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Posted on August 14, 2022August 14, 2022

A decade ago, in a world far, far away…

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 …

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Posted on January 27, 2022

Slow-burn Short Fiction Project

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 …

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Posted on August 7, 2020

Revisiting Flash! Friday (week 4)

#FlashFridayReplay. A story based on Flash Friday Fiction week 4.

Posted on July 31, 2020

Revisiting Flash! Friday

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 …

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Posted on June 15, 2020

New books available – for free

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 …

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Posted on June 8, 2020June 8, 2020

VSS365 – my thoughts

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 …

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Posted on June 6, 2020

Why I won’t be trying to sell you my next book

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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Posted on March 7, 2020

My Writing Journey (so far)

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 …

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Posted on March 7, 2020

VSS365 Anthology One: Update

The first #vss365 anthology has been an incredible success and this is a message of thanks to you.

Posted on October 26, 2019October 26, 2019

One Million (a magic number)

An overdue update and a magic number (twice).

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