posted. Sorry about that. Life has been somewhat delayed. I am thankful for many things, one being that I was many months ahead of my novel that I am working on as part of my UEA Creative writing MA (I'm very proud of …
#FlashFridayReplay. A story based on Flash Friday Fiction week 4.
Flash! Friday is the starting point, the crucible, the starting point of everything. I went back there to revisit old prompts, to inspire new stories. And I found much more than I was looking for. Prompt One: 7th Dec 2012 100 word story starting with "On Friday, everything changed." https://flashfriday.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/flash-friday-week-one-contest/ On Friday, everything changed. She …
As mentioned in this post: https://makingfiction.com/2020/06/06/why-i-wont-be-trying-to-sell-you-my-next-book/ I don't want to mass market or sell the latest books. So, if you want to get them for free, they are available today (15/06/20) on ebook via Amazon. You might need to try the link a few times as the promotion times are in a US timezone, but …
As the person first responsible for the idea of VSS365, bringing it to life, hosting the first year of prompts and designing the ideas for the anthology, I have been asked to provide my thoughts on a few things. VSS365 is a vibrant, supportive and inclusive global community. It doesn't work without the following: People …
My dear friends, It's blog time. A very rare event, I know. Firstly, an apology Sorry it's been a while, I've been busy as you all have, I suspect. I won't dwell too much on the strangeness of recent times, other than to say it's hard for lots of people, I've found it hard too, …
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I haven't written a blog post in a while and I've been meaning to write this for a while. Looking back, my writing journey started late in life. I was roughly 42, it was about five and a half years ago. I had not been fortunate enough to study at further or higher education level …
The first #vss365 anthology has been an incredible success and this is a message of thanks to you.
Metropolitan Dreams 